Dr. Georgios Halkias, Editor, ELINEPA

Ο Δρ. Γιώργος Χαλκιάς γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα και σπούδασε Συγκριτική Φιλοσοφία σε πτυχιακό και μεταπτυχιακό επίπεδο στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Χαβάης. Το έντονο ενδιαφέρον του για την επι-κοινωνία τον οδήγησε στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Άμστερνταμ όπου και ολοκλήρωσε μεταπτυχι-ακές σπουδές στον κινηματογράφο και στα μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης. Μετά από τετραετή έρευνα στα Ιμαλάια και τον Θιβετανικό πολιτισμό ξεκίνησε την διδακτορική του διατριβή με θέμα “Buddhist Paradises and Tantric Territories: The Origins and Development of the Cult of Amitāba’s Pure Land in Tibet” στο Τμήμα Θιβετανικών και Σπουδών των Ιμαλαΐων του Oriental Institute του Πανεπιστημίου της Οξφόρδης όπου και εργάζεται σήμερα ως Ερευνητής και διδάκτωρ.

Ο κ. Χαλκιάς είναι Ιδρυτικό μέλος της ΕΛΙΝΕΠΑ και μέλος της συντακτικής ομάδας του ΙΝΔΙΚΑ και του ΙΝΔΙΚΑ Online όπου έχει δημοσιεύσει  και τα ακόλουθα άρθρα:

• “The 2004 Parliament of World Religions -Report,” ΙΝΔΙΚΑ, Summer 2004.
• “Forgetting and Remembering Peace: the 1904 Younghusband’s Expedition to Tibet,” ΙΝΔΙΚΑ Summer 2004.
• “An Overview of Health Care According to the Tibetan Medical Tradition,” ΙΝΔΙΚΑ, Summer 2005.
• "The 2005 SSEASR Regional Conference - Report," ΙΝΔΙΚΑ, Summer 2005.
• "The 19th IAHR International Conference - Report", ΙΝΔΙΚΑ, Summer 2005.

Dr. Georgios Halkias, Editor, ELINEPA

 Higher Education

2003 - 2006 

D.Phil.  Oriental Studies (07/06), The Faculty of Oriental Studies,  University of Oxford, UK.                                                  

2002 - 2003   

Post-graduate Research. Department of Religion, School of Oriental and African                                  Studies, University of London, UK.

1995 - 1996

M.A. Film Studies (08/96). Department of Film Studies,            University of                                         Amsterdam, Netherlands.

1989 - 1990

M.A. Comparative Asian and Western Philosophy (08/90). Department of                                        Philosophy, University of Hawaii, USA.  

1986 - 1988

B.A. Philosophy (12/88). Department of Philosophy, University of Hawaii, USA.

Professional Experience

I. Teaching

Lecturer.  Antioch College, USA. Buddhist Studies Abroad Program.                                                Courses: Buddhist Philosophy; Classical Tibetan (BA students).

Tutor. Oriental Institute & Wadham College, University of Oxford.                                                 Tutorials: Tibetan Buddhism  (M.Phil. students); East-Asian religions                                                         (BA students).

Teaching Assistant. Department for the Study of Religions, School of Oriental and  African Studies, University of London. Course: Religions of East and Central Asia (BA students).

Language Instructor. Language Testing & Training Centre, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. Courses: English language and literature  (University students).                                           

Philosophy Instructor. Department of Philosophy, Freshman Seminar Program, University of Hawaii,     USA.   Courses: Introduction to Asian and Western Philosophy and Logic (BA students).

II. Research

 07/06 - 07/09

Research Associate (UK). The Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.

04/05 - 04/05

Research (Japan).  Institutions: Otani University (Kyoto) and Higashi Honganshi Headquarters (Kyoto).

08/04 - 03/05

Doctoral Research (India and Nepal). Institutions: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives (Dharamsala); Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (Sarnath); Namgyal Institute of Tibetology (Sikkim).      

01/03 – 06/03   

Research Assistant (UK); The International Dunhuang Project, The British Library,  Oriental & India Office Collections.

01/98 - 02/02

Residence and Fieldwork (India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet). Regions: India (Delhi, Dharamsala, Bir, Dolanji, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Sarnath, Bodhgaya, Dheradun, Banglore, Bylakuppe); Nepal (Lumbini, Kathmandu); Sri Lanka; West and Central Tibet (Ngari, Lhasa).

III. Administrative 

Academic Adviser; Student Academic Services, Colleges of Arts and  Sciences, University of Hawaii.

Description: Promoting the University’s multi-cultural academic mission; developing and running freshmen orientation workshops and seminars; group and individual academic counselling; monitoring College graduation; liaison ties with Departments, Colleges and Universities.

1989 - 1990

Staff Development and Curriculum Coordinator; College of Human Resources and Agriculture, University of Hawaii, USA.

Description: Compiling, distributing and assessing occupational information surveys; assisting in the organization of  distant-learning courses; supervising the dissemination of  distant-learning courses on video tapes and direct access through satellite link.

IV. Publications

      Books

•  Transferring to the Land of Bliss: Among Sukhāvatī Texts and Practices in Tibet. D.Phil. Dissertation. Wiener    Studien Zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, ed. E. Steinkellner. Universität Wien (under review).

       Editor & Contributor:

•  The Oxford Tibetan Reader. Eds. G. Halkias, C. Ramble, and U. Roesler. University of Oxford Press (in progress).

       Articles

• “Pure-Lands and other Visions in Seventeenth-Century   Tibet: a Gnam-chos sādhana for the pure-land Sukhāvatī revealed in 1658 by Gnam-chos Mi-’gyur-rdo-rje (1645-1667).’ In Power, Politics and the Reinvention of Tradition: Tibet in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century. ed. B. Cuevas et al. Leiden: Brill Publishers,  2006: 121-151.

• "Breath Awareness in World's Religious Traditions". ΙΝΔΙΚΑ Online, Athens - 2006.

• “Between Breaths.” Invited contribution. In Breath-Taking: Air, Art and Architecture, Monika Bakker, Editor. Jan van Eyck Academie, 2006. Maastricht, Netherlands (in press).

• “An Overview of Health Care According to the Tibetan Medical Tradition,” ΙΝΔΙΚΑ Online, Athens - 2005.
  Greek translation by I. Feroukas, M.D. Paionia, Journal of the Academy of Ancient Greek and Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2005, Issue 2: 11-18. Athens, Greece.

• “Tibetan Buddhism Registered: Imperial Archives from the Palace-Temple of ’Phang-thang.” The Eastern Buddhist, Kyoto. Vol. XXXVI, Nos. 1 & 2, 2004: 46-105.

• “Forgetting and Remembering Peace: the 1904 Younghusband’s Expedition to Tibet,” ΙΝΔΙΚΑ Online, Athens - 2004.

       Reviews

• The Practice of Dzogchen: Longchen Rabjam, annotated and translated  by Tulku Thondup. Snow Lion Publications: 2002. Tibet Journal (2006 / summer).

• “You are the Eyes of the World, Longchenpa” (Book review) Tibet Journal, Daramsala –  January 2005.

• “The 2004 Parliament of World Religions -Report,” ΙΝΔΙΚΑ Online, Athens - 2004.

Fellowship and Grants

•  Jōdo-Shinshū Otani-ha, Kyoto, Japan (Doctoral Fellowship). Fellowship towards doctoral research at the Oriental    Institute (Oxford) and comparative studies between Japanese and Tibetan Buddhism (2003 - 2006).

·         The Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford (Research Grants). Grant for Japan  (03/05); India and Nepal (06/04); Germany (09/05).

·         Wolfson College, Oxford (Travel Grants). Grant for Japan (03/05); India (06/04) and Spain (07/04).

·         Frederick Williamson Memorial Fund, University of Cambridge (Research Grant). Grant for historical and visual documentation of trans-Himalayan Buddhist practices (05/04).

·         Society for South-Asian Studies, London (Language Training and Research Grant). Grant for advanced Tibetan language training and research on religious texts and practices among Tibetan Buddhist Himalayan communities (04/04).

·         Spalding Trust (Research Grant), London. Grant for consultation with native Tibetan scholars and evaluation of primary sources in culturally-Tibetan regions (04/03).

Lectures,  Conferences  &  Seminars         

• Invited Conference Speaker (07/06): Pure Land Practices in Tibet. UK Association for Buddhist Studies, Lancaster University (UK).
   
• Organizer of Seminars (10/05-06/06); Tibetan and Himalayan Studies. Oriental Institute, University of Oxford (UK).
   
• Seminar Participant (03/06); Graduate Teaching in the Faculty of Theology; Seminars for Prospective Tutors conducted by the Learning Institute, University of Oxford (UK).
   
• Invited Conference Speaker (06/05): Breathing to Enlightenment: Buddhist Theories and Representations. Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht, Netherlands).
• Guest Lecturer (04/05): Buddhist Studies in Oxford. Otani-ha University (Kyoto, Japan).
   
• Panel Chairman & Conference Speaker (03/05): The Prophesy of pan-Tibetan Consolidation: A Seventeenth-Century Church-State Fusion in Tibet. 19^th World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (Tokyo, Japan).

·       Conference Speaker (01/05): The Violence of Ego: Buddhist Healing Paradigms from Traditional Tibetan Medicine. South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Religions (Delhi, India).

·         Guest Lecturer (09/04): Introduction to Tibetan Studies and Research Methodology. School of International Training (VT, USA), Dharamsala, India.

·         Participant and Correspondent (07/04); Parliament of World Religions (Barcelona, Spain).

·         Seminar Participant (03/04); Graduate Teaching in the Oriental Institute; Seminars for Tutors conducted by the Learning Institute, University of Oxford (UK).

·         Conference Speaker (08/03): Pure Lands and Other Visions in Seventeenth Century Tibet. 10^th International Conference for the Association of Tibetan Studies, University of Oxford (UK).

•   Guest Lecturer (02/03): Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. Birkbeck College, London (UK).

Affiliations

•  Buddhist Studies Group, Wolfson College, Oxford  (UK). Founding Member.

·         Indo-Hellenic Society for Culture and Development (Greece). Founding Member and Editor.

·         American Academy of Religion (USA). Member.

·         International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (Japan). Member.

·         Greek Society for the Study of Culture and Religion (Greece). Member.

·         Society for South Asian Studies (UK). Member.

·         Wolfson College (UK). Member.