Cameron Warner
Curriculum Vitae
CAMERON DAVID WARNER
Jens Christian Skous Vej 20, 8000 Århus, Denmark
etncw@hum.au.dk +1 347-423-4392/ +45 22 97 40 08
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 2008
Ph.D., Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Areas of Focus: Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, Asian Religions
Dissertation: “The Precious Lord: The History and Practice of the Cult of the Jowo
Śākyamuni Statue in Lhasa, Tibet”
Committee Members: Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, Janet Gyatso, Donald K. Swearer
Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2003
Summer Tibetan Language Program
Tibet University, Lhasa, Tibetan Autonomous Region, P.R.C., 2001
Summer Tibetan Language Program
Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, 2001
M.T.S., Areas of Focus: World Religions, Tibetan, Sanskrit
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 1997
B.A., Majors: Religion, Biology
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Aarhus University. Department of Anthropology and Ethnography. Postdoctoral Fellow in Buddhism and Modernity. 2009-2011.
Dickinson College. Department of Religion. Visiting Assistant Professor. 2008-2009.
Middlebury College. Department of Religion. Visiting Instructor. 2007-2008.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Harvard Graduate Society Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2006-2007
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, 2005-2006
Institute for International Exchange Fulbright Fellowship, 2005-2006 (Declined)
Derek Bok Center Distinguished Teaching Award, Harvard University, Spring 2005
South Asia Initiative Summer Research Fellowship, Harvard University, Summer 2004
Harvard Summer School Tuition Waiver, Harvard University, Summer 2002
Harvard University Fellowship, 2001-2007
Leedom Fellowship, Swarthmore College, 1999-2000
National Science Foundation Summer Research Grant, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Summer 1995
ARTICLES
“Re/crowning the Precious Lord: Texts, Photographs, and Memory.” History of Religions, 50/4 (2010): 43 pp.
“A Prolegomenon to a Study of the ‘Palladium of Tibet,’ the Jo bo Śā kyamuni Statue.” In The Proceedings of the 10th Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies at Oxford University, September 6-12, 2003, Leiden: Brill, 2010. (In press).
“The Genesis of Tibet’s First Buddha Images: An Annotated Translation from Three Editions of The Vase-shaped Pillar Testament (Bka’ chems ka khol ma).” Himalaya. (In press).
“Dream A Better Dream.” In Blue Jean Buddha. Sumi Loundon ed. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
“Buddhist Monumental Sculpture and Architecture 300-1000.” In World History Encyclopedia. Josef Castaneda-Liles ed. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006.
“Drokmi.” In Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia. Phyllis G. Jestice ed. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005.
“Kunga Nyingpo.” In Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia. Phyllis G. Jestice ed. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005.
REVIEWS
Dorje, Gyurme et al. Jokhang: Tibet's Most Sacred Buddhist Temple, in Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies. (Forthcoming).
Nati Baratz, Unmistaken Child, in Visual Anthropology Review. (In Press).
Per K. Sørensen and Guntram Hazod, Rulers on the Celestial Plain: Ecclesiastical and Secular Hegemony in Medieval Tibet. A Study of Tshal Gung-thang, in Journal of American Oriental Society. (In Press).
Donald K. Swearer, Becoming the Buddha: The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand, in Material Religion: the Journal of Objects, Art, and Belief Vol. 3, No. 2, 2007.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
“Politics and Paeans: The Ritual of Offering Eulogy-Scarves to the Jowo Śākyamuni.” A paper presented at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 26-29, 2009, and also presented at the first colloquium of the Société Européenne pour l’Étude des Civilisations de l’Himalaya et de l’Asie Central (SEECHAC), Paris, France, April 27-28, 2009.
“Reading the Renovations to the Central Chapel of the Lhasa Temple (Jokhang).” A paper presented at the Sacred Spaces in Asia Group of the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, November 1-3, 2008.
“Remembering and Forgetting the Significance of Princess Wencheng: Micro-historical Challenges to the Master Narrative of Tibetan Buddhist Historiography.” A paper to be presented to the Remembering and Forgetting in the Formation of Religious Subjectivities Wild Card Session of the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, November, 1-3, 2008.
Convener and Respondent, Buddhist Monuments, Pre-Arranged Panel for the XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, June 23-28, 2008.
Convener, Tibetan Lived Religion?, Pre-Arranged Paper Session for the Anthropology of Religion Section of the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Diego, California, November 17-20, 2007.
“Mimesis and Apotropaism: Devotion to Tibet’s National Palladium.” A paper presented for the Anthropology of Religion Section of the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Diego, California, November 17-20, 2007.
“Historicizing Tibetan Portraits of the Buddha Śākyamuni.” A paper presented at the Visualizing and Performing Buddhist Worlds Conference, University of Toronto, November 2-4, 2007.
“Envisioning the Precious Lord: Texts, Photographs, and Memory.” A paper presented to the 11th Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies at the Zentralasiatisches Seminar der Universität Bonn, August 26-September 2, 2006.
“The ‘Real’ Buddha: The Legendary Creation of the Jo bo Śā kyamuni Statue.” A paper presented at the 7th Annual Buddhist Studies Graduate Student Conference at Princeton University, April 23-24, 2005.
Convener, Authoritative Discourse in Tibetan Literary Production, Pre-Arranged Paper Session for the Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Group at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, Texas, November 20-23, 2004.
“Divine Agency and Identity in an Autobiography of Songtsen Gampo.” A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, Texas, November 20-23, 2004.
INVITED LECTURES
“Tibetan Buddhist Material Culture: Philosophical Perspectives” Aarhus University, Research Focus Group Buddhism and Modernity, October 1st, 2009.
“Iconoclasm in Tibet/Iconophilia in America: Globalization, Modernity, and Tibetan Material Culture,” Aarhus University, Research Area Globalization, Research Focus Buddhism and Modernity, May 2nd, 2009.
“Re/crowning the Precious Lord: Texts, Photographs and Memories.” The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center and the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY, February 21st, 2007.
BLOGGING
Obama and the Dalai Lama. The Immanent Frame. Social Science Research Council, http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2009/10/16/obama-and-the-dalai-lama/
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Aarhus University
Guest Lecture: “Hope and Sorrow: Tibetan Music, Politics and Globalization,” Global Studies and Development Master Class: Religion, Magic, and Politics in a Global World, October 9th, 2009.
Dickinson College
Buddhism in Tibet , Fall 2008
What is Hinduism? Fall 2008
Material Culture in Asian Religions , Spring 2009
Buddhist Ethics Seminar , Spring 2009
Introduction to Buddhism , Spring 2009
Middlebury College
Tibetan Buddhism , Fall 2007
Modern Chinese Religions , Fall 2007
Directed Reading in Buddhist Ethics , Fall 2007
Material Culture and Religion , January Term 2008
Buddhist Ethics Seminar , Spring 2008
Hindu Traditions of India , Spring 2008
Supervised senior projects and theses:
Illuminating “Reality Itself” in the United States: An Exploration of How the Tibetan Buddhist Approach to Death Has Influenced the Lives of Thirteen Buddhists by Annie Mittnacht
Chinese Views on Religion and Disability by Caeli Nistler-Schnabel
Kathak in the West: A Sadhana in Transition by Gabriella Campagna
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Classical and Colloquial Tibetan
Sanskrit
French (reading)
German (reading)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
The American Anthropological Association
The Association for Asian Studies
Société Européenne pour l’Étude des Civilisations de l’Himalaya et de l’Asie Central
Harvard Divinity School Alumni/ae Council 2007-2009
The American Academy of Religion
The International Association of Tibetan Studies
The International Association of Buddhist Studies
Swarthmore College Alumni Interviews