Hsiao-Lan Hu

贬蝉颈补辞-尝补苍听贬耻

Professor of Religious Studies
Director of the Women's & Gender Studies Program

Hsiao-Lan Hu
Contact Info:
Campus: McNichols Campus
Building: Briggs
Room: 333
Phone: 313-578-0351
Hsiao-Lan Hu
Areas of Expertise:
Asian Religions
Buddhism
Gender and Religion
Religious Social Ethics

Degrees

  • Ph.D. with distinction in Religion, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • M.A. in Religion, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • B.A. in English, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • B.A. in Philosophy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Biography

Hsiao-Lan Hu taught at Temple University before joining the University in 2008. Hu has published widely in several areas and is an internationally recognized scholar in Buddhist-feminist social ethics and socially engaged Buddhisms, Buddhism and intersectionality issues (gender, race, and sexuality), Buddhist-Christian dialogue, and Buddhist and pluralist pedagogy. Ze teaches broadly in several areas as well, such as Asian religions, Buddhism, religious social ethics, and women and gender issues in religions. Hir courses won the Jesuit Summer Stipend for Course Development twice: in 2010 for Religions and Global Wellbeing, and in 2015 for Religions and Sci-Fi. Several of Hu's courses, including Religions and Sci-Fi, earn Women's & Gender Studies (WGS) credits. Ze assumed the directorship of WGS in 2020 and is the current Vice President of Sākyadhitā: International Association of Buddhist Women, the largest organization of Buddhist women in the world.

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    Publications, refereed:

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Networking as Equals? Engaged Buddhists’ Egalitarian Ideals and Hierarchical Habits.” In Grappling with the Global Ethic: Multi-Religious Perspectives on Global Issues, edited by Myriam Renaud, 27-45. Routledge, forthcoming in 2021.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “The Teaching of Anātman and the Commitment of Bodhisattva: On the Attachment to Binaries and the Gendered Self.” Hsuan Chuang Journal of Buddhist Studies (March 2020): 23-74.; 

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “The White Feminism in Rita Gross’ Critique of Gender Identities and Reconstruction of Buddhism.” In Buddhism and Whiteness, edited by George Yancy and Emily McRae, 293-308. In the Philosophy of Race series. Lexington Books, 2019.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Syncretism and Exclusivism: Characteristics of Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhism in Relation to the Racial Integration in Lansing Buddhist Association.” Sheng Yen Studies, No. 9 (2017): 349-382.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “What Is Wrong With Us? What Is Wrong With the World? A Buddhist Perspective.” Journal of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, No. 37 (2017): 17-27. 

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “The Next Obstacles for Buddhist-Feminist Scholar-Practitioners: Rita Gross’ Self-Identities and Legacies.” In Contemporary Buddhist Women: Contemplation, Cultural Exchange & Social Action: 15th Sākyadhitā International Conference on Buddhist Women, edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo, 283-288. Hong Kong: Sākyadhitā International Association of Buddhist Women, 2017.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Pluralistic Pedagogy for Pluralism.” In Teaching Interreligious Encounters: Comparative Theology and Theologies of Religious Pluralism, edited by Alexander Hwang and Marc Pugliese. In the American Academy of Religion Teaching Religious Studies Book Series. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2017.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Buddhism and Sexual Orientation.” In Oxford Handbook to Contemporary Buddhism, edited by Michael Jerryson. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2016.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Deconstructing Fixed Identity Categories and Cultivating Appreciation for Diversity: Teaching Buddhism and Feminism.” In Teaching Buddhism, edited by Todd Lewis and Gary DeAngelis. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2016.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Bhikṣunī Chao-Hwei’s Buddhist-Feminist Social Ethics.” In The Bloomsbury Research Handbook to Chinese Philosophy and Gender, edited by Ann Pang-White, 377-397. In The Bloomsbury Research Handbooks to Asian Philosophy series, edited by Ram-Prasad Chakravarthi and Sor-hoon Tan. London and New York: Continuum/Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Avalokiteśvara’s Embrace of Diversity: Respect and Empathy.” In Compassion and Social Justice: 14th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women, edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo, 161-167. Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women, 2015.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Cong Guanyin xingxiang suo zhanxiande zunzhong yu tonglixin tan dui duoyuan de yongbao” (從觀音形象所展現的尊重與同理心談對多元的擁抱; Avalokiteśvara’s Embrace of Diversity: Respect and Empathy).” In Cibei yu shehui zhengyi: Di shi’si jie Sakyadhita guoji fojiao shan-nuren dahui (慈悲與社會正義：第十四屆Sakyadhita國際佛教善女人大會; Compassion and Social Justice: 14th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women), translated and edited by Taiwan shan-nuren bienyi xiaozu (Sakyadhita Taiwan translation team), 124-129. Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women, 2015.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Kamma, No-Self, and Social Construction: The Middle Way Between Determinism and Free Will.” In Asian and Feminist Philosophies in Dialogue: Liberating Traditions, edited by Jennifer McWeeny and Ashby Butnor. New York: Columbia University Press, March 2014.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Identity and Samsāra.” In Buddhism at the Grassroots: 13th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women, edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo, 66-72. Kailua, Hawai'i: Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women, 2013.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Dharmic Views and Dharmic Practices.” In Unifying Buddhist Philosophical Views, pp. 178-185. Bangkok, Thailand: Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Press, 2012.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. This-Worldly Nibbāna: A Buddhist-Feminist Social Ethic for Peacemaking in the Global Community. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, November 2011.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Mother Nature and the Nature of Mothers: On the Environmental Impact of Gender Essentialism.” In Leading to Liberation: 12th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women, edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo, 65-72. Bangkok, Thailand: Sakyadhita, 2011.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Ziran-zhi-mu yu muxing: Xingbie benzhilun dui huanjing de chongji” (自然之母與母性：性別本質論對環境的衝擊; Mother Nature and the Nature of Mothers: On the Environmental Impact of Gender Essentialism). In Dao-xiang-jietuo: Di shi’er jie Sakyadhita guoji fojiao shan-nuren dahui (導向解脫：第十二屆Sakyadhita國際佛教善女人大會; Leading to Liberation: 12th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women), translated and edited by Taiwan shan-nuren bienyi xiaozu (Sakyadhita Taiwan translation team), 43-46. Bangkok, Thailand: Sakyadhita, 2011.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Rectification of the Four Teachings in Chinese Culture.” In Violence Against Women in Contemporary World Religion: Roots and Cures, edited by Daniel C. Maguire and Sa’diyya Shaikh, 108-130. Cleveland, Ohio: Pilgrim Press, 2007.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan, with the assistance of Theresa Yeh. “Yearning for Justice and Mercy: Visions of Hells in the Nineteenth-Century Chinese Pao-chüan [precious scrolls].” In Considering Evil and Human Wickedness, edited by Daniel E. Keen and Pamela Rossi Keen, pp. 177-197. Oxford, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2004.

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    Publications, non-refereed:

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Welcoming People of Color.” Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) Project. The Alliance of Buddhist Ethics, June 2020.  

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “The Teaching of Anātman and the Commitment of Bodhisattva: On the Attachment to Binaries and Gendered Self.” In The 2nd International Conference on Religious Culture & Gender Ethics Conference Proceedings, 37-67. Taoyuan, Taiwan: Department of Religion and Culture, Hsuan Chuang University, and Hongshi Buddhist Cultural and Educational Foundation, 2019.


    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Queering Identities: Resource and Resilience.” Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Blog on Timely Issues, March 7, 2019. 

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Beyond Interreligious Dialogue and Abstract Pluralism: In Memory of John C. Raines.” Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Blog on Teaching, September 26, 2018. 

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Mara, Samsara, et Identité.” Bouddhisme au Feminin, January 17, 2016. 

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Māra, Samsāra, and Identity.” Sakyadhita: International Association of Buddhist Women, Vol. 23 (Winter 2014): 6-9.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan. “Three Teachings in One.” In The World Book of Faith, edited by Jürgen Mettepenningen. Belgium: Lannoo Publishing House, forthcoming in September 2015. Simultaneously published in English, French, German, and Dutch.

    Hu, Hsiao-Lan, with the assistance of William Cully Allen. Taoism. Langhorne, Pennsylvania: Chelsea House Publications, 2005.

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