Residential Fellowship Opportunity

The Frederick P. Lenz Residential Fellowship in Buddhism and American Culture & Values

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The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce that applications are being taken for the 2013-14 Frederick P. Lenz Foundation Residential Fellowship for Buddhist Studies and American Culture and Values. This is an opportunity for faculty and other professionals planning sabbaticals during the 2013–14 academic year to spend a semester on the Naropa University campus in Boulder, Colorado, conducting a research, artistic, social action or other project that relates Buddhist philosophy and practice to an aspect of American culture and values.  This is an ideal place for a Buddhism fellowship, Religious Studies fellowship or sabbatical fellowship in Religion.

For more information or to apply for the 2013-14 academic year: Frederick P. Lenz Foundation Residential Fellowship for Buddhist Studies and American Culture and Values

Scholars Chosen for the 2012-13 Academic Year

Sarah J. Heidt, Ph.D.

Contemplative Pedagogies for Literary Study

Sarah J. Heidt is an associate professor of English at Kenyon College, where she teaches nineteenth-century British literature and culture, auto/biography and life-writing, women's writing, and literatures of memory. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Cornell University and has published essays about Victorian life-writing and contemporary memoir and film. She began Zen practice in 2010 and is a formal student at Zen Mountain Monastery in upstate New York. While at Naropa in spring 2013, she will be exploring intersections of contemplative practice and literary study.

Scholars Chosen for the 2011-12 Academic Year

David R. Loy, Ph.D.

The Great Encounter: Why Buddhism and Modernity Need Each Other

Dr. David R. Loy is a professor of Buddhist and comparative philosophy, writer and Zen teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is a distinguished author who has written several books and is regularly published in multiple publications, as well as serving on editorial and advising boards for various journals. Dr. Loy’s past research has focused upon the encounter between Buddhism and modernity, exhibiting special concern regarding social and ecological issues. His fellowship work will correlate directly to his research, as he focuses on why Buddhism and modernity need each other. While at Naropa, he will begin writing a new book that will reveal the contemplative dialogue between Buddhism and the West.

Arturo J. Bencosme, Ph.D.

Heart to Organizations: Contemplativeness-based Organizational Learning and Strategic Thinking

Originally studying engineering, Dr. Arturo J. Bencosme has been involved with organizational learning for over 30 years. His work includes teaching, management, and individual work with private, public, and non-profit service organizations. Dr. Bencosme has served as a consultant, facilitator, and educator in the fields of visionary strategic planning, organizational leadership and servant leadership. As a fellow at Naropa, he plans to develop a contemplative approach to enhancing learning organizations. In conjunction with Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey, Dr. Bencosme’s project explores how contemplativeness, especially meditation, can affect organizations. His work will focus upon how contemplativeness is demonstrated in the work place and how Naropa graduates can bring contemplative practice into the work place. Dr. Bencosme hopes to contribute to expanding the outreach of Naropa into the organizational world including businesses, nonprofits and so forth, and to strengthen the personal and professional journeys of Naropa’s students.

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