Giuliano Giustarini Curriculum vitae ADDRESS Giuliano Giustarini 54/3 Bang Miang, Si Supalai Nonthaburi, Thailand; or: Via Napoli 96, Ladispoli RM, 00055 Italy e-mail: giulianogiustarini@gmail.com tel. (+66) 093 028 4260 BIRTHDATE 29 th June 1966 LANGUAGES KNOWN Italian, English, Pali, Sanskrit French, Spanish, Latin, Ancient Greek (basic) EDUCATION 2005 - Ph.D. (with congratulations from the jury) in Indological Studies at the Università di Torino, Italy. Dissertation: La funzione di sati nel buddhismo Theravāda: un analisi dei testi (The Function of Sati in Theravāda Buddhism: an Analysis of the Texts). Tutor: Professor Mario Piantelli. Advisors: Professor Giuliano Boccali, Professor Francesco Sferra, Professor Giuliano Bernini. 1995 - M.A. (summa cum laude) in Religioni e Filosofie dell India (Indian Religions and Philosophies) at the Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy. Master s thesis: Buddhismo in Occidente: la scuola di Ajahn Chah (Buddhism in the West: the School of Ajahn Chah). Tutor and Advisor: Professor Corrado Pensa. Reader: Professor Raffaele Torella. 2010 - Advanced Course in Pāli language at the Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy, Pallekele, Kandy, Sri Lanka, with Prof. P.D. Premasiri and Prof. Mediwaka.
WORK EXPERIENCE May 2010 - Lecturer at the Mahidol University (Bangkok), International PhD Buddhist Studies Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Courses taught: Pāli Language and Literature; Pāli Buddhism; Seminars on Suttanta Literature; Buddhist Meditation; Seminars on the Visuddhimagga; Buddhist Hermeneutics; Seminars on Abhidhamma Literature; Seminars on Buddhism in the Modern World; Buddhist Chronicles. September 2014 - Secretary of the International PhD Buddhist Studies Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Aug 2011-2013 Editor of the Thai International Journal of Buddhist Studies (TIJBS). 6-9/2011 Visiting Professor at the Mahidol University (Bangkok), College of Religious Studies. Course taught: Pāli language. 9-12/2009 Instructor at the Antioch Education Abroad Program in Bodhgaya, India. Courses: Buddhist Philosophy (lecturer), Buddhist Meditation (advisor), Independent Studies (advisor). 9-12/2007 Instructor at the Antioch Education Abroad Program in Bodhgaya, India. Courses: Buddhist Philosophy (lecturer), Buddhist Meditation (advisor), Independent Studies (advisor). 5/2006 9/2009 Tourist guide in Roma. 5/2001 9/2008 Tour-leader in Roma, Sorrento, Egypt. 10/2000 4/2001 Administrative Examining Employee in the Municipality of Cerveteri (Italy); responsible for the archive database of the Department of Taxation and Finance. 11/1999 9/2000 Customer service consultant at Atesia Srl (Roma) 4/1999 9/2001 Editor of the Buddhist Journal Dharma. 1/1996-10/1998 Editor of the Buddhist journal Paramita.
PUBLICATIONS Liberation(s): the notion of release (vimokkha) in the Paṭisambhidāmagga, Journal of Indian Philosophy (2014), on line first, ISSN: 1573-0395; DOI 10.1007/s10781-014-9262-3 (peer-reviewed) Note su anattā: la dolorosa illusione dell io-mio, Sati (2014) 1; E196014 (not peer-reviewed) Note su anattā: lo studio e la pratica, Sati (2013) 3: 46-62; E196014 (not peerreviewed) The role of fear (bhaya) in the Nikāyas and in the Abhidhamma, Journal of Indian Philosophy (2012) Vol. 40, Issue 5, pp. 511-531, DOI: 10.1007/s10781-012-9164-1 0022-1791 (peer-reviewed) Wakefulness before awakening: the role of jāgariyā according to the Pāli Nikāyas, Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies (2012)13: 83-110; ISSN 0972-4893 (peer-reviewed) La chiarezza oltre la superficie: brevi note su sati, Sati (2012) 1: 14-30; E196014. The truth of the body: the liberating role of physical (and mental) boundaries in asubhabhāvanā, Thai International Journal of Buddhist Studies II (2011) 2: 96-124 (peer-reviewed) Faith and renunciation in Early Buddhism: saddhā and nekkhamma, Rivista Studi Sud-Asiatici (RiSS), (2006) 1: 161-179; ISSN 1970-9501 (online), ISSN 1970-951X (print); ISBN 88-8453-361-9 (peer-reviewed) A note on saḷāyatanas in the Buddhist Nikāyas, Università di Napoli L Orientale, Annali, (2005) 65: 153-178; ISSN 0393-3180 (peer-reviewed) Empatia e contemplazione nel buddhismo Theravāda, in Interdipendenza, n 2, October 2006 (not peer-reviewed) Amore, rinuncia, illuminazione: a proposito di un libro recente, Sati, Roma 2003 (not peer-reviewed) Un brutto rospo: la contemplazione della sofferenza nella meditazione buddhista, Sati, Roma 2002 (not peer-reviewed)
Introduction to Buddhism. 1999 section of a CD-Rom on World Religions for the Comune di Roma (Rome City Council) The CD-Rom was distributed to all junior and senior high schools in Rome (not peer-reviewed) Un sangha rigoroso in occidente, Paramita, Roma 1997 (not peer-reviewed) La legge universale dell interdipendenza nel pensiero di Ajahn Sucitto Sati, Roma 1997 (not peer-reviewed) Krishnamurti: la consapevolezza, l amore, la libertà, Sati, Roma 1997 (not peerreviewed) La ricerca della pace, Occidente Buddhista, Milano 1996 (not peer-reviewed) I tre gioielli, Occidente Buddhista, Milano 1996 (not peer-reviewed) I sette fattori del risveglio, Occidente Buddhista, Milano 1996 (not peerreviewed) I cinque precetti, Occidente Buddhista, Milano 1996 (not peer-reviewed) Il Nobile Ottuplice Sentiero, Occidente Buddhista, Milano 1996 (not peerreviewed) Le quattro basi della consapevolezza, Occidente Buddhista, Milano 1996 (not peer-reviewed) Nel vortice del condizionamento, Occidente Buddhista, Milano 1996 (not peerreviewed) I tre segni, Occidente Buddhista, Milano 1996 (not peer-reviewed) PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 28-30 May 2015 Presentation of the Paper The Philosophy of Health in Pali Buddhist Texts at the Conference on Buddhism and Well Being, Vancouver, University of British Columbia. 7 May 2015 Presentation of the Paper Strangification in Pali Buddhist Literature as an additional public lecture at
the Conference on Constructive Realism, University of Vienna. 3-5 May 2015 Presentation of the Paper Strangification in Pali Buddhist Literature at the Conference on Constructive Realism, University of Vienna. 7-10 April 2015 Seminar on the Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta, Mahidol University, Faculty of Social Studies and Humanities. 28 Oct, 4, 11 Nov 2014 Seminar: Medicine in Pali Buddhism. Nakhon Pathom, Mahidol University, Faculty of Medical Technology. 16, 23, 30 May 2014 Seminar: Representation and Self-representation of Buddhism. Rome, La Sapienza University. 4 th December 2013 Dāna, sīla and bhāvanā: three pillars of the Buddhist path. Ameco, Roma. 9 th June 2013 Rhetoric in Ancient Times, Mahidol University, Bangkok. 25 th May 2013 Notes on anattā, Ameco, Roma. 8 th April 2013 The meaning of suññatā-vimokkha in the Paṭisambhidāmagga, Hua Fan University, Taiwan. 28 th March 2013 The notion of release in the Paṭisambhidāmagga, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan. 12 th November 2012 East Meets West, Mahidol University, Bangkok. 30 th August 2012 Morality (sīla) and cognitive factors in Pāli Buddhist Tradition, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. 24 th April 2012 Introduction to Buddhism, Rome, La Sapienza University. 24 th March 2012 Introduction to the Eightfold Path, Rome, A.Me.Co. 8 th March 2012 East Meets West, Mahidol University, Bangkok. 29 th August 2011 Chairman of the International Conference on South- East Asian Buddhist Studies, Bangkok. 31 st August 2005 Faith and renunciation in Early Buddhism, at the XIV
Conference of The International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS), London, SOAS. April 2005 Theravāda Buddhism: Observing universe with an empathetic perspective, at the Conference on Intercultural Studies, Turin. March 2005 The contemplative factors in the Buddhist Nikāyas, at the Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Rome. 1999 2001 What is Buddhism? Seminars given in public high schools, organized by the Comune di Roma (Rome City Council). 1998 An introduction to Indian thought, at the Università Popolare of Ladispoli, Rome. 1997 An introduction to Buddhism, at the Università Popolare of Tuscolano, Frascati, Rome. 1995 The Council of Samye: instantaneous awakening and gradual path, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Rome. 1991 The meaning of nibbāna, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Rome. BOOKS TRANSLATED (from English into Italian) 1999 Larry Rosenberg, Breath by Breath, Boston 1998 (Respiro per respiro, Astrolabio Ubaldini, Roma). 1998 Norman Waddell (ed.) Zen Words for The Heart Hakuin s Commentary on The Heart Sutra, Shambala Publications, Boston & London 1996 (Hakuin, Veleno per il cuore, Astrolabio Ubaldini, Roma). 1998 Anagarika Govinda, The Inner Structure of the I Ching, Wheelwright Press, San Francisco 1981 (La struttura interna dell I King, Astrolabio Ubaldini, Roma).
SOFTWARE MS Office Programs Adobe PDF Maker Adobe InDesign (basic) OTHER INFORMATIONS 2015 - Contributor for the Indo-Tibetan Lexical Resource (ITLR). 2010 - Advisor for the Henry Ginsburg Fund (HGF). 2007-2008 Advisor for the Rivista Studi Sudasiatici (RiSS). 1994 Author of the book Un pipistrello ride a crepapelle, Cultura Duemila Editrice, Ravenna. 1989 Author of the book Strappi, Lalli Editore, Poggibonsi.