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Thomas Michael

Assistant Professor of Religion and Honors

2106 G Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-1675
Fax: (202) 994-9379
E-mail: tmichael@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Expertise:

East Asian Religions

Background:

Professor Michael received his Ph.D. in 2001 from the University of Chicago with a dissertation focusing on early Taoism in China. He has taught courses at the University of Chicago, DePaul University and Columbia College in Chicago. Before joining the Religion Department at George Washington University, he was a member of the faculty at the University of Tennessee.

Professor Michael's recent publications include: The Pristine Dao: Metaphysics in Early Daoist Discourse (SUNY Press, 2005); "Confucius and Laozi — Two Visions of the Dao of Antiquity," in Metaphilosophy and Chinese Thought: Interpreting David Hall, Ewing Chinn and Henry Rosemont, Jr., editors (Global Scholarly Publications, 2005); and "The That-Beyond-Which of the Pristine Dao: Cosmology in the Liezi," in Riding The Wind: New Essays on the Daoist Classic, The Liezi, Ronnie Littlejohn and Jeffrey Dippmann, editors (SUNY Press, in press).

Courses Taught:

Honr 175 Buddhist/Daoist Literature
Rel 190 East Asian Religion and Philosophy
Rel 190 Ethics and Morality in China
Rel 190 Zen Buddhism
Rel 190 Sex and Body in World Religions

Last update: 01.30.06