Basic Information:
Name: Misha TADD
Gender: Male
Administrative Position: Director, Nankai University College of Philosophy Global Laozegetics Research Center
Academic Title: Associate Professor
Education: PhD
Office: College of Philosophy 521
Email: mishatadd@hotmail.com
Areas of Research: Daoist philosophy, Pre-Qin and Han Dynasty philosophy, Chinese Laozegetics, Global Laozegetics, comparative philosophy
Academic Organization Memberships：
1. Professional Committee on Laozi, Zhuangzi, Yijing, and Daoist Culture
Vice President
2. International Association of I-Ching Studies
Executive Board Member
3. Beijing Language and Culture University World Council of Sinologists
Council Member
4. Daoist Culture Research
Editorial Committee Member
5. Confucian Academy
English Editorial Committee Member
Bio:
Misha Tadd is an American bilingual scholar. Since 2019, he has been working in the Chinese Philosophy Section of the Nankai University College of Philosophy. He is also a participant in Nankai University’s The Hundred Young Academic Leaders Program
Education:
Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2016
Peking University, Beijing, China
Department of Philosophy and Religion, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies
Postdoctoral Fellow
Advisor: Tu Weiming
Aug. 2004 - Sept. 2013
Boston University, Boston, MA
Division of Religion and Theological Studies
Doctor of Philosophy in Religion and Society
Dissertation Committee: Christopher Lehrich (Boston University), Michael Puett (Harvard University), Harold D. Roth (Brown University)
Aug. 2000 - June 2001
Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China
Chinese Language Program
Aug. 1998 - May 2002
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies, Chinese Minor
Work Experience:
Jul. 2022 -
Director, Nankai University College of Philosophy
Global Laozegetics Research Center
Nov. 2019 -
Associate Professor/Doctoral Advisor, Nankai University College of Philosophy
Chinese Philosophy Section
Jan. 2018 – Dec. 2018
Visiting Scholar, Chinese Academy of Social Science
Institute of Philosophy
Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2018
Researcher, Peking University
Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies
Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking University Department of Philosophy and Religion
Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies
Jan. 2011 – May 2011
Lecturer, Loyola Marymount University
Asian and Pacific Studies Program
Aug. 2010 – May 2013
Lecturer, Loyola Marymount University
Department of Theological Studies
Sept. 2008 - Dec. 2009
Drill Instructor, Boston University
Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature
Sept. 2008 - Dec. 2008
Instructor, Boston University
Metropolitan College
May 2008 - May 2009
Instructor, Boston University
Department of Religion
Sept. 2005 - May 2008
Teaching Fellow, Boston University
Department of Religion
Teaching:
A. Courses
Daoist Philosophy (Global Laozegetics), The Overseas Study of Chinese Philosophy
B. Graduate Students
MA Students: MA Shanshan, HAN Jiahui
PhD Students: ZHANG Yujia
Selected Publications:
Monographs
1. The Complete Bibliography of Laozi Translations. Tianjin: Nankai University Press, 2022.
Articles
1. “What Is Global Laozegetics?: Origins, Contents, and Significance.” In Religions 13 (2022): 651. https://doi.org/10.3390/ rel13070651 [A&HCI journal]
2. “The Translingual Ziran of Laozi Chapter 25: Global Laozegetics and Meaning Unbound by Language.” In Religions 13 (2022): 596.
https://doi.org/ 10.3390/rel13070596 [A&HCI journal]
3. “Global Laozegetics: A Study in Globalized Philosophy.” In The Journal of the History of Ideas, vol 83, no. 1 (2022): 87-109. [A&HCI journal]
4. “Daojia zhexue yuanzhuo huiyi: di ershisi jie Shijie Zhexue Dahui zhuanti huiyi jiyao” [Daoism Philosophy Roundtables: Summaries from the 24th World Congress of Philosophy]. In Daojia wenhua yanjiu (2021). [Top CSSCI ranked Daoist philosophy journal]
5. “Laozi de quanqiuhua yu Xin Laoxue de chengli” [The Globalization of Laozi and the Establishment of New Laozegetics]. In Laozi xue jikan, vol. 3. Edited by Wang Zhongjiang. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2020.
6. “Laozi yiben zongmu” [The Complete Bibliography of Laozi Translations]. In Guoji Hanxue (Supplementary Issue, 2019): 7-122. [Chinese Social Sciences Citation Indexed journal]
7. “Ziran: Authenticity or Authority?” In Religions 10, no. 3 (2019): 207. DIO:10.3390/rel10030207 [A&HCI journal]
8. “Daojia chaoziran de ‘ziran’ gainian: Heshanggong wei li” [The Supernatural Daoist Concept of ‘Ziran’: The Case of Heshanggong]. In Laozi xue jikan, vol. 2. Edited by Wang Zhongjiang. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2018.
9. “Laozi de quanqiuhua yu Xin Laoxue de chengli” [The Globalization of Laozi and the Establishment of New Laozegetics]. Condensed version reprinted in Xinhua wenzhai (14), 2018. [National honorary collection of the top essays in politics, society, China, and humanities]
10. “Laozi de quanqiuhua yu Xin Laoxue de chengli” [The Globalization of Laozi and the Establishment of New Laozegetics]. In Zhongguo zhexue shi (2), 2018. [Top-ranked Chinese philosophy journal in the Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index]
11. “The Implicit Yin-Yang Mode and Substance Division in Heshanggong’s Commentary on the Daodejing and Its Origins.” In Diogenes, Jan., 2018.
DOI 10.1177/0392192117742022 [French forthcoming] [A&HCI journal]
12. “Heshanggong zhangju yinyang guan suyuan ji ‘yinyang’ de ‘mo-su’ zaifen” [The Yinyang Theory of Heshanggong] In Zhexue yanjiu, October, 2017. [1st ranked CSSCI philosophy journal]
13. “Shang De Ruo Gu: Daojiao weiren chushi de jiazhi linian” [“The Highest Virtue is Like a Valley: Daoist Ideals of Human Behavior”] In Zhongguo Daojiao (2017.3).
B. Book Chapters
1. “Dao and Ziran in Heshanggong’s Commentary on the Daodejing.” In Dao Companion to Xuanxue 玄學 (Neo-Daoism). Edited by David Chai. New York: Springer, 2020.
2. “Morality Without Moral Reasoning: The Case of Heshanggong.” In The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Early Chinese Ethics and Political Philosophy. Edited by Alexus McLeod. London: Bloomsbury, 2019.
3. “The Power of Parasites and Worms.” In Parasites, Worms, and the Human Body in Religion and Culture. Edited by Brenda Gardenour and Misha Tadd, xi–xxxvi. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2012.
Translations
1. Order in Early Chinese Excavated Texts: Natural, Supernatural, and Legal Approaches. By Wang Zhongjiang. Translated by Misha Tadd. New York: Palgrave, 2015.
2. “Potent Medicine Needs a Doctor’s Guiding Hand: A Tendency That Must Be Noted with the Popularization of Wang Yangming’s Teachings.’” By Ni Peimin. Translated by Misha Tadd. In Confucian Academy 6, no. 1 (Mar. 2019).
3. “The Problem Consciousness of New Confucians within the ‘Manifesto on Behalf of Chinese Culture.’” By Gan Chunsong. Translated by Misha Tadd. In Confucian Academy 5, no. 4 (Dec. 2018).
Edited Volumes
1. Parasites, Worms, and the Human Body in Religion and Culture. Edited by Brenda Gardenour and Misha Tadd. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2012.
Other Writings
Guest Editor, Special Issue on Global Laozegetics, Religions, 2022
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Laozegetics
Research Grants:
2022 – 2024 Ministry of Education, PRC, Project of Humanities and Social Sciences
Grant Amount: 200,000 CNY
2022 –2024 Nankai University, Humanities Development Fund General Project
Grant Amount: 150,000 CNY
2020 – 2025 Nankai University, The Hundred Young Academic Leaders Program
Grant Amount: 200,000 CNY
2015 – 2016 China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 1st Class General Financial Grant
Grant Amount: 80,000 CNY
2014 – 2016 China Postdoctoral Foundation, National Grade Postdoctoral Fellowship
Grant Amount: Salary and Housing
2009 – 2010 Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Doctoral Fellowship
Grant Amount: 15,000 USD
Honors and Awards:
2002 -Phi Beta Kappa Society Member
2002 Vassar College Man-Sheng Chen Award Excellence in Chinese Studies
2002 Vassar College Graduation with General and Departmental Honors
