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| nationality = American | |||
| fields = [[Writing]], [[English teaching]], [[Tibetan Buddhist philosophy]] | |||
| known_for = [[Writing]], [[English teaching]], [[India]], [[Bhutan]], [[Tibetan Buddhist philosophy]], [[all Buddhism]], [[17th and 18th English literature]], [[Russian literature]], [[any and all great books]], [[Shambhala International]] | | known_for = [[Writing]], [[English teaching]], [[India]], [[Bhutan]], [[Tibetan Buddhist philosophy]], [[all Buddhism]], [[17th and 18th English literature]], [[Russian literature]], [[any and all great books]], [[Shambhala International]] | ||
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[[Category:Scientist]] | '''Barbara Elizabeth Stewart''' is an American writer, editor, and university instructor of English whose work centers on [[Tibetan Buddhist philosophy]], [[English teaching]], and literature. She is a researcher and writer for the Nalanda Translation Committee in [[Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], and a contributor to ''The Chronicles of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche''. | ||
==Biography== | |||
Stewart has lived and worked as a teacher and writer in [[New York]], [[India]], [[Bhutan]], and the [[United Arab Emirates]], and later settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Long active as a writer and editor, she has written for numerous publications over the course of her career. | |||
She is associated with the Nalanda Translation Committee in Halifax, one of the groups that undertook some of the earliest translations of Tibetan-language literature into English under the direction of [[Chögyam Trungpa|Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche]]. Her interests span [[Buddhism]], [[17th and 18th English literature|seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English literature]], [[Russian literature]], and the tradition of the [[any and all great books|great books]]. | |||
==Work== | |||
Stewart has taught at universities in New York, New Jersey, northern India, Bhutan, and the United Arab Emirates. In northern India she taught academic writing to monks at a large traditional monastic university, and in Bhutan she was a lecturer in media studies at Sherubtse College, a constituent college of the Royal University of Bhutan. She taught academic writing to international students for several years at the American University of Sharjah, near [[Dubai]]. | |||
As a contributor to ''The Chronicles of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche'', she has published articles and reviews reflecting on [[Shambhala International|Shambhala]] Buddhism and its teachers, including a piece on Khandro Rinpoche and the mind-training tradition and a review of Grant MacLean's ''From Lion's Jaws: Chögyam Trungpa's Epic Journey to the West''. | |||
==External links== | |||
* [https://www.chronicleproject.com/author/barbarastewart/ Barbara Elizabeth Stewart at The Chronicles of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche] | |||
[[Category:Scientist|Stewart Barbara]] | |||
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Barbara Elizabeth Stewart | |
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| Residence | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Writing, English teaching, India, Bhutan, Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, all Buddhism, 17th and 18th English literature, Russian literature, any and all great books, Shambhala International |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Writing, English teaching, Tibetan Buddhist philosophy |
Barbara Elizabeth Stewart is an American writer, editor, and university instructor of English whose work centers on Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, English teaching, and literature. She is a researcher and writer for the Nalanda Translation Committee in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a contributor to The Chronicles of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Biography
Stewart has lived and worked as a teacher and writer in New York, India, Bhutan, and the United Arab Emirates, and later settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Long active as a writer and editor, she has written for numerous publications over the course of her career.
She is associated with the Nalanda Translation Committee in Halifax, one of the groups that undertook some of the earliest translations of Tibetan-language literature into English under the direction of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Her interests span Buddhism, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English literature, Russian literature, and the tradition of the great books.
Work
Stewart has taught at universities in New York, New Jersey, northern India, Bhutan, and the United Arab Emirates. In northern India she taught academic writing to monks at a large traditional monastic university, and in Bhutan she was a lecturer in media studies at Sherubtse College, a constituent college of the Royal University of Bhutan. She taught academic writing to international students for several years at the American University of Sharjah, near Dubai.
As a contributor to The Chronicles of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, she has published articles and reviews reflecting on Shambhala Buddhism and its teachers, including a piece on Khandro Rinpoche and the mind-training tradition and a review of Grant MacLean's From Lion's Jaws: Chögyam Trungpa's Epic Journey to the West.