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DEGREES AND HONORS
Ph.D. Sanskrit and Indian Studies, 1996
Harvard University
B.A. Study of Religion, 1992
University of California, Los Angeles

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor, University of Florida at Gainesville, Department of Religion, 2008-2009
Visiting Scholar, Indo-European Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997-1998
Professor, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, 1996-1997

RECENT COURSES TAUGHT
Courses in Religions of India and Sanskrit - University of Florida at Gainesville, 2008-2009
  • Religions of India REL3330 3 units.
A historical look at the major religious traditions and philosophical progression of religion in the Indian subcontinent.
  • Sanskrit II SRK1121 4 units.
This is the second semester of a two-semester course that introduces the Sanskrit language through the Devanagari Script emphasizing reading, writing, grammar and oral recitation.
  • Advanced Sanskrit SRK3410 3 units.
Advanced study of Sanskrit to further develop skills in reading and understanding texts.
Courses in Sanskrit, Hinduism, and Bhagavad-gītā - Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, 1996-1997
  • Bhagavad-gita HR4710 3 units.
Historically locate the text, and explore its theology, with an eye to comparative religious issues and contemporary relevance.
  • Sanskrit 1 HR2785 3 units.
Explore the sacred language of Hinduism and of many Buddhist texts. Emphasis on acquiring the necessary skills to penetrate and appreciate important texts.
  • Advanced Sanskrit (1.5 - 3 units)

For students with reading knowledge of Sanskrit. Read the Sanskrit text of the Puranjana story from the fourth canto of the Bhāgavata-purāṇa, along with several important Sanskrit commentaries. Students will learn the invaluable skill of reading Sanskrit commentaries and sub-commentaries.

RECENT INVITED LECTURES/TALKS
Cambridge University
Carnegie Mellon
Duke University
Harvard University
Graduate Theological Union
Oxford University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Georgia
University of London
University of Michigan
University of Ohio
University of Wisconsin
Yale University     

PUBLICATIONS – Books
La Logica del Assoluto: Ritorno a Krishna. Firenze, 1990. (Italian)
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Cantos 10, 11, 12 (Translation from Sanskrit and commentary). Los Angeles: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1981–1986.
Valores da Liberdade. São Paulo: Fundacão Bhaktivedanta, 1985. (Portuguese)
Illuminación por el Camino Natural. Los Angeles: Fondo Editorial Bhaktivedanta, 1983. (Spanish)
Soluçoes (3 volumes). São Paulo: Fundacão Bhaktivedanta, 1980–1983. (Portuguese)
Bhagavad-gītā, Tal Como Es. [Chief Editor]. Los Angeles: Fondo Editorial Bhaktivedanta, 1975. (Spanish)

PUBLICATIONS- Books in Preparation

The School at White Hall, a novel (current project)

PUBLICATIONS- Articles and Essays
English:
“Heresy and Orthodoxy in ISKCON.” Edwin Bryant and Maria Ekstrand (eds.). The Hare Krishna Movement: The Post-Charismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant, Columbia University Press, 2004.
“The Role of the Guru in a Multi-Guru Society.” ISKCON Communications Journal, 8 (1) (June 2000).
“For Whom Does Hinduism Speak?.” ISKCON Communications Journal, 7 (1) (June 1999).
“Translation of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam in the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Sampradāya.” Enrica Garzilli (ed.). Translating, Translations, Translators from India to the West, Harvard Oriental Series, Opera Minora Vol. 1, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University, 1998.
“The Daivika-catustayam of the Vaikhanasa-mantra-prasna: A Translation.” Ph.D. Dissertation; Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, 1996.
“The Supremacy of Vishnu/Krishna in the Mahābhārata.” Journal of Vaiṣṇava Studies, 4 (3) (Summer 1996).
“State and Society in Ancient India.” ISKCON Communications Journal 3 (1) (June 1995).
“Krishna in the Bhagavad-gītā: A Beginning Ontology from the Gaudiya Perspective.” Journal of Vaiṣṇava Studies, 3 (2) (Spring 1995).
“Isolation in Krishna Consciousness,” Epoche: University of California, Journal for the Study of Religions, Volume XIX, 1994.

ACADEMIC / CONFERENCE PAPERS
“A Summary of Vaiṣṇava Philosophy,” Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies; University of Cambridge, January 2007.
“Sanskrit and the Vedas.” Universitá Ca Foscari, Venice, Italy, February 2007.
“Contemporary Moral Issues in a Hindu Context,” School of Oriental and African Studies; London, January 2007.
“The Rise of Neo-Hinduism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,” Belmont University; Nashville, Tennessee, March 2006.
“The Goddess in the Mahābhārata,” Seminar on the Hindu Goddess at the Graduate Theological Union; Berkeley, California, 1998.
“The Purusa-sukta Hymn of the Rg Veda,” Indo-European Studies; University of California, Los Angeles, 1997.  
“Conjugal Love in the Vaiṣṇava Tradition,” Seminar in the Study of Religion, University of California, Los Angeles, 1995.
“The Translation and Transmission of Sastra in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism,” Symposium on Translation; Harvard University, 1994.
“History of the Gaudiya Vaisnava Tradition,” South Asian Forum; Harvard University, 1993.
“The Bhagavad-gītā, A Preliminary Ontology,” Committee on the Study of Religion; University of California, Los Angeles, 1992.
“Krishna Conscious Conversion,” Graduate Theological Union; Berkeley, California, 1989.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY 
Sanskrit, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, German.
 

Upcoming Projects

Dr. Howard Resnick has recently completed his first novel and is now working on a three-part historical novel based on the great Indian epic, the Mahābhārata.  Having completed over 25 years of research for this project, he will attempt to render this historical narrative of South Asia in a style that makes it both appealing and intelligible to a modern audience.