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James Wallace Heisig (born 1944) is a philosopher who specialises in the field of philosophy of religion. He has published a number of books on topics ranging from the notion of God in analytical psychology, the Kyoto School of Philosophy (including the works of Nishida Kitaro and Tanabe Hajime) to contemporary inter-religious dialogue. His books, translations, and edited collections, which have appeared in 18 languages, currently number 90 volumes. He served as a lecturer at the Divine Word College (Epworth, Iowa) as a BA student and graduated with a BA degree in philosophy from the same college in 1966. In 1969 he received his master's degree in philosophy from Loyola University Chicago and another from Notre Dame University. After receiving a PhD in Religious studies at Cambridge University in 1973, he went back to Divine Word College to teach philosophy and religion as a lecturer. Between 1974 and 1978, he was a visiting lecturer at Catholic Theological Union, Instituto Superior de Estudios Eclesiásticos (Mexico City), and Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia). In September 1976, he moved to Japan (first in to Kamakura and Nagano, and then to the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture) to take up the position of Permanent Research Fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture on the campus of Nanzan University. He served as the director of the Nanzan Institute from 1991 to 2001 following in the footsteps of the former director and Belgian philosopher, Jan Van Bragt. In 2015, Heisig received an honorary doctoral degree from Tallinn University in Estonia and In 2021 was awarded the Kanazawa University International Award in Commemoration of Daisetz T. Suzuki and Kitaro Nishida. In 2023 he was awarded Japan’s Order of the Sacred Treasure. Heisig still resides in Nagoya, where he continues to conduct research as an emeritus fellow of the Nanzan Institute, to publish books, and lecture in Japan and abroad on philosophy and religion. He is also famed among students of the Japanese and Chinese languages for his Remembering the Kanji and Remembering the Hanzi series. Bibliography Books (author) El cuento detrás del cuento: un ensayo sobre psique y mito. Introducción de Cecilio de Lora. (Buenos Aires: Editorial Guadalupe, 1976). Adventures in Kanji-Land (Nagoya, Nanzan University, 1977). Imago Dei: A study of C. G. Jung's psychology of religion (London and Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1979, 1983). Japanese translation:『ユングの宗教心理学』, trans. by 渡辺学 Watanabe Manabu and 纐纈康兵 Kōketsu Kōhei. (Tokyo: Shunjūsha, 1985, 1986). With a new Foreword. Remembering the Kanji I: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters (Tokyo: Japan Publications Trading Co., 1985; 5th ed.; 24th printing, 2008). 6th edition: (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2011; 3rd printing, 2015). French adaptation: Yves Maniette, Les kanji dans la tête: Aprendre à ne pas oublier le sens et l'écriture des caractères japonais (Gramagraf sccl, 1998). 2nd printing, 2005. Spanish adaptation: (with Marc Bernabé and Verònica Calafell). Kanji para recordar: Curso mnemoténico para el aprendizaje de la escritura y el significado de los characteres japoneses (Barcelona: Editorial Herder, 2001; 2d edition, 3rd printing; 3rd edition, 2014). German adaptation: (with Robert Rauther). Die Kanji lernen und behalten I. Bedeutung und Schreibweise der japanischen Schriftzeichen (Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann Verlag, 3rd printing, 2009). neue folge: (Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann Verlag, 2012). Dutch adaptation: (with Sarah Van Camp). Kanji. Snel Japan's leren schrijven en onthouden door de kracht van verbeelding (Antwerpen: Garant, 2010). Hungarian adaptation: (with Rácz Zoltán). Megjegyezhető kandzsik, Első kötet. A japán írásjegyek jelentése és írásmódja. (Budapest: Shirokuma, 2011). Polish adaptation: (with Marcin Sudara). Kanji. Kurs skutecznego zapamiętywania znaków japońskich (Poznań: Nowela, 2014). Portuguese adaptation: (with Rafael Shoji). Kanji. Imaginar para aprender. Um Curso Completo para a Memorização da Escrita e Significado dos Caracteres Japoneses (São Paulo: Kasina/Nanzan, 2015). Italian adaptation: (with Anna Ruggeri). Per ricordare i kanji. Corso mnemonico per l'apprendimento veloce di scrittura e signi cato dei caratteri giapponesi (Nagoya: Nanzan, 2015). Hebrew adaptation: (with Erez Volk). קאנג׳י מא׳ ועד ת׳. קורס שלם ללימוד הכתיב והמשמעות של הסימנים היפניים (Rehovot: MeMo, 2020). Remembering the Kanji II: A Systematic Guide to Reading Japanese Characters (Tokyo: Japan Publications Trading Co., 1987; 3rd ed.; 13th printing, 2008). 3rd edition: (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2008). 4th edition: (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2012). Spanish adaptation: (with Marc Bernabé and Verònica Calafell). Kanji para recordar II: Guía sistemática para la lectura de los characteres japoneses (Barcelona: Herder, 2004). German adaptation: (with Robert Rauther). Die Kanji lernen und behalten II. Systematische Anleitung zu den Lesungen der japanischen Schriftzeichen, Neue Folge (Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann Verlag, 2006). neue folge: (Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann Verlag, 2013). Remembering the Hiragana: A Complete Course on How to Teach Yourself the Japanese Syllabary in 3 Hours (Tokyo: Japan Publications Trading Co., 1987; 10th printing, 1999). Remembering the Kanji III: Writing and Reading Japanese Characters for Upper-Level Proficiency (Tokyo: Japan Publications Trading Co., 1994; 2nd ed., 3rd printing, 2008). (1st edition co- authored with Tanya Sienko) 2nd edition: (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2008). 3rd edition: (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2013). German adaptation: (with Robert Rauther). Die Kanji lernen und behalten III: Schriftzeichen für den fortgeschrittenen Gebrauch (Frankfurt: Klostermann Verlag, 2013). Remembering the Kana: A Guide to Reading and Writing the Japanese Syllabaries in 3 hours each [Combined edition] (Tokyo: Japan Publications Trading Co., 2001; 2nd ed., 2nd printing, 2005). 3rd edition: (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2007; 4th printing, 2015). Spanish adaptation: (with Marc Bernabé and Verònica Calafell). Kana para recordar: Curso mnemoténico para el aprendizaje de los silabarios japoneses (Barcelona: Editorial Herder, 2003; 3rd printing, 2008). German adaptation: (with Klaus Gresbrand). Die Kana lernen und behalten. Die japanische Silbenschrift lesen und schreiben in je drei Stunden (Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann Verlag, 2009, 3rd printing). Dutch adaptation: (with Sarah Van Camp). Kana. Snel Japan's leren lezen en schrijven (Antwerpen: Garant, 2009). Filósofos de la nada: Un ensayo sobre la escuela de Kioto (Barcelona: Editorial Herder, 2002). English translation: Philosophers of Nothingness: An Essay on the Kyoto School (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001; 2nd printing, 2004). Rumanian translation: (trad. N. I. Maris si M.... Discover the James W Heisig popular books. Find the top 100 most popular James W Heisig books.