Religious Studies

My project analyzes the spectacular return of the sacred to post-Soviet Russian public sphere following seventy years of forced secularization.

Until now, ethicists have mostly told us what is right, while assuming that it is our responsibility to get there.

This institute seeks to reimagine the critical vocabulary of religious studies through the use of Chinese concepts, as a way of decentering and decolonizing the study of religion.

This research project investigates the use of contemplative Buddhist practices and their associated traditional, yet changing, contexts in Bhutan.

Overcoming historical discrimination and contemporary disadvantages, a powerful blossoming of writings by Tibetan women has emerged over the past few decades.

This dissertation is a study of the biographies of female revenants or delok (Tibetan, 'das log).

An interdisciplinary conference on the global root causes and implications of the current refugee crisis in Europe.

This two-day conference brings together established and emerging scholars of colonialism, settler-colonialism, and race for a discussion of law, violence, borders, war, property, sovereignty, the global, and the humanities in different contexts around the globe.

The research examines the presence of Tibetan Buddhist teachings and ideologies in the Xixia kingdom.

A UVA research committee will work Summer and Fall 2015 to initiate the organization and planning of a new UVA family of research teams on religion, conflict, and foreign affairs.