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Profiles of all current academic staff and postgraduate research students in the Religion and Theology department.
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- Academic staff
- Honorary staff
- Other Teaching Staff
- Current MPhil and PhD Students
Academic staff
| Name | Title | Research | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balserak, Jon | Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Religion | j.balserak@bristol.ac.uk | Early Modern Religion |
| Lecturer in Jewish Studies | l.askin@bristol.ac.uk |
Jewish studies |
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| Langer, Rita | Senior Lecturer in Buddhist Studies | rita.langer@bristol.ac.uk | Buddhist Studies |
| Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion | Philosophy of Religion | ||
| Senior Lecturer in East Asian Religions | Buddhist Studies | ||
| Senior Lecturer in Global Islam | toby.matthiesen@bristol.ac.uk |
Global Islam |
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| Shiri, Yael | Lecturer in Religious Studies | y.shiri@bristol.ac.uk | Buddhist Studies |
| Sønnesyn, Sigbjørn | Lecturer in Medieval Christianity | sig.sonnesyn@bristol.ac.uk | Medieval Christianity |
Honorary staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Abdelnour, Mohammed Gamal |
Dr Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour Research Fellow in Comparative Islamic and Christian studies |
ek21461@bristol.ac.uk |
| Clark, Stephen | Research Fellow in the Philosophy of Religion (Professor) | thsric@bristol.ac.uk |
| D'Costa, Gavin | Emeritus Professor in Catholic Theology | gavin.dcosta@bristol.ac.uk |
| Deane, Susannah | British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Buddhist Studies |
susannah.deane@bristol.ac.uk |
| Gethin, Rupert | Emeritus Professor of Buddhist Studies | rupert.gethin@bristol.ac.uk |
| Jones, Eddie | Research Fellow | ej17951@bristol.ac.uk |
| King, Ursula | Emerita Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | U.M.King@bristol.ac.uk |
| Lewis, Marilyn | Research Fellow | ml17331@bristol.ac.uk |
| Muessig, Carolyn | Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Medieval Religion | C.A.Muessig@bristol.ac.uk |
| Rochard, Dechen | Honorary Research Fellow in Buddhist Studies | thsr@bristol.ac.uk |
| Straube, Martin | Honorary Research Associate in Pali literature and lexicography | aq23561@bristol.ac.uk |
| Williams, Paul | Emeritus Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy | Paul.Williams@bristol.ac.uk |
Other Teaching Staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Glenn, Sam | Teacher | ui21608@bristol.ac.uk |
Current MPhil and PhD students
| Name | Title of Dissertation | Lead Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Cho, Hyo Eun | Discussing unskilful qualities from the unfolded ancient text: the research of the theory of defilements through two chapters in the Śāriputrābhidharma-śāstra’ | Rita Langer |
| Choi, Joon | The Study of Information Structure on Moses’ Speech in the Book of Deuteronomy: An Approach from Text-linguistics - A Linguistic Study on Direct Speech in the Book of Deuteronomy | Lindsey Davidson |
| Font Clos, Bernat | What the Buddha Felt: A Study of Vedanā in Early Buddhism | Rita Langer |
| Glenn, Sam | A Platonic Challenge to Naturalistic Accounts of Love | David Leech |
| Hyatt, Joey | The Scribal Culture of the Book of Chronicles | Lindsey Davidson |
| Kim, Seoho | Five Senses and Places within Chan Practice: Historical Origins, Formations, and Changes in Meditation Methods and Techniques | Benedetta Lomi |
| Norton, Sam | Language, psychiatry and exorcism - a conceptual elucidation of how abnormal phenomena are understood in psychiatric diagnosis and the ministry of deliverance | David Leech |
| Thomson, Blair | Brushing Suchness: the development of Japanese Buddhist calligraphy during the Kamakura period (TBC) | Benedetta Lomi |
| Williams, Chris | Western Rationalism and the Visionary Nature of Meditative Experience in the Buddhist Tradition | Rita Langer |