Committee on the Study of Religion

Janet Gyatso works on intellectual history and literature in early modern Tibet. Her books include Being Buddhist in a Human World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet (2015) and Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of...

Briana Brightly is a Ph.D. candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion. Her dissertation, titled “Anatomy of the Buddha: Making Images during the Golden Age of Tibetan Medicine, 1600–1800,” investigates the intersection of medicine and Buddhist...

• Region: Atlantic World; Europe; North America
• Time: 18th Century
• Theme: German Literature; Colonialism; Cultural History; History of Gender and Sexuality; History of Religion

Anca's research interests bring to the surface the voices and stories...

• Region: Low Countries; Europe
• Time: 14th century; 15th century; 16th century
• Theme: Religion; Christianity; Mysticism

Lydia Shahan studies the history of Christianity in medieval Europe, focusing on mystical and devotional texts from the...