History of Religion

• Region: Europe; Middle East; Ottoman Empire
• Time: 16th Century; 17th Century; 18th Century
• Theme: Social History; History of Religion; Ottoman Literature; Poetry and Poetics

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: North America
• Time: 16th Century to 21th Century
• Theme: Religion; American History; Colonial History; Gender

Education

• BA, Harvard University
• PhD, Yale University

Profile

Catherine Brekus is Charles Warren Professor of the...

• Region: Near East; Europe; Americas
• Time: 14th to 19th century
• Theme: Jewish History; History of the Book; Hebrew Literature; Biblical Interpretation

Research Fields: Classical and Modern...

• Region: France, Britain, Europe
• Time: 17th Century
• Topics: religious and political controversies; Thomas Hobbes;  English-French intellectual exchange

• Region: Europe; Holy Roman Empire
• Time: 14th century; 15th century; 16th century
• Theme: German Literature; Cultural History; History of Religion; History of the Book; Intellectual History; Latin Literature; Philosophy

B.A. German Studies/English and American...

• Region: Iberia; Latin America
• Time: 14th century; 15th century; 16th century; 17th century; 18th century
• Theme: Colonialism; History of Empire; History of Gender and Sexuality; History of Religion; History of the Book; Maritime Humanities; Luso...

• Region: Italy
• Time: 14th Century; 15th Century; 16th Century
• Theme: History of Art; Visual History; History of Religion; Renaissance; Social History; Economic History; Cultural History

• 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...