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Russian+linguist.+In+1909+he+graduated+from+the+Faculty+of+Oriental+Languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bof+St.+Petersburg+University%2C+and+trained+in+France+at+the+A.+Meye.+From+1918+he+taught+at+Petrograd+%28Leningrad%29+University%2C+and+became+a+professor+in+1921+and+academician+in+1929.+He+participated+in+expeditions+to+Mongolia.+He+was+one+of+the+first+who+used+methods+of+contemporary+linguistics%2C+both+in+the+field+of+comparative+historical+research%2C+as+well+as+in+the+description+of+Modern+Languages%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B.+His+main+linguistic+work+%22Comparative+Grammar%22+of+the+Mongolian+written+language+and+the+Khalkha+dialect+%281929%2C+2nd+ed.+1989%29+including+a+genetic+classification+of+the+Mongolian+languages+%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Band+dialects.+A+sketch+of+their+history+and+description+of+the+phonetics+and+writing.+He+was+the+author+of+works+on+the+history+of+the+Mongolian+Peoples%3A+Genghis+Khan+%281922%29+The+social+system+of+the+Mongols%2C+and+Mongolian+nomadic+feudalism+%281934%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.findagrave.com%2Fmemorial%2F94699424%2Fboris-yakovlevich-vladimirtsov+Source+Accessed+Mar+11%2C+2021%5D%29 +
Filippo+Brambilla+is+a+PhD+candidate+at+the+Department+of+South+Asian%2C+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+Studies+of+the+University+of+Vienna.+He+is+currently+writing+his+dissertation+on+Tshogs+gnyis+rgya+mtsho+%281880%E2%80%931940%29%2C+a+late+Jo+nang+scholar+whose+philosophical+works+are+characterized+by+a+distinctive+approach+that+reconciles+typically+rang+stong+positions+with+more+orthodox+Jo+nang+views.+Filippo%E2%80%99s+PhD+thesis+will+include+a+complete+edition+and+translation+of+Tshogs+gnyis+rgya+mtsho%E2%80%99s+Illuminating+Light+%28%27%27Rab+gsal+snang%27%27%29.+Recently%2C+Filippo+also+started+working+as+a+researcher+in+the+FWF+funded+project+%E2%80%9CEmptiness+of+Other+%28gZhan+stong%29+in+the+Early+Jo+nang+Tradition.%E2%80%9D+He+holds+a+BA+and+an+MA+in+Languages+and+Cultures+of+Eastern+Asia%2C+with+specialization+in+Chinese+language+and+culture%2C+from+Ca%E2%80%99+Foscari+University+of+Venice.+Filippo+has+also+spent+long+periods+of+study+and+research+in+China+and+Eastern+Tibet.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fconference.tsadra.org%2Fsession%2Fempty-of-true-existence-yet-full-of-qualities-tshogs-gnyis-rgya-mtsho-1880-1940-on-buddha-nature%2F+Tath%C4%81gatagarbha+Across+Asia%5D%29 +
Brandon+Dotson+is+associate+professor+and+Thomas+P.+McKenna+Chair+of+Buddhist+Studies.+Besides+Georgetown%2C+he+has+taught+and+researched+at+Oxford%2C+SOAS%2C+UCSB%2C+and+Ludwig+Maximilians+University+of+Munich.+He+has+also+enjoyed+research+stays+in+China+and+Tibet.+His+work+concerns+ritual%2C+narrative%2C+and+cosmology+and+the+interaction+of+Buddhist+and+non-Buddhist+traditions+in+the+Tibetan+cultural+area.+In+particular%2C+he+works+closely+with+Tibetan+Dunhuang+manuscripts+to+explore+the+history+and+culture+of+the+Tibetan+Empire+%287th+to+9th+centuries+CE%29.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fgufaculty360.georgetown.edu%2Fs%2Fcontact%2F00336000014SlSxAAK%2Fbrandon-dotson+Source%3A+Georgetown+University+Page%5D%29 +
Bret+W.+Davis+is+Professor+and+Thomas+J.+Higgins%2C+S.J.+Chair+in+Philosophy+at+Loyola+University+Maryland%2C+where+he+teaches+courses+on+Western%2C+Asian%2C+and+cross-cultural+philosophy.+His+research+focuses+on+Japanese+philosophy+%28esp.+the+Kyoto+School+and+Zen+Buddhism%29%2C+on+Continental+philosophy+%28esp.+Heidegger%2C+phenomenology%2C+and+hermeneutics%29%2C+and+on+issues+in+cross-cultural+philosophy+and+comparative+philosophy+of+religion.%0A%0AAlong+with+earning+a+Ph.D.+in+philosophy+from+Vanderbilt+University%2C+he+has+studied+and+taught+for+more+than+a+year+in+Germany+and+for+more+than+a+dozen+years+in+Japan.+In+Japan%2C+he+studied+Buddhist+thought+at+Otani+University%2C+completed+the+coursework+for+a+second+Ph.D.+in+Japanese+philosophy+at+Kyoto+University%2C+taught+philosophy+and+related+courses+in+Japanese+at+various+universities%2C+and+practiced+Zen+Buddhism+at+Sh%C5%8Dkokuji%2C+one+of+the+main+Rinzai+Zen+training+monasteries+in+Kyoto.%0A%0AIn+addition+to+authoring+more+than+75+articles+in+English+and+Japanese%2C+as+well+as+translating+many+articles+from+Japanese+and+German%2C+he+is+author+of+Heidegger+and+the+Will%3A+On+the+Way+to+Gelassenheit+%28Northwestern+University+Press%2C+2007%29%3B+translator+of+Martin+Heidegger%E2%80%99s+Country+Path+Conversations+%28Indiana+University+Press%2C+2010%2C+paperback+edition+2016%29%3B+editor+of+The+Oxford+Handbook+of+Japanese+Philosophy+%28Oxford+University+Press%2C+2020%29+and+of+Martin+Heidegger%3A+Key+Concepts+%28Acumen%2C+2010%2C+Routledge%2C+2014%29%3B+coeditor+with+Fujita+Masakatsu+of+Sekai+no+naka+no+Nihon+no+tetsugaku+%28Japanese+Philosophy+in+the+World%29+%28Sh%C5%8Dwad%C5%8D%2C+2005%29%3B+and+coeditor+with+Brian+Schroeder+and+Jason+Wirth+of+Japanese+and+Continental+Philosophy%3A+Conversations+with+the+Kyoto+School+%28Indiana+University+Press%2C+2011%29+and+of+Engaging+D%C5%8Dgen%E2%80%99s+Zen%3A+The+Philosophy+of+Practice+as+Awakening+%28Wisdom+Publishing%2C+2017%29.%0A%0AHis+current+projects+include+a+book+manuscript+on+Zen+Buddhism+and+another+on+the+Kyoto+School+and+interpersonal+as+well+as+intercultural+dialogue.+He+was+the+Director+of+the+2017+Collegium+Phaenomenologicum%2C+is+Associate+Officer+of+The+Comparative+and+Continental+Philosophy+Circle%2C+serves+on+the+board+of+directors+of+the+Nishida+Philosophy+Association+%28Nishida+tetsugakkai%29+as+well+as+on+the+editorial+boards+of+several+journals+and+book+series%2C+and+is+coeditor+of+Indiana+University+Press%E2%80%99s+series+in+World+Philosophies.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Floyola.academia.edu%2FBretDavis+Source+Accessed+Nov+25%2C+2019%5D%29
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Brian+Beresford+%281948%E2%80%9397%29+was+a+photographer%2C+translator%2C+and+editor.+Beresford+translated+and+edited+several+Tibetan+Buddhist+texts%2C+including+the+first+Wisdom+title+ever+published%2C+%27%27Advice+from+a+Spiritual+Friend%27%27.+His+photographs+of+Tibetan+lamas+and+scenes+of+Tibetan+culture+have+been+published+worldwide.+He+was+also+one+of+the+first+Westerners+to+travel+into+the+remote+areas+of+western+Tibet%2C+which+he+visited+between+1986+and+1993.+Between+1973+and+1979+he+lived+in+Dharamsala+and+studied+at+the+Library+of+Tibetan+Works+and+Archives.+He+took+pictures+of%2C+studied+with%2C+and+translated+for+Geshe+Rabten%2C+Geshe+Ngawang+Dhargyey%2C+Lama+Yeshe%2C+and+Lama+Zopa%2C+among+other+Tibetan+masters.+In+the+1980s+Beresford+made+his+home+in+England%2C+where+in+1985+he+helped+found+the+Meridian+Trust.+At+the+end+of+his+life%2C+Brian+was+a+student+of+the+Dzogchen+master+Namkhai+Norbu+Rinpoche+and+a+leading+figure+in+the+Dzogchen+community.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fcontent-author%2Fbrian-beresford%2F+Source+Accessed+Mar+13%2C+2025%5D%29 +
Brian+Cutillo+%281945%E2%80%932006%29+was+an+American+scholar+and+translator.+He+was+also+an+accomplished+neuro-cognitive+scientist%2C+musician%2C+anthropologist+and+textile+weaver.+Cutillo+was+a+student+of+Geshe+Wangyal+and+other+Tibetan+teachers.+He+also+collaborated+with+Lama+Kunga+Rinpoche+on+the+translation+of+additional+songs+and+stories+of+Milarepa+published+in+the+volume+%27%27Miraculous+Journey%27%27.+%28Source%3A+%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwisdomexperience.org%2Fcontent-author%2Fbrian-cutillo%2F+Wisdom+Experience%5D%29 +
Brian+Houghton+Hodgson+%281+February+1800+or+more+likely+1801%5B1%5D+%E2%80%93+23+May+1894%5B2%5D%29+was+a+pioneer+naturalist+and+ethnologist+working+in+India+and+Nepal+where+he+was+a+British+Resident.+He+described+numerous+species+of+birds+and+mammals+from+the+Himalayas%2C+and+several+birds+were+named+after+him+by+others+such+as+Edward+Blyth.+He+was+a+scholar+of+Newar+Buddhism+and+wrote+extensively+on+a+range+of+topics+relating+to+linguistics+and+religion.+He+was+an+opponent+of+the+British+proposal+to+introduce+English+as+the+official+medium+of+instruction+in+Indian+schools.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBrian_Houghton_Hodgson+Source+Accessed+Oct+6%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Brian+was+born+in+Seattle%2C+Washington%2C+in+1953+to+Gordon+and+JoAnne+Smith+who+moved+to+St.+Paul+Minnesota+soon+thereafter.+His+father+and+grandfather+were+ordained+Baptist+ministers+and+Brian+had+an+abiding+interest+and+education+in+the+Christian+tradition.+%0A%0AHe+did+his+undergraduate+work+at+Macalester+College+in+St.+Paul%2C+Minnesota+and+went+on+to+earn+a+Ph.D.+in+the+History+of+Religions+from+the+University+of+Chicago%2C+where+he+focused+on+Hindu+and+Sanskrit+texts.+During+his+academic+studies%2C+he+cultivated+an+unorthodox+understanding+of+religion+thanks+to+the+influence+of+such+renowned+scholars+as+Mircea+Eliade%2C+Wendy+Doniger+and+Jonathan+Z.+Smith.+%0A%0ABrian+taught+for+over+two+decades+in+the+academic+world%2C+first+at+Columbia+University%E2%80%99s+Barnard+College+and+later%2C+at+the+University+of+California%2C+Riverside%2C+where+he+retired+as+Professor+Emeritus+in+2004.++%0A%0AIn+1998%2C+Brian+began+an+intensive+study+of+Tibetan+Buddhism+in+the+Gelugpa+tradition+with+Geshe+Michael+Roach+and+his+teacher%2C+Geshe+Lobsang+Tharchin.+Later+he+took+further+teachings+and+initiations+with+Lama+Christie+McNally%2C+His+Holiness+the+Dalai+Lama%2C+Kyabje+Lati+Rinpoche%2C+Geshe+Tsultrim+Gyeltsen+and+Chogyal+Namkhai+Norbu.+He+became+a+Tibetan+Buddhist+monk+and+took+the+ordination+name+of+Sumati+Marut%2C+becoming+affectionately+known+by+his+many+students+as+Lama+Marut.++He+lived+as+a+monk+for+8+years.++%0A%0ABrian+%E2%80%93+now+called+Lama+Marut+%E2%80%93+continued+his+interest+in+comparative+religion%2C+studying+the+teachings+of+other+spiritual+masters%2C+drawing+inspiration+from+many+past+and+contemporary+teachers+of+the+Buddhist+and+yoga+traditions.++He+also+returned+to+his+Christian+roots+through+study+and+personal+friendships+with+Christian+priests+and+ministers.+%0A%0AIn+addition+to+several+scholarly+studies+and+translations+based+on+Sanskrit+materials%2C+Brian%2FLama+Marut%2C+authored+the+popular+and+award-winning+books%2C+%27%27A+Spiritual+Renegade%E2%80%99s+Guide+to+the+Good+Life%27%27+and+%27%27Be+Nobody%27%27.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Flamamarut.org%2Flama-maruts-obituary%2F+Source+Accessed+May+3%2C+2021%5D%29
Brian+Schroeder+is+Professor+and+Chair+of+Philosophy+and+Director+of+Religious+Studies+at+Rochester+Institute+of+Technology.+He+has+published+widely+on+contemporary+European+philosophy%2C+the+history+of+philosophy%2C+environmental+philosophy%2C+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+the+Kyoto+School%2C+social+and+political+philosophy%2C+and+the+philosophy+of+religion.+He+is+co-editor+with+Silvia+Benso+of+the+SUNY+Press+Series+in+Contemporary+Italian+Philosophy.+Currently+an+associate+officer+of+the+Comparative+and+Continental+Philosophy+Circle+and+an+executive+committee+member+of+the+Society+for+Italian+Philosophy%2C+Schroeder+is+formerly+co-director+of+the+Society+for+Phenomenology+and+Existential+Philosophy%2C+co-director+and+chair+of+the+board+of+the+International+Association+for+Environmental+Philosophy%2C+director+of+the+Collegium+Phaenomenologicum%2C+and+an+executive+committee+member+of+the+Nietzsche+Society.+For+more+information%2C+including+publications%2C+please+go+to+https%3A%2F%2Frit.academia.edu%2Fsbs.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rit.edu%2Fdirectory%2Fbxsgla-brian-schroeder+Source+Accessed+May+29%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Michael+M.+Broido+%28Ph.D.%2C+Cambridge+University%2C+1967%29+is+Senior%0AResearch+Fellow+in+Linguistics+at+Magdalen+College%2C+University+of%0AOxford.+His+research+has+included+work+on+Tibetan+interpretations+of%0AMadhyamaka+and+Vajrayana+thought%2C+especially+in+relation+to+their%0AIndian+prototypes.+His+articles+on+Indian+and+Tibetan+hermeneutics%0Ahave+appeared+in+the+Journal+of+the+Tibet+Society+and+the+Journal+of+Indian%0APhilosophy.%0A%0ASource%3A+%5B%5BBuddhist+Hermeneutics%5D%5D +
Br%C3%ADona+Nic+Dhiarmada+is+the+Thomas+J.+%26+Kathleen+M.+O%27Donnell+Professor+of+Irish+Studies+Emeritus.+and+Concurrent+Professor+of+Film%2C+Television%2C+and+Theatre.%0A%0AProfessor+Nic+Dhiarmada+is+originator%2C+writer%2C+producer%2C+and+executive+producer+of+the+award-winning%2C+multi+part+documentary+series+on+the+Easter+Rising%2C+%27%271916+The+Irish+Rebellion%27%27%2C+and+its+86-minute+feature+version%2C+both+narrated+by+Liam+Neeson%2C+that+were+broadcast+and+screened+internationally+throughout+2016+and+2017.+She+is+also+author+of+the+companion+book+%27%27The+1916+Irish+Rebellion%27%27%2C+published+by+the+University+of+Notre+Dame+Press.%0A%0AAlso+a+Concurrent+Professor+of+Film%2C+Television%2C+and+Theatre%2C+Professor+Nic+Dhiarmada+has+authored+over+35+screenplays+and+10+documentaries.+She+is+the+author+of+%27%27T%C3%A9acs+Baineann%2C+T%C3%A9acs+Mn%C3%A1%3A+Fil%C3%ADocht+Nuala+N%C3%AD+Dhomhnaill%27%27+as+well+as+numerous+articles+on+Irish+language+literature+and+culture.+Additionally%2C+she+is+an+editor+of+%27%27The+Field+Day+Anthology%27%27+and+co-editor+with+M%C3%A1ire+N%C3%AD+Annrach%C3%A1in+of+%27%27T%C3%A9acs+agus+Comhth%C3%A9acs%3A+Gn%C3%A9ithe+de+Chritic+na+Gaeilge%27%27.+%0A%0AProfessor+Nic+Dhiarmada+taught+courses+on+film+and+literature%2C+with+some+emphasis+on+Ireland%27s+west+coast.+In+Fall+2019%2C+she+led+a+community+course+at+the+DeBartolo+Performing+Arts+Center+on+%22Screening+the+Irish+Troubles.%22+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Firishstudies.nd.edu%2Fscholars%2Femeritus-faculty%2Fbriona-nic-dhiarmada%2F+Source+Accessed+July6%2C+2023%5D%29 +
Bron+Taylor+is+one+of+the+world%E2%80%99s+leading+scholars+in+the+field+of+religion+and+nature%2C+and+a+core+faculty+member+in+UF%E2%80%99s+Graduate+Program+in+Religion+and+Nature%2C+and+Fellow+of+the+Rachel+Carson+Center+for+Environment+and+Society%28opens+in+new+tab%29+in+Munich+Germany.%0A%0AHe+is+the+Editor+in+Chief+of+the+award+winning+Encyclopedia+of+Religion+and+Nature%28opens+in+new+tab%29+%282005%29%2C+and+he+founded+the+International+Society+for+the+Study+of+Religion%2C+Nature+and+Culture%28opens+in+new+tab%29%2C+and+its+affiliated+Journal+for+the+Study+of+Religion%2C+Nature+and+Culture%28opens+in+new+tab%29%2C+a+quarterly+journal%2C+that+he+has+also+edited+since+2007.++In+demand+as+a+speaker%2C+Professor+Taylor+has+given+over+fifty+keynote+or+invited+lectures+in+eighteen+countries%2C+and+over+eighty+more+presentations+in+the+United+States%2C+not+counting+dozens+more+at+professional+meetings.%0A%0ATaylor%E2%80%99s+own+research+focuses+on+the+emotional%2C+spiritual%2C+ethical+and+political+dimensions+of+environmental+movements%2C+both+historically+and+in+the+contemporary+world.++He+has+led+and+participated+in+a+variety+of+international+initiatives+promoting+the+conservation+of+biological+and+cultural+diversity.+His+books+include+Dark+Green+Religion%3A+Nature+Spirituality+and+the+Planetary+Future+%282010%29%2C+Ecological+Resistance+Movements%3A+the+Global+Emergence+of+Radical+and+Popular+Environmentalism+%281995%29%2C+and+Affirmative+Action+at+Work%3A+Law%2C+Politics+and+Ethics+%281992%29.%0A%0ABefore+coming+to+UF+in+2002%2C+Taylor+taught+at+the+University+of+Wisconsin%2C+Oshkosh%2C+where+he+led+an+initiative+to+create+a+Bachelor%E2%80%99s+degree+program+in+Environmental+Studies+and+became+its+director.++Before+that+he+served+as+Lifeguard+and+Peace+Officer+for+the+California+State+Department+of+Parks+and+Recreation.++He+received+his+Ph.D.+in+Social+Ethics+from+the+University+of+Southern+California+in+1988.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Freligion.ufl.edu%2Ffaculty%2Fcore%2Fbron-taylor%2F+Source+Accessed+June+2%2C+2023%5D%29
Bronwyn+Finnigan+is+a+senior+lecturer+in+the+School+of+Philosophy%2C+RSSS%2C+at+the+Australian+National+University+and+an+early+career+research+fellow+with+the+Australian+Research+Council.+She+works+primarily+in+metaethics%2C+moral+psychology%2C+and+philosophy+of+mind+in+Western+and+Asian+philosophical+traditions+and+is+currently+working+on+two+related+research+projects.+The+first+investigates+the+nature+of+practical+rationality+involved+in+skilled+action+taken+as+a+model+of+moral+agency.+The+second+examines+Buddhist+moral+psychology+and+the+meta-ethical+grounds+for+rationally+reconstructing+Buddhist+ethical+thought.+Bronwyn+is+a+member+of+the+Cowherds+who+authored+%27%27Moonshadows%3A+Conventional+Truth+in+Buddhist+Philosophy%27%27+%28Oxford%29%2C+and+has+recently+published+articles+on+Buddhist+arguments+concerning+animal+welfare+and+vegetarianism+%282017%29%2C+idealism+%282018%29%2C+and+the+reflexive+awareness+of+consciousness+%282018%29.+%28Source%3A+%27%27Readings+of+%C5%9A%C4%81ntideva%27s+Guide+to+Bodhisattva+Practice%27%27%2C+285%29 +
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Brian+Edward+Brown+was+an+undergraduate+and+graduate+student+of+Thomas+Berry+at+Fordham+University+where+he+earned+his+doctorate+in+the+History+of+Religions%2C+specializing+in+Buddhist+thought.+He+subsequently+earned+his+doctorate+in+law+from+New+York+University.+Currently+he+is+Professor+Emeritus+of+Religious+Studies+at+Iona+College%2C+New+Rochelle%2C+N.Y.+He+is+the+co-founder+of+The+Thomas+Berry+Forum+for+Ecological+Dialogue+at+Iona+as+well+as+being+one+of+the+founding+faculty+of+the+Integral+Environmental+Studies+major+at+Iona%2C+a+joint+venture+of+the+departments+of+biology%2C+political+science+and+religious+studies.+He+is+the+author+of+two+principal+texts%3A+%27%27The+Buddha+Nature%3A+A+Study+of+the+Tath%C4%81gatagarbha+and+%C4%80layavij%C3%B1%C4%81na%27%27+%28Motilal+Banarsidass%2C1991%2C+reprinted+1994%2C+2003%2C+2010%29%2C+and+%27%27Religion%2C+Law+and+the+Land%3A+Native+Americans+and+the+Judicial+Determination+of+Sacred+Land%27%27+%28Westport%2C+Greenwood+Press%2C+1999%29.+He+is+co-editor+of+%27%27Augustine+and+World+Religions%27%27+%28Lexington+Books%2C+2008%29.+Among+his+other+publications+are+articles+which+have+addressed+the+ecological+implications+of+the+Buddhist+and+Native+American+tribal+traditions%2C+as+well+as+the+Earth+jurisprudence+of+Thomas+Berry.+%28%5Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fthomasberry.org%2Flife-and-thought%2Fpast-award-recipients+Adapted+from+Source+Jul+20%2C+2020%5D%29 +
Bruce+Newman+has+studied+and+practiced+Tibetan+Buddhism%2C+mostly+in+the+Kagyu+and+Nyingma+traditions%2C+for+almost+thirty+years.+He+spent+eleven+years+in+India+and+Nepal+studying+under+his+primary+teacher%2C+Venerable+Ch%C3%B6kyi+Nyima+Rinpoche.+He+also+completed+a+four-year+retreat+at+Kagyu+Samye+Ling+in+Scotland.+For+the+past+ten+years%2C+he+has+been+practicing+and+teaching+under+the+guidance+of%0AVenerable+Gyatrul+Rinpoche+in+Ashland%2C+Oregon. +
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Bryan+J.+Cuevas+%28Ph.D.%2C+University+of+Virginia%29+joined+the+Department+of+Religion+faculty+of+Florida+State+University+in+Fall+2000.+He+teaches+graduate+and+undergraduate+courses+in+Asian+religious+traditions%2C+specializing+in+Tibetan+and+Himalayan+Buddhism%2C+Tibetan+history%2C+language%2C+and+culture.+His+principal+research+interests+focus+on+Tibetan+history+and+biography%2C+Buddhist+magic+and+sorcery%2C+and+the+politics+of+ritual+power+in+premodern+Tibetan+societies.+He+is+currently+working+on+the+history+of+the+Buddhist+Vajrabhairava+and+Yam%C4%81ntaka%2FYam%C4%81ri+traditions+in+Tibet%2C+with+special+focus+on+the+Raluk+%28Rwa+lugs%29+transmissions+and+their+lineages+from+the+twelfth+through+early+eighteenth+centuries.+This+is+a+component+of+a+broader+long-term+study+of+Tibetan+sorcery+and+the+politics+of+Buddhist+ritual+magic+in+Tibet+up+through+the+nineteenth+century.%0A%0ADr.+Cuevas+has+been+a+Member+of+the+Institute+for+Advanced+Study+in+Princeton%2C+NJ%2C+and+has+held+visiting+appointments+at+UC+Berkeley%2C+Princeton+University%2C+and+Emory+University.+His+research+has+been+supported+by+fellowships+from+the+John+Simon+Guggenheim+Memorial+Foundation%2C+the+National+Endowment+for+the+Humanities+%28NEH%29%2C+and+the+American+Institute+of+Indian+Studies+%28AIIS%29%2C+as+well+as+grants+from+public+and+private+endowments.%0A%0ADr.+Cuevas+is+currently+accepting+graduate+students+%28M.A.+and+Ph.D.%29+interested+in+pursuing+research+topics+in+Tibetan+and+Buddhist+studies+for+the+upcoming+2022-23+academic+year.%0A%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Freligion.fsu.edu%2Fperson%2Fbryan-j-cuevas+Source+Accessed+Feb+23%2C+2022.%5D%29 +
