Yost, Tyson textual transmission and translation in the movement of
Buddhism from India to China
e-mail: tjy4@cornell.edu
South Asia
Higgins, Carter
Hindu asceticism in north Indian culture and religion, especially the Nath Sampraday; the
Kalbeliyas (a formerly itinerant caste-community of snake-charmers, beggars, and dancers/musicians in the Indian state of
Rajasthan); ritual and narrative practice oriented towards Gogaji - a Rajput prince and warrior turned ascetic disciple of
Gorakhnathh, and god of snakes and snake bites in north India; history and anthropology in the study of religion: ritual, body, and memory
Sri Lankan religious culture and history; trans-regional Theravada Buddhism in
South and South East Asia; study of religious discourses and practices relating to techniques of
subject cultivation; religion and soteriological strategies
