Non-ordinary States of Consciousness & Religion: Reflections on the Jain Tradition

Department: Minor in Medical Humanities

Date and Time: December 1, 2021 | 4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Event Location: Zoom

Event Details

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Speaker: Anne Vallely, Associate Professor of Classics and Religious Studies at University of Ottawa.

Anne Vallely is an Associate Professor of Classics and Religious Studies at University of Ottawa. Her work falls within the broad field of the Anthropology of Religion, with a focus on South Asian religion, especially that of Jainism. Her research interests include ecology, animals, human/non-human boundaries, gender, death rituals and mourning, asceticism and the body, spirit possession and women's religious lives. Secondarily, she is interested in the field of contemplative studies, pedagogy, and contemporary Judaism. Methodologically, she approaches these fields with a particular interest in the aesthetics of religious experience and phenomenology. In addition to her regular courses, she offers an Overseas India Summer Course with a focus on the religious and cultural tradition of Jainism.

Event Co-sponsored by:
UCI Religious Studies
UCI Center for the Study of Cannabis
UCI Department of Philosophy
Loyola Marymount University Yoga Studies, Theological Studies
UCI Center for Medical Humanities