Department of Religious Studies
Department of Religious Studies
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Devin Zuckerman

PhD (2024)
Email: dcz3fj@virginia.edu

Education

  • University of Virginia - PhD Religious Studies 
  • Harvard Divinity School - MDiv Buddhist Studies 

Research Interests

My research explores the ways that Tibetan Buddhist theories of the "primary elements" of earth, water, fire, wind and space have historically functioned within forms of discourse on the human body, the natural environment, and as a theme within meditation practice.

Nyingma; 12th Century Tibet; Early Great Perfection; Theories of meditation; Buddhist environmental thought; Histories of science; Materiality studies