Dr Tullio Lobetti
BA (Turin), MA (London), PhD (London)
Overview
Department of the Study of Religions
Senior Teaching Fellow
Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions (CSJR)
Member
- Name:
- Dr Tullio Lobetti
- Email address:
- tl3@soas.ac.uk
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 340
- Office Hours:
- By Appointment
- Thesis title:
- Faith in the flesh: body and ascetic practices in contemporary Japanese religious context
Biography
Tullio Lobetti graduated in Japanese Language and Literature at the University of Turin in 2003. Since then, he pursued his interest in the study of religion in Japan by obtaining an MA degree in Japanese Religion at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS - University of London) in 2004. In 2011 he obtained his PhD from SOAS on the topic ‘Body and Ascetic Practices in Contemporary Japanese Religious Context’. He is now Senior Teaching Fellow in the department of the Study of Religions at SOAS.
Publications:
- ‘Fieldwork and pain: Issues in field research methodologies involving extreme field circumstances’, Fieldwork in Religion Vol 5, No 2 (2010): 144-161.
- ‘Bodyworks: Body-Mind Health and Ascetic Practices’, Dharma World, April-June 2009.
- ‘Eternal Bodies: the Miira, the Self-Mummified Ascetics of Japan’, in: Dominic James (ed.). Back to the Future of the Body, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007.
- ‘Personal and Social Dimensions of the Akinomine Practice on Haguro Mountain’, Centre for the Study of Japanese Religion Newsletter, N. 12-13 (Dec 2005).
Book Reviews:
- Cosimo Zene. Dialoghi Nulesi: Storia, memoria, identità di Nule (Sardegna) nell’antropologia di Andreas F.W. Bentzon. Edizioni ISRE, 2009. In: Culture and Religion, Volume 11, Issue 4 (2010), pp. 444-447.
- Shawn Francis Peters. When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. In: Culture and Religion, Volume 10, Issue 1 (2009), pp. 110-112.
- Oliver Freiberger (ed.). Asceticism and Its Critics : Historical Accounts and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. In: International Journal of Asian Studies Volume 5 (2008), pp. 109-111.
PhD Affiliations
- British Society for the Philosophy of Religion
- Royal Asiatic Society
Teaching
Courses Taught
Courses Taught:
- Religious Practice in Japan (MA - a.y. 2008-09 and 2009-10);
- Themes in Japanese Religion (BA - a.y. 2008-09 and 2009-10);
- Japanese Religion: a Historical Overview (BA - a.y. 2009-10).
Course convened:
- Topical Lectures in Buddhist Studies (BA/MA - a.y. 2009-10);
- Religions of East and Central Asia (BA - a.y. 2008-09).
Research
Philosophy, particularly Philosophy of Religion; Theology; Japanese Religions.
Publications
Book Chapters
Lobetti, Tullio (2007) 'Eternal Bodies: the Miira, the Self-Mummified Ascetics of Japan.' In: Janes, Dominic, (ed.), Back to the Future of the Body. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
