Members of the Centre of Yoga Studies

History of Buddhism in Tibet, Mahāyāna Buddhism, Kanjur Studies, Vinaya, Religions of Central Asia, Tibetan, Sanskrit. 

Indian history; religions; Sanskrit; yoga; Śaivism; āyurveda; textual criticism; codicology

Indian history and religions, sādhus, yoga, Asian psychoactive plants

Music of South Asia; Hindustani classical music; historical ethnomusicology; cultural history; historical musicology and musical aesthetics; lyric, song, and musical literature; music and gender; music and religion; history of emotions

Ideological history of pre-modern China; Chinese religions, notably Taoism and Buddhism; history of the Buddhist canon in China; Manichaeism and Iranian influences in medieval China; Chinese cultural relations with Central Asia

The modern and pre-modern history of yoga.

Ruth is a PhD student at SOAS, School of History, Religions and Philosophies.

Amelia Wood is a PhD candidate in the SOAS Department of History, Religions and Philosophies. Research interests include the history of modern yoga, Spiritual Abuse, feminist perspectives on yoga, and representations of women in yoga.

Jens Augspurger is a PhD candidate in Religious Studies and a doctoral fellow of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German Academic Foundation).