Professor Lucia Dolce
Chair, Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions

- Tel: 020 7898 4217
- Email: ld16@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 342
- Academic Support Hours: Mon 9-10 (online), Thurs 1-2 (342), or appointment
History of Japanese Art, Buddhist Art of Japan in context
Japanese society, material culture, medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural history
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
Anthropology of religion, theory in the study of religions, continental philosophy, Gramsci and religion, intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, minorities (Dalits), mysticism and heresy, non-Western Christianities, Mediterranean anthropology; South-Asia (India, Bangladesh), Sardinia, world philosophies.
Chinese Buddhism, Buddhist art and archaeology, network theory, phenomenolgy, environmental literature.
Japanese pre-modern Buddhism and history; Classical Japanese literature and Kanbun
Japanese new religions, religions in contemporary Japan, sociology of religion