Brian Collins
51社区 faculty member since 2013.
Education
University of Chicago, Ph.D. in History of Religions (2010); University of Chicago, M.A. in History of Religions (2003); North Carolina State University, B.A. in Religious Studies and B.A. in Psychology, (2001)
Specializations
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- Comparative Mythology
- Intellectual History of Religious Studies
- Religion, the Paranormal, and the Occult
Courses Taught
- CARS 2400 Introduction to the Study of Religion
- CARS 2410 The Global Occult: Ghosts, Demonology, and the Paranormal in World Religions
- CARS 2430 The History of Yoga: From Ancient Discipline to Modern Movement
- CARS 3100 Hinduism
- CARS 3110 Buddhism
- CARS 3130 Indian Epic: Mah膩bh膩rata and R膩may膩峁嘺
- CARS 3260 Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism
- CARS 4000 Magic, Sorcery and Witchcraft in Classical Civilizations and the World's Religions
- CARS 4900 Religious Traditions of India (Study Abroad Course)
Selected Publications
鈥.鈥 Religious Studies Review Vol. 47, No.1 (Mar. 2021).
鈥.鈥 In Visions and Revisions. Edited by Raj Balkaran and McComas Taylor. Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2023.
鈥淧ara艣ur膩ma, Dro峁嘺, and A艣vatth膩man: A Comparative Study of Brahmin Warriors in the Mah膩bh膩rata.鈥 In NOMEN NVMEN: Espressioni del sacro tra storia delle religioni, linguistica e archeologia, Atti del convegno Universit脿 degli Studi della Campania 鈥淰anvitelli鈥, Santa Maria Capua Vetere 鈥 15-16 Aprile 2019. Edited by Marcello do Martino and Claudia Santi, 177-192. Lugano: Agora & Co, 2021
鈥淢yth.鈥 In The Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics: Volume 1-Moral Inquiry. Edited by William Schweiker, Maria Antonaccio, Elizabeth Bucar, and David Clairmont. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2022.
鈥淢辞苍蝉迟别谤蝉, Masala, and Materiality: Close Encounters with Hindi Horror Movie Ephemera.鈥 In Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence, and Cinematic Fears in India. Edited by Ellen Goldberg, Aditi Sen, and Brian Collins, 21-43. London: Bloomsbury Academic 2021.
鈥淰ampire Man Varma: The Untold Story of the 鈥楬indu Mystic鈥 Who Decolonized Dracula.鈥 In Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence, and Cinematic Fears in India. Edited by Ellen Goldberg, Aditi Sen, and Brian Collins, 44-65. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
The Other R膩ma: Matricide and Genocide in the Mythology of Para艣ur膩ma. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2020.
鈥淎 Very Square Peg: A Podcast About Austrian Polymath Robert Eisler.鈥 Podcast. June 2020. New Books Network.
The Magic of the Combinatory Mind: The Forgotten Life of 20th Century Austrian Polymath Robert Eisler. London: Palgrave Pivot, 2020.
鈥淯n pezzo troppo quadrato: la vita e l鈥檕pera di Robert Eisler鈥 [鈥淎 Very Square Peg: The Life and Work of Robert Eisler鈥漖. In Uomo diventa lupo: un鈥檌nterpretazione antropologica di sadism, masochismo e licantropia [Man into Wolf: An Anthropological Interpretation of Sadism, Masochism, and Lycanthropy] by Robert Eisler, 323-391. Translated by Raul Montanari. Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 2019.
With Kristen Tobey. 鈥.鈥 Religious Studies Review Vol. 44, No. 2 (Jun. 2018), 173-182.
鈥淏y Post or by Ghost: Ruminations on Visions and Epistolary Archives.鈥 Jewish Quarterly Review Vol. 107, No. 3 (Summer 2017), 393-404.
鈥淭he Eastern Revolution: From the Vedas to Buddhism, Jainism, and the Upanishads.鈥 In The Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion. Edited by James Alison and Wolfgang Palaver, 111-117. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2017.
鈥淏urning Desires, Burning Corpses: Girardian Reflections on Fire in Hinduism and Buddhism.鈥 In Ren茅 Girard and World Religions. Edited by Wolfgang Palaver and Richard Schenk, 303-317. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2017.
The Head Beneath the Altar: Hindu Mythology and the Critique of Sacrifice. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2014.