Fields of Study
- Anthropology of Religion
- Buddhist Studies
- Religion, Culture & Politics
- South Asian Religions
Areas of Interest
- Violence
- Buddhism
- New Religious Movements
- Nationalism
- Political Economy in South and Southeast Asia
Biography
In 2022, Geethika Dharmasinghe earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University in Asian Literature, Religion and Culture with specializations in the relationship of Buddhists to violence in contemporary times, drawing also on substantial training in cultural anthropology. Her dissertation research, "Terror-Making in Buddhist World," was funded by the Wenner Gren Dissertation Fieldwork grant. At Cornell, she studied broadly in religious studies and the anthropology of religion, with teaching experience in both areas. From Fall 2022 to Fall 2023, she held the post of Visiting Assistant Professor at Colgate University where she taught a broad range of religious studies and Asian studies classes. Her other teaching and research converge around literatures on New Social Movements, Buddhist modernity, nationalism and the political economy of South and Southeast Asia.