Researcher Search Results Kiyokazu Okita Kiyokazu Okita (置田 清和) Please select the form format to download from below 「Education and research environment」format 「No. 4, the Ministry of Education document style ①Outline for Vitae」format 「No. 4, the Ministry of Education document style ②Education and research environment」format Profile Information AffiliationAssociate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Liberal Arts, Sophia UniversityDegreeBachelor of Arts(International Christian University)Master of Studies in the Study of Religion(University of Oxford)Doctor of Philosophy in Theology(University of Oxford)Contact informationk-okitasophia.ac.jpResearcher number70708627J-GLOBAL ID201401093791791193researchmap Member ID7000009395 Research Interests 7 Aesthetics Hindu Theology Theories of Emotion Bengali Literature Hinduism Indian Philosophy Classical Sanskrit Literature Research Areas 4 Humanities & social sciences / Philosophy - Chinese, Indian, Buddhist / Humanities & social sciences / Literature - General / Humanities & social sciences / History of thought / Humanities & social sciences / Religious studies / Research History 5 Sep, 2020 - Present Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University Sep, 2017 - Sep, 2020 Assitant Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University Apr, 2013 - Sep, 2017 Program-specific Assistant Professor, The Hakubi Center, Kyoto University Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2013 Post-doctoral Researcher, Kyoto University, Department of Indological Studies, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Aug, 2010 - Mar, 2011 Lecturer, Department of Religion, University of Florida Papers 13 From Kashmir to Vṛndāvana: Abhinavagupta’s Influence on Jīva Gosvāmī’s Bhaktirasa Theory Okita, Kiyokazu Kashmir: A Cultural Crossroads of the Sanskrit and Persian Cosmopolises, 2 83-92, Mar, 2025 Peer-reviewedInvitedCorresponding author Attachment “A Response to (1) ‘Entrapping the Elusive’ by Sajjad Sharif (2) ‘ভাবনা থেকে কবিতায়’by Srijato Bandyopadhyay” Okita, Kiyokazu SASC International Conference Series, 1 26-30, Mar, 2023 InvitedLead author A Genealogy of Divine Paramour: Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Ujjvalanīlamaṇi in the History of Sanskrit Dramaturgy and Literary Criticism Kiyokazu Okita Journal of Vaishnava Studies, 30(1) 225-244, Nov, 2021 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author The Theology of the Caitanya Vaiṣṇava Sampradāya: Six Distinctive Features Kiyokazu Okita Journal of Vaishnava Studies, 29(2) 5-24, Apr, 2021 Peer-reviewedInvited Śleṣa Readings on Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1.1.1: Śrīnātha Cakravartī’s Caitanyamatamañjuṣā Commentary Kiyokazu Okita Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies (Indogaku Bukkyogaku Kenkyu), 69(3) 979-985, Mar 25, 2021 Peer-reviewed More Misc. 3 Book Review: Richard S. Weiss. (2019). The Emergence of Modern Hinduism: Religion on the Margins of Colonialism. (Oakland: University of California Press). Kiyokazu Okita International Journal of Asian Studies, 18(1) 147-149, Jan, 2021 Invited Book Review: Rembert Lutjeharms. (2018). A Vaiṣṇava Poet in Early Modern Bengal: Kavikarṇapūra’s Splendour of Speech. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Kiyokazu Okita International Journal of Hindu Studies, 24 423-425, 2020 Book Review: Neelima Shukla-Bhatt. (2015). Narasinha Mehta of Gujarat: A Legacy of Bhakti in Songs and Stories. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Kiyokazu Okita INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES, 13(2) 245-248, Jul, 2016 Invited Books and Other Publications 9 The Building of Vṛndāvana: Architecture, Theology, and Practice in an Early Modern Pilgrimage Town 置田, 清和, Lutjeharms, Rembert (Role: Joint editor) Brill, 2024 (ISBN: 9789004680470) The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion, edited by Stewart Goetz and Charles Taliaferro. Kiyokazu Okita (Role: Contributor, "Bhakti", Vol.1, pp. 219-226) Wiley Blackwell, 2022 The Legacy of Vaiṣṇavism in Colonial Bengal "Divine Transgression: Devotion and Ethics in Bengali Vaiṣṇavism" OKITA Kiyokazu Routledge, Dec 2, 2019 Bhakti and Power: Debating India’s Religion of the Heart “Singing in Protest: Early Modern Hindu-Muslim Encounters in Bengali Hagiographies of Chaitanya” OKITA Kiyokazu (Role: Joint author, p. 159-170) The University of Washington Press, May 19, 2019 (ISBN: 0295745509) Indo Bunka Jiten "Vivekananda" OKITA Kiyokazu Maruzen, Jan, 2018 (ISBN: 9784621302354) Historicizing Emotions: Practices and Objects in India, China, and Japan “Salvation through Colorful Emotions: Aesthetics, Colorimetry, and Theology in Early Modern South Asia” OKITA Kiyokazu Brill, Oct 5, 2017 (ISBN: 9004352953) Adaptive Reuse in South Asian Literatures and Arts "Quotation, Quarrel and Controversy in Early Modern South Asia: Appayya Dīkṣita and Jīva Gosvāmī on Madhva’s Untraceable Citations" OKITA Kiyokazu (Role: Joint author, p. 259-283) Harrassowitz Verlag, Jan 19, 2017 『よくわかる宗教学』「ヒンドゥー教(1):ヒンドゥー教の成り立ち」 OKITA Kiyokazu (Role: Joint author, p. 78-79) ミネルヴァ書房, Mar 10, 2015 Hindu Theology in Early Modern South Asia: The Rise of Devotionalism and the Politics of Genealogy OKITA Kiyokazu Oxford University Press, Jul 31, 2014 (ISBN: 9780198709268) 1 Presentations 38 The Aesthetic Theory of Devotion according to Jīva Gosvāmī Okita, Kiyokazu Rasa Study Sessions., Mar 12, 2025 Entangled Authorship? Vopadeva and Hemādri in Late Medieval Maharashtra Okita, Kiyokazu Rasa Study Sessions., Mar 12, 2025 Experiencing Otherworldly Sense Objects: Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Hagiosensorium in Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Ujjvalanīlamaṇi Okita, Kiyokazu The Vaiṣṇava Sensorium Workshop, Feb 6, 2025 Invited Toward a Social History of Greater Vaiṣṇava Vedānta: Difference and Non-Difference in the Gauḍīya School Okita, Kiyokazu Workshop: An Intellectual History of Late Vedānta, Jun 25, 2024 Invited A Tapestry of Devotion: The Bhāgavata Traditions Before Caitanya Okita, Kiyokazu Oxford Center for Hindu Studies Seminar, Jun 6, 2024 More Professional Memberships 3 The Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies Association for the Study of the History of Indian Thought The Japanese Association for South Asian Studies Research Projects 6 The Aesthetic Theories of Devotion in Late Medieval South Asia Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2027 Okita, Kiyokazu Multipolarization of Muslim Societies in South Asia Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2024 Studies on Cultural Pluralism in Early Modern South Asia: With Special Reference to Translation Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Oct, 2018 - Mar, 2022 Religion and Ethics in Early Modern and Modern South Asia: From the Perspective of Gaudiya Vaisnavism Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018 Okita Kiyokazu Faith and Ethics in Late Medieval to Early Modern South Asia: The Case of Gaudiya Vaisnavism Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Aug, 2013 - Mar, 2015 OKITA Kiyokazu More Social Activities 1 Cambodia Service Learning Program Others Aug 19, 2018 - Aug 29, 2018
Kiyokazu Okita (置田 清和) Please select the form format to download from below 「Education and research environment」format 「No. 4, the Ministry of Education document style ①Outline for Vitae」format 「No. 4, the Ministry of Education document style ②Education and research environment」format Profile Information AffiliationAssociate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Liberal Arts, Sophia UniversityDegreeBachelor of Arts(International Christian University)Master of Studies in the Study of Religion(University of Oxford)Doctor of Philosophy in Theology(University of Oxford)Contact informationk-okitasophia.ac.jpResearcher number70708627J-GLOBAL ID201401093791791193researchmap Member ID7000009395 Research Interests 7 Aesthetics Hindu Theology Theories of Emotion Bengali Literature Hinduism Indian Philosophy Classical Sanskrit Literature Research Areas 4 Humanities & social sciences / Philosophy - Chinese, Indian, Buddhist / Humanities & social sciences / Literature - General / Humanities & social sciences / History of thought / Humanities & social sciences / Religious studies / Research History 5 Sep, 2020 - Present Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University Sep, 2017 - Sep, 2020 Assitant Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University Apr, 2013 - Sep, 2017 Program-specific Assistant Professor, The Hakubi Center, Kyoto University Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2013 Post-doctoral Researcher, Kyoto University, Department of Indological Studies, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Aug, 2010 - Mar, 2011 Lecturer, Department of Religion, University of Florida Papers 13 From Kashmir to Vṛndāvana: Abhinavagupta’s Influence on Jīva Gosvāmī’s Bhaktirasa Theory Okita, Kiyokazu Kashmir: A Cultural Crossroads of the Sanskrit and Persian Cosmopolises, 2 83-92, Mar, 2025 Peer-reviewedInvitedCorresponding author Attachment “A Response to (1) ‘Entrapping the Elusive’ by Sajjad Sharif (2) ‘ভাবনা থেকে কবিতায়’by Srijato Bandyopadhyay” Okita, Kiyokazu SASC International Conference Series, 1 26-30, Mar, 2023 InvitedLead author A Genealogy of Divine Paramour: Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Ujjvalanīlamaṇi in the History of Sanskrit Dramaturgy and Literary Criticism Kiyokazu Okita Journal of Vaishnava Studies, 30(1) 225-244, Nov, 2021 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author The Theology of the Caitanya Vaiṣṇava Sampradāya: Six Distinctive Features Kiyokazu Okita Journal of Vaishnava Studies, 29(2) 5-24, Apr, 2021 Peer-reviewedInvited Śleṣa Readings on Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1.1.1: Śrīnātha Cakravartī’s Caitanyamatamañjuṣā Commentary Kiyokazu Okita Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies (Indogaku Bukkyogaku Kenkyu), 69(3) 979-985, Mar 25, 2021 Peer-reviewed More Misc. 3 Book Review: Richard S. Weiss. (2019). The Emergence of Modern Hinduism: Religion on the Margins of Colonialism. (Oakland: University of California Press). Kiyokazu Okita International Journal of Asian Studies, 18(1) 147-149, Jan, 2021 Invited Book Review: Rembert Lutjeharms. (2018). A Vaiṣṇava Poet in Early Modern Bengal: Kavikarṇapūra’s Splendour of Speech. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Kiyokazu Okita International Journal of Hindu Studies, 24 423-425, 2020 Book Review: Neelima Shukla-Bhatt. (2015). Narasinha Mehta of Gujarat: A Legacy of Bhakti in Songs and Stories. (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Kiyokazu Okita INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES, 13(2) 245-248, Jul, 2016 Invited Books and Other Publications 9 The Building of Vṛndāvana: Architecture, Theology, and Practice in an Early Modern Pilgrimage Town 置田, 清和, Lutjeharms, Rembert (Role: Joint editor) Brill, 2024 (ISBN: 9789004680470) The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion, edited by Stewart Goetz and Charles Taliaferro. Kiyokazu Okita (Role: Contributor, "Bhakti", Vol.1, pp. 219-226) Wiley Blackwell, 2022 The Legacy of Vaiṣṇavism in Colonial Bengal "Divine Transgression: Devotion and Ethics in Bengali Vaiṣṇavism" OKITA Kiyokazu Routledge, Dec 2, 2019 Bhakti and Power: Debating India’s Religion of the Heart “Singing in Protest: Early Modern Hindu-Muslim Encounters in Bengali Hagiographies of Chaitanya” OKITA Kiyokazu (Role: Joint author, p. 159-170) The University of Washington Press, May 19, 2019 (ISBN: 0295745509) Indo Bunka Jiten "Vivekananda" OKITA Kiyokazu Maruzen, Jan, 2018 (ISBN: 9784621302354) Historicizing Emotions: Practices and Objects in India, China, and Japan “Salvation through Colorful Emotions: Aesthetics, Colorimetry, and Theology in Early Modern South Asia” OKITA Kiyokazu Brill, Oct 5, 2017 (ISBN: 9004352953) Adaptive Reuse in South Asian Literatures and Arts "Quotation, Quarrel and Controversy in Early Modern South Asia: Appayya Dīkṣita and Jīva Gosvāmī on Madhva’s Untraceable Citations" OKITA Kiyokazu (Role: Joint author, p. 259-283) Harrassowitz Verlag, Jan 19, 2017 『よくわかる宗教学』「ヒンドゥー教(1):ヒンドゥー教の成り立ち」 OKITA Kiyokazu (Role: Joint author, p. 78-79) ミネルヴァ書房, Mar 10, 2015 Hindu Theology in Early Modern South Asia: The Rise of Devotionalism and the Politics of Genealogy OKITA Kiyokazu Oxford University Press, Jul 31, 2014 (ISBN: 9780198709268) 1 Presentations 38 The Aesthetic Theory of Devotion according to Jīva Gosvāmī Okita, Kiyokazu Rasa Study Sessions., Mar 12, 2025 Entangled Authorship? Vopadeva and Hemādri in Late Medieval Maharashtra Okita, Kiyokazu Rasa Study Sessions., Mar 12, 2025 Experiencing Otherworldly Sense Objects: Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Hagiosensorium in Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Ujjvalanīlamaṇi Okita, Kiyokazu The Vaiṣṇava Sensorium Workshop, Feb 6, 2025 Invited Toward a Social History of Greater Vaiṣṇava Vedānta: Difference and Non-Difference in the Gauḍīya School Okita, Kiyokazu Workshop: An Intellectual History of Late Vedānta, Jun 25, 2024 Invited A Tapestry of Devotion: The Bhāgavata Traditions Before Caitanya Okita, Kiyokazu Oxford Center for Hindu Studies Seminar, Jun 6, 2024 More Professional Memberships 3 The Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies Association for the Study of the History of Indian Thought The Japanese Association for South Asian Studies Research Projects 6 The Aesthetic Theories of Devotion in Late Medieval South Asia Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2027 Okita, Kiyokazu Multipolarization of Muslim Societies in South Asia Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2024 Studies on Cultural Pluralism in Early Modern South Asia: With Special Reference to Translation Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Oct, 2018 - Mar, 2022 Religion and Ethics in Early Modern and Modern South Asia: From the Perspective of Gaudiya Vaisnavism Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018 Okita Kiyokazu Faith and Ethics in Late Medieval to Early Modern South Asia: The Case of Gaudiya Vaisnavism Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Aug, 2013 - Mar, 2015 OKITA Kiyokazu More Social Activities 1 Cambodia Service Learning Program Others Aug 19, 2018 - Aug 29, 2018