Faculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Liberal Arts
Job title
Associate Professor
Degree
M.A.(University of Pennsylvania), Ph.D(University of Pennsylvania)
Research funding number
10749914
J-Global ID
201501016491908602
Profile
My research explores the role of the body in religion and the role of religious ideology and practice in producing knowledge about the body. My recent publications have examined the ways in which religious ideas and practices helped shape perceptions of old age in early and medieval Japan. I have also published on the intersections of religious and medical knowledge in premodern Japan. I teach courses on the history of Buddhism, Japanese religions, and religion and the body.
Research Interests
Japanese Religions, Religion and the Body, Religion and Medicine
Research Areas
Humanities & social sciences / Religious studies /
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, FLA Special Research Budget GrantEdward Drott
Dec 2019
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan,Buddhism and Wellbeing in Contemporary Japan (award declined due to COVID travel restrictions)Edward Drott Pierce Salguero
Oct 2018
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, FLA Special Research Budget GrantEdward Drott
Oct 2016
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, FLA Special Research Budget GrantEdward Drott
Journal of Religion in Japan 4(1) 1-31 2015 [Refereed]
In Nara and Heian-period Japan (710-1185), the aged body was commonly described in ways that suggest it was seen as a source of disgust, or even a potential producer of pollution (kegare), a form of defilement that carried important religious conn...
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES 42(2) 275-317 2015 [Refereed]
Between 700 and 1000 ce, Japanese political elites engaged in a variety of practices dedicated to obtaining longevity. Although most of these had continental roots, Japanese courtiers selected and adapted methods to suit their particular social an...
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES 37(2) 247-273 2010 [Refereed]
This article examines medical works aimed at nourishing life and promoting longevity composed or compiled by Buddhist priests in early medieval Japan, focusing on the Choseiryoyoho and the Kissayojoki. These texts provide an especially useful aper...
"Bodies of Buddhism: Somaesthetic Explorations," Boca Raton Campus of Florida Atlantic University, the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture 28 Feb 2020 [Invited]
Imagining and Developing Images of the Body in Medicine, Art, and Folk Religion 1 Feb 2019 International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)
International Workshop: The Burden of Superfluous Matters: Towards a Transcultural History of Bodily Wastes 1 Dec 2018 Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies [Invited]
Neue Zürcher Zeitung https://www.nzz.ch/international/asien-und-pazifik/bei-geburt-shintoistisch-beim-tod-buddhistisch-1.18680026?reduced=true Jan 2016 [Newspaper, magazine]
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