Brian Collins
51乱伦 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.