Dr. Marwood Larson-Harris
Lecturer
Department:
Location:
317 Francis T. West Hall
Phone:
Email:
Degrees
- BA in History, Reed College
- MA in English, Boston University
- MTS in Theology, Boston University
- PHD in Religion and Literature, Boston University
Research & Teaching Interests
- TEACHING INTERESTS:
- Buddhism
- Chinese Religions
- Native American Religions
- Environmental Ethics
- Animals in the Humanities
- RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Visual culture in modern Buddhism
Scholarly Activities
- CONFERENCE PAPERS:
- “Contemporary Adaptations of the Oxherding Pictures and the Globalization of Buddhist Culture” (Icons of Impermanence: Contemporary Buddhist Art, 2012)
- “The Ambiguity of Homecoming in the Zen Oxherding Pictures” (Religion, Literature, and the Arts Conference, 2011)
- “Zen Buddhist Documentaries: the Problem of Form and Content” (American Academy of Religion National Meeting, 2009)
Available as a Media resource for the following topics
- Eastern Religions, Native American Religions
Willing to speak to professional, social or civic groups on
- Eastern Religions, Native American Religions
Extracurricular
- Organizer, 2012 Virginia Humanities Conference: “Childhood Reconsidered”
- Faculty advisor to the Comic Book Club and the Meditation Club