Matthew Robertson
About
Matthew Robertson
Lecturer
Religious Studies Program Coordinator
6B-14, Faculty Hall
Education:
- Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017
- M.A., St. John鈥檚 College, New Mexico, 2009
- B.S., Truman State University, 2005
Publications
- Puru峁: Personhood in Ancient India
- 鈥淭he Yogi Physician: The Conscious Self and the Yoga of Karmic Observation in Early Ayurvedic Medicine.鈥� Numen 70 (2023): 220-253. ()
- 鈥淏igness, Brilliance, the Buddhi, and the Br膩hma峁噛a Yoked-Up King.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Journal of Hindu Studies 13, no.3 (2020): 1-23.( )
- 鈥淏liss and Bodily Disorientation: The Autophagous Mysticism of Georges Bataille and the Taittir墨ya Upani峁d.鈥� In Transformative Embodiment in Asian Religions: Subtle Body, Sensory Body, and Spatial Body (Routledge Press), edited by George Pati and Katherine Zubko, 2019. ()
- 鈥淭he Autophagous Absolute: Revelations of Cosmic and Sovereign Violence in the Taittir墨ya Upani峁d and the Bhagavad G墨t膩.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Journal of Religion and Violence 6, no.1 (2018): 73-105. ()
- 鈥淭he Identity of Person and World in Caraka Sa峁僪it膩 4.5,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Journal of Indian Philosophy 45 (2017): 837-861. ()
- 鈥淚n a Time Gone Mad: Indic Notions of Madness in the Mah膩bh膩rata and Beyond,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Journal of Hindu Studies 9 (2016): 111-144. ()
- 鈥淭he Unconscious Mind.鈥� In, Ghosts, Spirits, and Psychics: The Paranormal from Alchemy to Zombies. Edited by Matt Cardin. ABC-Clio Inc., 2015.
Research and Teaching Interests
- History of South Asia
- South Asian Religions
- Religion and Medicine
- Religion and the Environment
- Religion and Violence
Courses Taught
- CIV 201 鈥� World Civilizations and Cultures I
- HIS/RGS 209 鈥� Survey of World Religions
- RGS 305 鈥� Studying Religion
- HIS/RGS 324 鈥� Science and Religion
- HIS 359 鈥� Early India
- HIS 373 鈥� Religions of Asia