BA (Hons), Trinity College Dublin (1999). MA in Indian Religions, The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London (2001). PhD in Sanskrit, The University of Edinburgh (2012). Dissertation zur Textgeschichte der hinduistischen Pancaratra Tradition (c. 400-1400 CE). Bisherige Lehrerfahrung (2008-2011): Kurse zu vormoderner indischer Philosophie und Religionsgeschichte an der University of Glasgow und der University of Edinburgh.

Hinduistische Tantrische Traditionen, vor allem Geschichte, Dogmen und Praktiken des Pancaratra; des Mahabharata; Geschichte indischer Doxographie; die Kategorie des 'Hinduism'

„Taxonomies of Religious and Philosophical Knowledge in Classical Sanscrit Literature“

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