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Dr O’Brien-Kop
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Scholar of Asian religion and philosophy
Newly published and available open access PDF download: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New issue of Religions of South Asia journal is published today. Vol 19.1:
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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2025) | Religions of South Asia
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June 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🧘‍♂️ Straps, Mats, and Huts — but make it ancient. 🛖📿📜
Join us for a fascinating deep dive into the visual and material history of yoga with Dr. Seth Powell!
🗓 Wednesday 18 June 2025
🕔 5.00–6.30pm
📍 Nash Lecture Theatre, King's Building, King’s College London www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...
May 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
What a packed weekend of vibrant research discussions to celebrate an impressive 50 years of the Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions. @Christ Church College, Oxford
May 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Reposted by Dr O’Brien-Kop
‘Consciousness is illumination. As the light of a blazing lamp brightens a dark room, so consciousness lights up life.’ Delve into the depths of selfhood through the lens of classical Indian philosophy
How classical Indian philosophy helps us understand the self | Aeon Essays
Ideas from classical Indian philosophy help illuminate the enigmas of selfhood, consciousness and the nature of reality
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April 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Sanskrit Language Acts and Worldmaking in Philosophy and Religion. Two-day workshop at King’s College London May 22-23. Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...
April 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Reposted by Dr O’Brien-Kop
‘We risk what has been called a ‘post-empirical physics’. In short, a Universe lost to the world’ Why the hunt for reality is an impossible burden for physics @adesut.bsky.social
Why the hunt for reality is an impossible burden for physics | Aeon Essays
Physicists today need to jettison the all-too-attractive myth that they are uncovering the hidden reality of our Universe
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March 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Less than four weeks to go to the 50th annual gathering of scholars in the UK to discuss Indian religions. Book your spot: spaldingsymposium.org/schedule-2025/
April 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Registration is now open for Dr Ananya Vajpeyi's talk at King's Theology & Religious Studies and King's India Institute on May 21st: 'Social Order and Social Justice: Negotiating Power and Marginality in the Classical Sources' - book your spot.

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March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thanks to the American Philosophical Association for the invitation to present on a panel in Samkhya and Jain philosophies
February 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
From the ‘Silk Road Oasis’ exhibition at the British Library. Avalokiteshvara, 10th century, Mogao Cave 17
February 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Registration is now open for the 50th Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, May 2-4, 2025, Oxford University, on the theme of ‘Festivals and Celebrations’ @UniofOxford

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February 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM