Dr Karen O’Brien-Kop
@obrien_kop
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Asian Religion & Philosophy. Sanskrit texts, philosophy of mind. Hinduism, Buddhism. Co-editor Religions of South Asia: https://t.co/SYmwpDdvVg
Joined February 2020
Made it to the launch of the @BritishAcademy_ funded book on 'Religion, spirituality and public health' @KingsCollegeLon based on a conference I was gladly part of with our @Together4MH The book is open access, enjoy it!
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🎉 Congratulations to Dr Karen O’Brien-Kop @obrien_kop on receiving a @BritishAcademy_ Small Grant for her upcoming project on plant ontologies & sustainable practice in Ayurveda! Launching July 2025, the research explores health, ecology & ethics. 🌿 #Ayurveda #Sustainability
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🧘♂️ Straps, Mats, and Huts — but make it ancient. Join Dr. Seth Powell for a deep dive into the visual & material history of yoga in premodern India! 📅 18 June 2025 🕔 5–6.30pm 📍 KCL, Nash Lecture Theatre Free & open to all! 🔗 https://t.co/cCbPC61XfV…
#YogaHistory #KCLTRS
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New issue of Religions of South Asia journal is published today. Vol 19.1: https://t.co/mL7QWAgbKn
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Tomorrow with Professor Ananya Vajpeyi:
Event - Social Order and Social Justice: Negotiating Power and Marginality in the Classical Sources Join us for a seminar with scholar and writer Dr Ananya Vajpeyi on May 21 with @kingstrs @obrien_kop Sign up to attend: https://t.co/BZd1OMp0GV
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Thank you to @BalliolOxford for hosting the dinner for the 50th Spalding Symposium celebration!
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A fascinating closing keynote address from Prof Ute Huesken on rhythm and disruption in South Asian festival traditions
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Brahmin identities and divine kingship in a Thai festival with South Indian heritage - with Saran Suebsantiwongse
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Our excellent postgraduate panel this morning: Kainat Bashir, Jackson Stephenson, Kush Depala and Sujata Chaudhury. Thank you to the Spalding Trust for funding our PG conference bursaries
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Dr Elizabeth Cecil on Sanskrit inscriptions as performative media - inscriptions as active agents in world-making
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Reflecting on ancestral rites and ritual truths in Hindu ceremonial traditions in our opening keynote address with Professor Acharya
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Event - Social Order and Social Justice: Negotiating Power and Marginality in the Classical Sources Join us for a seminar with scholar and writer Dr Ananya Vajpeyi on May 21 with @kingstrs @obrien_kop Sign up to attend: https://t.co/BZd1OMp0GV
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kcl.ac.uk
Dr Ananya Vajpeyi will deliver a lecture that looks at characters from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and other literary texts.
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There’s still time to book for the FD Maurice Lectures 2025 on 6, 7, and 8 May, from 6-7pm, featuring Professor Sarojini Nadar. Register here: https://t.co/IRaSBBeMKo We look forward to seeing you there! 📍6-8 May 2025, Nash Lecture Theatre, Strand, KCL
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Spalding keynotes: Prof. Diwakar Acharya (Oxford): ‘Modes and Expressions of Religiosity in the Indic world and their Ceremonies and Celebrations’ Prof. Ute Hüsken (Heidelberg): ‘Rhythm and Disruption: South Asian Festival Traditions’ https://t.co/c9ysbPIbKy
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Event - Social Order and Social Justice: Negotiating Power and Marginality in the Classical Sources Join us for a seminar with scholar and writer Dr Ananya Vajpeyi on May 21 with @kingstrs @obrien_kop Sign up to attend:
kcl.ac.uk
Dr Ananya Vajpeyi will deliver a lecture that looks at characters from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and other literary texts.
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Last chance to submit your abstract for the BASAS Annual Conference 2025! Deadline: midnight (BST) https://t.co/qRWWzu8kZk
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The BASAS Annual Conference 2025 took place at Lancaster University from 10 to 12 September 2025. Details of the BASAS
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In the Kaṭha Upaniṣad, Naciketas is granted 3 wishes by Yama, the God of Death. The boy does not ask for worldly riches or great powers. Instead, he wants answers that only Yama can answer: what happens when we die? What is the secret of immortality?
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Ideas from classical Indian philosophy help illuminate the enigmas of selfhood, consciousness and the nature of reality
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Sanskrit Language Acts and Worldmaking in Philosophy and Religion. Two-day workshop at King’s College London May 22-23. Book here: https://t.co/pFIGY5yaXy
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