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’s College, New Mexico, 2009
- B.S., Truman State University, 2005
Publications
- Puruṣa: Personhood in Ancient India
- “The Yogi Physician: The Conscious Self and the Yoga of Karmic Observation in Early Ayurvedic Medicine.” Numen 70 (2023): 220-253. (https://doi.org/10.1163/15685276-20231692)
- “Bigness, Brilliance, the Buddhi, and the Brāhmaṇya Yoked-Up King.” Journal of Hindu Studies 13, no.3 (2020): 1-23.( https://doi.org/10.1093/jhs/hiaa012)
- “Bliss and Bodily Disorientation: The Autophagous Mysticism of Georges Bataille and the Taittirīya Upaniṣad.” In Transformative Embodiment in Asian Religions: Subtle Body, Sensory Body, and Spatial Body (Routledge Press), edited by George Pati and Katherine Zubko, 2019. (https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429356056)
- “The Autophagous Absolute: Revelations of Cosmic and Sovereign Violence in the Taittirīya Upaniṣad and the Bhagavad Gītā.” Journal of Religion and Violence 6, no.1 (2018): 73-105. (https://doi.org/10.5840/jrv201842347)
- “The Identity of Person and World in Caraka Saṃhitā 4.5,” Journal of Indian Philosophy 45 (2017): 837-861. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-017-9325-3)
- “In a Time Gone Mad: Indic Notions of Madness in the Mahābhārata and Beyond,” Journal of Hindu Studies 9 (2016): 111-144. (https://doi.org/10.1093/jhs/hiw013)
- “The Unconscious Mind.” 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 – World Civilizations and Cultures I
- HIS/RGS 209 – Survey of World Religions
- RGS 305 – Studying Religion
- HIS/RGS 324 – Science and Religion
- HIS 359 – Early India
- HIS 373 – Religions of Asia