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Richard Fox

Assistant Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School

M.A., Ph.D. (School of Oriental and African Studies, London)

Richard Fox's primary research and teaching interests lie in the historical and ethnographic study of South and Southeast Asian religions, with a special emphasis on Indonesia and the Malay region. His current research focuses specifically on the mediation of religion in contemporary Bali through texts, television and theatrical performance. He has a strong interest in theoretical issues in the History of Religions, and is also working on a manuscript comparing Euro-american and Southeast Asian mass media in their respective articulations of religion, violence and 'the war on terror'. His most recent publications have appeared in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Modern Asian Studies and the Asian Journal of Communication. Representative courses include: 'Religion, Gender and the State', 'Mass Media and Religious Violence', 'Religion, Media, Modernity', 'The Idea of Religion in Bali', 'Religion, Theatre and Performance in Bali' and 'History, Religion and the History of Religions'.