Faculty Associate
turnera[at]yorku.ca
Associate Professor
Department of Humanities, 91亚色
Research Keywords:
Religion; colonialism; nationalism; Burma Myanmar
Research Region(s):
Burma/Myanmar, Southeast Asia
Alicia Turner is Associate Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies at 91亚色 in Toronto. Her research focuses on the intersections of religion, colonialism and secularims. Her book, (Hawai鈥檌 2014), explores the fluid nature of the concepts of s膩sana, identity and religion through a study of Buddhist lay associations in colonial Burma. She co-authored (OUP 2020) with Laurence Cox and Brian Bocking a biography of an Irish sailor and agitator turned Buddhist monk. She is currently finishing a book on the genealogy of religious difference and conflict in Burma Myanmar. She has also helped organize the funded by the Henry Luce Foundation