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Dr Will Johnson 


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Position:Reader in Indian Religions

Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 74240
Extension:74240
Location:5.16

 Research Interests

  • Jainism: Doctrine, Practice, Art
  • Mahabharata
  • Sanskrit Drama
  • The Literary Translation of Sanskrit Texts

Selected Publications

  • 'Are Jaina Ethics Really Universal?', International Journal of Jaina Studies (IJJS), Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS, Vol. 2 No.4, October 2006 18 pp. ISSN: 1748-1074, http://www.soas.ac.uk/ijjs/index.html
  • A Dictionary of Hinduism Oxford University Press: Oxford (2009) ISBN 978-0-19-861025-0 (hardback) (400 pp);  (2010) ISBN 978-0-19-861026-7 (paperback) (400 pp)
  • ‘The "Jina Experience": A Different Approach to Jaina Image Worship' in Jainism and Early Buddhism: Essays in Honor of Padmanabh S. Jaini  (ed. Olle Qvarnstrom),Asian Humanities Press: Fremont, California (2003), pp. 217-230

Research Projects

  • Text, translation and interpretation of the Early Krishna story: The Cardiff Harivamsha project (AHRC funded project, with Dr Simon Brodbeck)
  • The Oxford Handbook of Hindu Literature

Research Centre

Centre for the History of Religion in Asia (CHRA)

Impact & Engagement

Two public performances of  The Master Madam (Bhagavadajjukam), trans. Johnson, Cardiff 2012

Teaching

Undergraduate
  • RT1201 Elementary Sanskrit
  • RT1208 Intermediate Sanskrit (with Dr James Hegarty & Dr Max Deeg)
  • RT1322 Jainism
  • RT1328 Early Hindu Texts in Sanskrit
  • RT1329 Hindu and Jain Texts in Sanskrit
  • RT1334 Religion and Performance in South Asia (with Dr James Hegarty)
  • RT1338 Early Hinduism
Postgraduate
  • RTT113: Language and Texts 1 & 2