Briana Brightly

Briana Brightly is a Ph.D. candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion. Her dissertation, titled “The Buddhist Craftsman: Making Images during the Golden Age of Tibetan Medicine, 1600–1800,” investigates the interactions between medical, artisanal, and religious epistemologies in early-modern Tibet. Recurrent areas of interest include the history of medicine; scientific visualization in premodern Asia; craft knowledge; and the study of religion and material culture, more broadly. Brightly holds a B.A. from Reed College, and an M.A. in Religious Studies from Vanderbilt University.