Briana Brightly
PhD Candidate
Briana Brightly is a Ph.D. candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion. Her dissertation, titled “Anatomy of the Buddha: Making Images during the Golden Age of Tibetan Medicine, 1600–1800,” explores the intersection of medicine and Buddhist visual culture in early modern Tibet. Recurrent areas of interest include the history of science, medicine, and the environment 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.