Gina Cogan
147 Bay State Road, Suite 502
Boston, MA 02215
T: 617.358.3647 F: 617.358.3087
E: gcogan@bu.edu
Fall 2007 Office Hours: Monday 2:30-4:30pm, Tuesday 3-5pm, and by appointment

Gina Cogan joined the faculty of the Department as an Assistant Professor of Asian Religions in Fall of 2005. She received her Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Columbia University in 2004 and recently completed a yearlong postdoctoral research fellowship at the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University. A teacher of Japanese Religion, Buddhism, Asian Religion and Women and Religion, her interests also include Buddhism in the United States. Professor Cogan's research focuses on the role of gender and monastic precepts in the relationship of Buddhism to the state in premodern Japan. Her research interests also include larger issues of women in Buddhism in East Asia, Buddhism and law and social activism in religion. Professor Cogan's recent publications include an article on Buddhist nuns from the imperial family in Meiji Japan and an article on gender and authenticity in J-pop.

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Courses (click for more information)
CAS RN 100 Religion & Culture
CAS RN 210 Buddhism
CAS RN 363 Zen Buddhism
CAS RN 430 Topics in E. Asian Religions