Gina Cogan
147 Bay State Road, Suite 408
Boston, MA 02215
T: 617.358.3647 F: 617.358.3087
E: gcogan@bu.edu
Fall 2009 Office Hours: Tues 9-10:30, Thurs 4-5:30

Gina Cogan joined the faculty of the Department as an Assistant Professor of Asian Religions in the Fall of 2005. She received her Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Columbia University in 2004 and subsequently 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 as well as 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.

Complete CV

Courses
CAS RN 103 Religions of the World: Eastern
CAS RN 210 Buddhism
CAS RN 215 Japanese Religion
CAS RN 312 Buddhism in America
CAS RN 363 Zen Buddhism
CAS RN 430 Topics in E. Asian Religions