Michael Naparstek

(he/him/his)

I study Chinese religions with a focus on Daoist ritual and art. In particular, my work on exorcistic thunder deities shows how the study of visual and material cultures in Asian religions contributes to the broader discourse of presence and object agency.

Experience

  • –present
    Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Tennessee

Education

  • 2018 
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, PhD

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