Religion

Kati Fitzgerald, Ph.D.

Katherine FitzgeraldAssistant Professor of Religion
(937) 327-7402
fitzgeraldk@wittenberg.edu
Hollenbeck 322

Kati Fitzgerald is a scholar of Religious Studies, whose work centers on the lives and religious experiences of Tibetan lay women. She uses primarily ethnographic methods in contemporary Tibet to understand the religious theories of everyday Buddhists. She is also interested in the intersection between artistic production and religious practice, lineage, oral transmission and bodily forms of liberation.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University
  • M.A. in Comparative Studies with a Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Chinese Cultural Studies, The Ohio State University
  • Certificate in Tibetan Language, Tibet University
  • B.A. in Theatre, Barnard College

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Asian Religions
  • Asian American Religions
  • Religion and Sexuality
  • Buddhism
  • Hinduism
  • Yoga
  • Tibetan literature and performance
  • Women in Tibetan Literature
  • Buddhism and Hip-Hop
  • Religion and Music
  • Religion and Performance
  • Religion and the Body
  • Religion and Death

Select Publications

You can keep up with Kati's most recent publications here (https://wittenberg.academia.edu/KatiFitzgerald)

  • “A Drop of Water Can Pierce Through Stone: Geography and Sacred Space in Contemporary Yushu,” Korean Journal of Buddhist Studies 67 (2021): 1-43.
  • “Preliminary Practices: Bloody Knees, Calloused Palms, and the Transformative Nature of Women’s Labor.” Special Issue on Buddhism and the Body edited by Brooke Schedneck, Religions 11, no. 12 (2020).
  • Lhashamgyal, “Tibetans of Beijing [pe cin gyi bod pa],” Kati Fitzgerald, trans. Asymptote. asymptotejournal.com/nonfiction/lha-byams-rgyal-tibetans-of-beijing. (2020).
  • “‘My Beautiful Face, the Enemy of Dharma Practice’: Variations in the Textual History of Nangsa Ohbum.” Asian Ethnology 77 (2019): 145-168.
  • “Lineage in the Digital Age: Didactic Practices of the Nepal Tibetan Lhamo Association and Tibet University Arts Department Tibetan Opera Class.” Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines 38 (2017): 153-178.
  • “Tibetan Opera in and Outside the Tibet Autonomous Region.” Asian Theatre Journal 31.1 (2014): 270-278.
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