Centre for South Asian Studies

Profile

In my research I explore the highly fruitful cultural dialogue that took place between the Western world and Asia (principally Japan and India) across the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

I focus on mental health and related religious and philosophical ideas, looking especially at the pioneering of new practices in psychiatry, psychotherapy, and spirituality. 

The image above comes from a manga by the artist Torisugari, who told me about his experiences with depression in an episode of The Borders of Sanity.