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Timothy Lubin

Historian of religion and law of South and Southeast Asia, working with texts and inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Old Javanese, and Old Tamil to study the formation, spread, and transformation of ideas and institutions in the ancient and medieval periods.

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    • Department of Religion
    • Law, Justice & Society Program
    • Middle East and South Asia Studies
    • Sanskrit at WLU: An Overview
    • South Asia Lectures at W&L
    • The Culture & Society Colloquium at Washington and Lee University

Courses

Fall 2026

REL 1032: Hinduism
REL 2013: Death and Dying

Winter 2027

REL 2020 / LAW 620: Whose Law? Legal Pluralism, Conflict, and Justice

Spring 2027

REL 2046 / ECON 2955: Caste at the Intersection of Economy, Religion, and Law (with Prof. Shikha Silwal) – in Nepal

Courses taught in other years

LJS 1001: Introduction to Law, Justice and Society
REL 1003: Introduction to Asian Religion
REL 1030: Religion and Conflict in Asia
REL 1031: Buddhism
REL 2010: Approaches to the Study of Religion
REL 2016: Sainthood in Four Traditions
REL 2022 / Law 655: Law and Religion
REL 2025: Magic, Science, and Religion
REL 2031: Body and Soul in India
REL 2033: Meditation and Self-Knowledge
REL 3035 / LAW 614: Hindu Law in Theory and Practice
REL 3040: (Topics in Asian Religions) Banaras: Life and Death in a Holy City
REL 3040: (Topics in Asian Religions) Religion and Conflict in South Asia
SKT 1101: Elementary Sanskrit I >> Sanskrit at W&L: An Overview
SKT 1102 Elementary Sanskrit II
SKT 2101: Intermediate Sanskrit I
SKT 2102: Intermediate Sanskrit II
SKT 3001: Advanced Readings in Sanskrit >> 2013 staging of the Matta-vilāsa-prahasanam of Mahendra-Varman

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