Viraj is studying for a BSc in Engineering Science. Viraj is a committee member of the OCHS Leadership Programme.
Current students
Viraj Aggarwal
Iliyana Angelova
MSc in Social Anthropology - Oxford University (2009)
Iliyana is pursuing a DPhil in Social Anthropology. Her area of academic focus is Christianity in India.
Elena Backhouse
Ellie is doing a BA in Theology. She is particularly interested in New testament studies and ancient Greek.
Cameron Bailey
Cameron is studying for a D.phil. at the Oriental Institute. His main fields of interest are Tibetan and Indian Buddhism and Tantrism.
Samvartika Bajpai
Samvartika is studying History at University College.
Kalpesh Bhatt
Kalpesh is a visiting student. he is studying Hindu theology, anthropology, and South Asian religious traditions.
Shoumik Bhattacharya
Shoumik is studying English and Oriental Studies.
Gautam Bhanu Prasant Bondada
Gautam is a DPhil student studying Archaeology, his main areas of interest or Archaeology, History, Anthropology, Sociology and Numismatics
Josephine Brill
BA in Mathematics and Economics - Drake University (1980)
MA in Economics - Cornell University (1984)
Josephine is studying for a MSt in Oriental Studies. Her areas of focus are Sanskrit, Sastra, Genre and Metarules.
Peter Thabiso Bustraan
BA in Religious Studies - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands (2013)
Peter is currently working towards an MPhil in Classical Indian Religion. His main areas of academic concentration are Sanskrit, the political and social history of India and research on Moksa.
Shaunna Calpin
Shaunna is studying towards an M.St. in religion.
Seema Chauhan
BA in Religious and Theological Studies - Cardiff University (2013)
Seema is currently studying for an M.Phil. in Classical Indian Religions. Her main areas of academic concentration are Sanskrit, Vaisnavism and Saivism, and Indian narrative traditions.
Ida Danewid
Ida is studying for a MPhil in International Relations. Her areas of interest are International Political Theory and Global Ethics.
Aniket De
Aniket is a visiting student from Tufts.
Monica Desai
Monica is studying for an MPhil in General linguistics and Comparative Philology. She is particularly interested in Vedic linguistics, especially relating to the Ṛgveda.
Hope Edwards
Hope is studying Religion.
Dorte Effersoe Martens
Dorte is a visitng student from Aarhus University, Denmark. She is studying Hinduism and Sanskrit.
Silje Lyngar Einarsen
BA in Sanskrit and Religious Studies - University of Oslo (2009)
MA in Sanskrit and Religious Studies - University of Aarhus (2012)
Silje is a visiting student for Trinity, 2014.
Christopher Fleming
Christopher is pursuing a D.Phil. in Sanskrit. He is also studying Dharmasastra.
Thomas Ford
Thomas is a visiting student in Religious Studies from Stanford.
Samuel Maxwell Grimes
Samuel is pursuing an M.Phil. in Calssical Indian Religion conecntrating on Saivism. He has an MA in Asian Religion from the University of Hawaii.
Saba Halepota
Saba is studying for an M.Phil. in Modern South Asian Studies.
Lisette Hededal Hansen
Lisette is a visiting student from Aarhus, Denmark. She is studying phenomenology and hermeneutics with Dr Jessica Frazier, and Pāli with Dr Wernicke-Olesen who also supervises her master’s thesis on how Mahāyāna Buddhism can be considered as a post-axial phenomenon.
Alan Herbert
BA in Philosophy - University of Hawaii, Minoa (2011)
MA in Philosophy - University of Hawaii, Minoa (2011)
Alan is currently studying for a DPhil in Theology. His main areas of focus are Jiva Gosvami, and the role of imagination in religious experience.
Anahita Hoose
Anahita is studying Linguistics and Comparative Philology. Her concentration is on linguistics, Latin, Old English, and Sanskrit philology.
Samuel Horsley
Samuel is pursuing a BA in Theology. His concentration is yoga, tantra, Buddhism, and animal ethics.
Phoebe Hunt
Phoebe is doing a BA in Sanskrit. Her main interests are India and Tibet.
Tanja Louise Jakobsen
Tanja has a BA in the Study of Religions from Aarhus University and is an OCHS student since Michaelmas Term 2016. She is interested in Modern South Asian Studies and International Studies as well as Hinduism and Sanskrit with a focus on women and Haṭhayoga. She is Creative Manager on a translation project of the Haṭhapradīpīka in Danish and has been an intern at the OCHS in Trinity Term 2017, amongst other things responsible for the OCHS Facebook page.
Khushwant R James
Khushwant is studying for a BA in Oriental Studies in Sansskrit and Hindi with main focus on Sanskrit.
Matthew James Martin
BA in Religious and Theological Studies - Cardiff University (2012)
Matthew is studying for a MSt in Study of Religion. His areas of academic interest are Hindu and Buddhist traditions and Anthropology of Religion.
Mr Harrison Jones
Harrison completed his undergraduation in Theology at the University of Cambridge. He is now pursuing his Masters at Pembroke College at Oxford with concentration on Modern Vedanta, Buddhism and Nineteenth Century India
Gayathiri Kamalakanthan
Gayathiri is pursuing a BA in Theology. Her areas of academic concentration are Hinduism and the Nature of Religion.
Brunda Karanam
BA Honours in Law - National Law School of India University (2011)
Brunda is studying Law at Worcester College.
Casey Alexandra Kemp
Emily Kilburn
Liberty King
Liberty is studying Philosophy and Theology
Anthony King
BA in Study of Religion - SOAS (2013)
Anthony is studying for a MSt in Study of Religion. He is particularly interested in Modern Hinduism and Vaishnavism.
Ameer Kotecha
Ameer is studying for a BA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics with a focus on International Relations, Religion, Ethics and Politics in Africa. Ameer is Director of the OCHS Leadership Programme.
Rahul Kulka
Rahul is pursuing a BA in History. His area of focus is the Early Modern History of Europe.
Monish Kulkarni
Monish is studying History. He is particularly interested in British and Indian History.
Hari Kumar
Hari is is studying for an M.St. on contemporary India with a focus on Indian development and politics.
Asho Kumar
Asho is studying for D.Phil through Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.
Shreya Lakhani
Shreya is pursuing a BA in Sanskrit.
Dr James Michael Madaio
James has a Phd in Religions and Theology from the University of Manchester with a major focus on Advaita Vedanta
Sasidhar Madugula
Sasidhar is pursuing a MSc in Neuroscience at The Queen's College.
Anica Mann
Anica is pursuing an M.Phil. in Classical Indian Religions. Her concentration is in Buddhism, Saivism, Yogini culture, and temples in India and Southeast Asia
Sriharsha Masabathula
Sriharsha has completed his degree in Economics and Philosophy in USA and is now working towards his Masters in Public Policy.
Anirudh Mathur
Anirudh is studying for a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE).
Matthew Carlos
Matthew is pursuing a D,Phil in Theology and Religious Studies. His concentration is on monasticism, philosophy, and archaeology.
Joe McGee
Joe is studying Theology, concentrating on Hinduism and Judaism.
Rutej Mehta
Rutej is currently striving towards an MEng in Engineering Science.
James Michael Macdonagh
James is pursuing a BA in Theology. His main areas of interest are Hinduism and Sociology of Religion.
Dr Alok K Mishra
PhD in Psychometric Disorder
MSt in Philosophy
MSt in Clinical Psycology
College: Oxford Department of International Development
Dr Mishra is studying Statelessness and International Law. His area of academic interest is International Development.
Prakhar Misra
Prakhar is prusuing a Masters degree in Public Policy with special concentration on Policy and Economics.
Lena Molin
Lena is a visting student from Denmark. She is studying with Dr Bjarne Wernicke-Olesen and Dr Jessica Frazier.
Molly Ann Moore
Molly is studying for a BA in Theology and Religion
Shubha Shantha Murthy
BA in Engineering - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (1990)
Shubha is currently studying for an MPhil in Classical Indian Religion.
Amy Norman
MA (Honours) in Religious Studies - University of Aberdeen (2011)
Lobsang Nyima Laurent
MA in Archaeology, Ancient History and Engish - University of Lausanne (2003)
Lobsang is pursuing a D.Phil. in Oriental Studies. His field is Tibetan and Himalayan Studies.
Nikhil Pandhi
Nikhil is studying for an M.Phil. in archaeology wiht a focus on South Asian Studies.
Shanna Patel
Shanna is pursuing a MSc in Contemporary India. Her areas of interest are Indian Politics since 1947, Indian Political Economy and Human Development in India.
Kirtan Patel
Kirtan is studying History at Mansfield College.
Sunit Patel
MA in Indian Religion - SOAS (2013)
BSc in Computer Science - Queen Mary University, London (2002)
Sunit is currently pursuing a DPhil in Theology. His area of academic concentration is Hinduism.
Charlotte Pence
Charlotte is studying English and philosophy.
Sridhar Poddar
Sridhar is currently on a visiting programme, focusing on English and Economics.
Olivia Porter
Olivia is studying Sanskrit and Oriental Studies.
Gitte Poulsen
BA in the Study of Religion – Aarhus University
Gitte’s interests are primarily related to the study of yoga, especially in the context of tantric Śāktism and Śaivism. Her interest in yoga is both philological and anthropological, and ranges from studies of traditional yogis and yoginis to work on modern yoga practitioners. She is a participant in the Haṭhayogapradīpikā translation project led by Dr Bjarne Wernicke-Olesen and Silje Lyngar Einarsen, and she is associated with the Śākta Traditions project.
Harshavardhan Raghunandan
Harshavardhan is studying theology and the history of South Asia.
Brinda Raval
Brinda is a visiting/exchange student of chemistry, psychology, history and theology at Wadham College, Oxford.
Anna Rawlings
Anna's studies include a spatial analysis of Hindutva, the relationship between the brahman, renouncer and king in Hindu society and narrative analysis with reference to subalternity. She also has an interest in Islam, writing the particular and universal aspects of Islam into a single narrative.
Rhianna Reechaye
Rhianna is studying Theology and Religion, specifically Hinduism and the nature of religion.
Ushaben Reifsnider
Ushaben is studying for a D.Phil through Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.
Samuele Rizzoli
Samuele is a visiting student from the University of Bologna in Italy. His main areas of academic concentration at Oxford are the Philosophy of Religion and Interfaith Studies. He's currently a postgraduate student in International Relations..
Megan Robb
MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies - Oxford University (2010)
BA in Indian studies and English literature - Indiana University (2008)
Megan is studying for a DPhil in Oriental Studies. Her areas of academic studies are South Asian Studies and the History of Islam in South Asia.
Abishek Sankaranarayan
Abishek is pursuing a masters degree In Environment, studing water, science policy and management.
Yash Saraf
Yash is a visiting student from Stanford. He is studying Hinduism and Literature.
Vibha Selvaratnam
Vibha is studying Mathematics at Oriel College. Her area of academic interest is Mathematical Models in Fluid Dynamics.
Anwesha Sengupta
Anwesha is studying for an M.Phil. in Modern South Asian Studies. Her focus is on the history of India, Persian, Brajbhasha, and Bengali.
Swati Seshadri
Swati is studying for a BA in Engineering. She helped establish the Oxford Indian Classical Arts Society (OICAS).
Sagar Shah
Sagar is study for a BSc in Engineering Science. Sagar is a committe member of the OCHS Leadership Programme.
Rajan Shah
Rajan is studying for a BA in Classics.
Jaideep Shah
Vishakha Sharma
Vishakha is a visting student from the University of Copenhagen. Her field is Hinduism and Ecology.
Aadya Shukla
Aady is studying Computer Science.
Mahaveer Singhvi
MBA in Management and Law - University of Delhi (2008)
Mahaveer is pursing a Masters in Diplomatic Studies. His areas of interest are International Law and International Relations.
Pavlo Smytsnyuk
BA in Philosophy and Theology - Gregorian University, Rome (2005)
MA in Theology - National University of Athens (2010)
Pavlov is currently studying for a DPhil in Theology. His main areas of interest are Greek Orthodox Theology, Hinduism, Nationalism, and the relationship between the Church and the State.
Finlay Stroud
Finlay is studying philosophy, theology, and religious studies.
Priya Sury
Priya Sury is studying for a Masters in the Study of Religions. Her areas of academic interests are Hinduism and Buddhism.
Suzanne Sutton
Suzanne is studying Islamic poetics and architecture.
Sophie Von Der Tann
Sophie is studying for a BA in Theology and Oriental Studies.
Chirayu Thakkar
Chirayu is doing his MSc in Modern South Asian Studies at Oxford. He did his Bachelors at the University of Chester in Hinduism
Jens Christian Thorstensen
Jens is a visiting student from the University of Aarhus. He is studying hermeneutins and Sanskrit.
Mr Arthur Vickers
Arthur is currently studying for a Bachelor's degree in Theology and Religion at Trinity College
Tariq Waris
BA Honours in Theology (History of Christianity in the Indian sub-continent) - London School of Theology (2010)
Aleksandra Wenta
Aleksandra is studying for an M.Phil. in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, specifically in Shaivism and Tibetan Buddhism. She also has a Ph.D. in in Agama-Tantra from Banaras Hindu University.
William Westerman
William is studying English, Japanese Linguistics, and Buddhism
Derek Wolter
Derek is studying transpersonal psychology and Hinduism.
Lucian Wong
Research
Hindu Studies; Modern Hindu intellectual history; Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava theology and history; Middle Bengali literature; Phenomenology.
Publication
Peer-reviewed journals
“Universalising Inclusivism—and its Limits: Bhaktivinod and the Experiential Turn.” Journal of South Asian Intellectual History 1, 2018.
“Against Vaiṣṇava Deviance: Brāhmaṇical and Bhadralok Alliance in Bengal.” Religions 9, 2018.
“Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Studies: Mapping the Field.” Religions of South Asia 9, 2016.
Edited volumes
The Legacy of Vaiṣṇavism in Colonial Bengal. Eds. Ferdinando Sardella and Lucian Wong. Abingdon: Routledge, forthcoming.
Email: lucian@ochs.org.uk
Academia.edu: https://oxford.academia.edu/LucianWong
Dr Haisen Zhang
Haisen is currently working on Contemporary China Studies Programme, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, and his main area of interest is (Hinduism) Eastern Religions and International Development of China and India.
Anaterina Zhelenkova
Anaterina, originally from Russia, is pursuing her MSc in South Asian Studies at Oxford.
Quek Jian Zhz Jared
Quek is studying Hinduism and Christianity.
Clarisse Zoulim
MPhil in Philosophy - Paris-Sorbonne University
MA in Philosophy - University College London (2010)
Clarisse is a visiting student from Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. She is currently studying Philosophy at St Catherine's College. During her stay in Oxford, Clarisse is the French Lectrice to undergraduate students, at both St. Catherine's College and Wadham College.