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Name

Yang Derui

Contact Information

yangdr@nju.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Jiangsu

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Nanjing University
Faculty	Social and Behavioral Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1997 Master's Degree in Social Anthropology: University of Manchester 2003 PhD in Anthropology: London School of Economics
Work Experience	2004 - Present: Nanjing University - Professor 2023 - Present: Director of the Institute of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, Nanjing University

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Nanjing University

Faculty

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

Work Experience

2004 - Present: Nanjing University - Professor
2023 - Present: Director of the Institute of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, Nanjing University

Areas of Focus	Religious Anthropology Cognitive Anthropology Cultural Transmission
Publications	Inheritance: Explorations in Cognitive and Religious Anthropology, Yang Derui, 2016 Local Knowledge: Essays in Interpretive Anthropology, Clifford Geertz, Translated by Yang Derui, 2014 From Crafts to Discursive Knowledge: How Modern Schooling Changes the Learning/Knowledge Style of Daoist Priests in Contemporary China, Yang Derui, 2010 Revolution of Temporality: The Modern Schooling for Daoist Priests in Contemporary Shanghai, Yang Derui, 2012 Animal Release: The Dharma Being Staged between Marketplace and Park, Yang Derui, 2015 「血湖」研究に関する覚書, Yang Derui, 2016 The Divine Power of Images: Temple Fairs and Exorcism in Gaochun, Yang Derui, 2018 Mediation and Intermediation: An Anthropological Approach to the Relationship between the Internet and Transcendence, Yang Derui, 2020 The Ecological Forest of Daoism in Minqin, Gansu: A Case Study, Yang Derui, 2021 How Religious Cognitive Science Studies the Afterlife: Observations from an Anthropological Perspective, Yang Derui, 2023

Areas of Focus

Religious Anthropology
Cognitive Anthropology
Cultural Transmission

Publications

Inheritance: Explorations in Cognitive and Religious Anthropology, Yang Derui, 2016
Local Knowledge: Essays in Interpretive Anthropology, Clifford Geertz, Translated by Yang Derui, 2014
From Crafts to Discursive Knowledge: How Modern Schooling Changes the Learning/Knowledge Style of Daoist Priests in Contemporary China, Yang Derui, 2010
Revolution of Temporality: The Modern Schooling for Daoist Priests in Contemporary Shanghai, Yang Derui, 2012
Animal Release: The Dharma Being Staged between Marketplace and Park, Yang Derui, 2015
「血湖」研究に関する覚書, Yang Derui, 2016
The Divine Power of Images: Temple Fairs and Exorcism in Gaochun, Yang Derui, 2018
Mediation and Intermediation: An Anthropological Approach to the Relationship between the Internet and Transcendence, Yang Derui, 2020
The Ecological Forest of Daoism in Minqin, Gansu: A Case Study, Yang Derui, 2021
How Religious Cognitive Science Studies the Afterlife: Observations from an Anthropological Perspective, Yang Derui, 2023

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