Prof Alice Collett

Academic Editor (Buddhism)

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 1941

Email

ajc50@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

Prior to joining St Andrews, Professor Collett worked at several universities around the world, in teaching, research and senior management roles, including a period as Acting Dean at Nalanda University in India. Her research specialism is ancient Indian religions, with a focus on women. Her publications include Women in Early Indian Buddhism: Comparative Textual Studies (OUP, 2013) and Translating Buddhism: Historical and Contextual Perspectives (SUNY, 2021). Current projects include an outreach project that offers workshops to primary and secondary schools in and around Scotland on South Asian history, and a collaborative project with the School of Computer Science, working on digital tools for ancient inscriptions. Professor Collett also works with public bodies in consultancy, advisory and assessor roles, such as the BBC, The British Council, the Association for Commonwealth Universities and Sahapedia-UNESCO.

Selected publications

• An uneven landscape: a review of Cabezon’s Sexuality in Ancient India

  Collett, A., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Religion. 101, 4, p. 524-534 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › peer-review

• Does Buddhism have rules for marriage and family life?

  Collett, A., 25 Oct 2021, Buddhism in 5 minutes. Harris, E. J. (ed.). Bristol: Equinox Publishing Ltd, p. 293-296 4 p. (Religion in five minutes).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Does Buddhism support gender equality?

  Collett, A., 25 Oct 2021, Buddhism in 5 minutes . Harris, E. J. (ed.). Bristol: Equinox Publishing Ltd, p. 172-175 4 p. (Religion in five minutes).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• I hear her words: an introduction to women in Buddhism

  Collett, A., 2021, Cambridge: Windhorse Publications. 266 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Introduction

  Collett, A., 1 Apr 2021, Translating Buddhism: historical and contextual perspectives. Collett, A. (ed.). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, p. 1-16 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Translating Buddhism: historical and contextual perspectives

  Collett, A., 1 Apr 2021, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. 291 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Translation and historical context: interpretations of Antevāsinī

  Collett, A., 1 Apr 2021, Translating Buddhism: historical and contextual perspectives. Collett, A. (ed.). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, p. 175-195 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• What is the role of lay Buddhists?

  Collett, A., 25 Oct 2021, Buddhism in 5 minutes . Harris, E. J. (ed.). Bristol: Equinox Publishing Ltd, p. 168-171 4 p. (Religion in five minutes).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns: Biographies as History

  Collett, A., 2016, Oxford University Press.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• What rules do monastics follow?

  Collett, A., 25 Oct 2021, Buddhism in five minutes. Harris, E. J. (ed.). Bristol: Equinox Publishing Ltd, p. 157-162 6 p. (Religion in five minutes).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

 

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