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  BROWN, Bernardo Enrique

   Associate Professor (New rank system)

   Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Academic Background
1. 2007/08～2013/07 Cultural Anthropology, Graduate School, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornell University, Graduated, Ph.D.
2. 2007/08～2009/12 Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornell University, Graduated, M.A.
3. 2004/01～2006/04 International Affairs, New School for Social Engagement, New School for Social Research, Graduated, M.A.
4. 1994/08～1999/12 Political Science, Faculty of Social Science, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Graduated, Licenciado
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■ Professional Background
1. 2020/04～ Associate Professor (New rank system), Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
2. 2017/09～2020/03 Assistant Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
3. 2014/11～2017/08 Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
4. 2013/10～2014/09 Postdoctoral Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University
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■ Present Specialized Fields
Religious Mobility, Anthropology of Christianity, Asian Catholicism, Transnational Migration, Religious Networks, Food Sovereignty, Latin America, Intellectual Biography (Key Word：Cultural Anthropology) 
■ Profile
I am an anthropologist specialized in the culture and history of Catholic Sri Lanka and more broadly on the Anthropology of Christianity in South and Southeast Asia.

My current book project is titled “The Vocation Artisans: Catholic Priestly Formation in Sri Lanka.” Based on five years of ethnographic fieldwork conducted at Sri Lankan Catholic seminaries, the book focuses on how daily routines, practices of prayer and habits of religious devotion, enable the flourishing of a religious vocation in seminarians. The book shows the intricate ways in which spiritual meanings are intertwined with material and symbolic incentives to make the priesthood an attractive alternative for young Catholics.

Initiative for the Study of Asian Catholics: https://www.isac-research.org/
■ Main Course Titles
Anthropology of Religion; Global Religious Movements　in Asia; Area Studies in Ethnology; Globalization and Social Change; Field Reseacrh in Anthropology I & II; Approaches to Human Culture; So
■ Books and Articles
1. Article Less Virtuous Than It Seems: The Motivations Behind Priestly Vocations in Catholic Sri Lanka HAU- Journal of Ethnographic Theory 15(2) (Single) 2024/12
2. Article Global Circulations of Asian Catholic Clergy Doing Synodality Empirical and Intercultural Perspectives on the German Synodal Way, pp.205-213 (Single) 2024/03
3. Article Review of Migrant Hearts and the Atlantic Return: Transnationalism and the Roman Catholic Church Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 27(1) (Single) 2021/07
4. Article Cultural Deference, Community Survival: Sri Lankan Catholicism and the Perils of Religious Nationalism Social Sciences & Missions (34),pp.288-309 (Single) 2021/08Link
5. Article Review of Banishment and Belonging. Exile and Diaspora in Sarandib, Lanka and Ceylon South Asia. Journal of South Asian Studies 44(1) (Single) 2021/06
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■ Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2023/05/19 (Shue Yan University. Sociology Department Lecture Series)
2. 2021/11/08 A View of the Vocation Crisis from South Asia (Paradox and Prophecy: Why the Study of Lived Catholicism Matters)
3. 2021/11/02 Less Virtuous than it seems (Sites and processes of ethical learning: religion and self-making in Asia)
4. 2021/05/04 Reverse Missionaries: Bringing Sri Lankan Pastoral Care to Italy (Tra oceano Indiano e Mediterraneo)
5. 2021/03/05 Training for an Asian Mission: Catholic Networks of Seminary Formation (Transnational Religious Networks: Alternative Articulations and New Methodologies)Link
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■ Academic Society Memberships
1. 2009～ American Anthropological Association
2. 2007～ AISLS- American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies
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■ Teaching Experience
1. Anthropology of Religion（ICU）
2. Anthropology of Violence（Portland State University）
3. （ICU）
4. Area Studies in Ethnology (South Asia)（ICU）
5. Ethnographic Research Methods（ICU）
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■ Professional Achievements
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1. 2021/10/01～ Initiative for the Study of Asian CatholicsLink
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■ Research Topics, Funded Research, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
1. 2019/04～2022/03  Vocation for Travel: Catholic Seminary Formation in Sri Lanka  (Key Word : Religious mobility, Asian Catholicism, religious specialists, priesthood, seminary)
2. 2017/04～2018/04  Religious Mobility in Southeast Asia  (Key Word : Religious networks)
3. 2016/11～2018/10  Religious Elites and Mobility in South Asia  (Key Word : Catholic seminaries mobility)
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■ Websites
   ISAC - Initiative for the Study of Asian Catholics
■ E-Mail Addresses
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■ Works
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■ Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number
30814123
■ External Researcher ID
orcID 0000-0003-3083-616X