Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Karen O'Brien-Kop is a Lecturer in Asian Religions and Ethics at Roehampton University. She researches classical South Asian Sanskrit texts and culture on meditation and yoga, in particular exploring the interconnections of Hinduism and Buddhism. More broadly, her research interests are Indian religion and philosophy, philosophy of mind, theory and method in the study of religion, global philosophies, and literary criticism and theory.
She previously worked as a Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS University of London, where she also completed her doctoral research.
External positions
Co-Chair, American Academy of Religion: Indian and Chinese Religions Compared unit
Feb 2020 → …Steering Committee Member, American Academy of Religion: Yoga in Theory and Practice unit
Jan 2019 → …Advisory Committee, SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies
Oct 2018 → …Research Output
Dharmamegha in Yoga and Yogācāra: The Revision of a Superlative Metaphor
O'Brien-Kop, K., 9 May 2020, In : Journal of Indian Philosophy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Classical Discourses of Liberation: Shared Botanical Metaphors in Sarvāstivāda Buddhism and the Yoga of Patañjali
O'Brien-Kop, K., 6 Sep 2018, In : Religions of South Asia. p. 123-157 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Reframing Yoga and Meditation Studies
O'Brien-Kop, K. & Newcombe, S., 2020, (Accepted/In press) The Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies. (Research Handbook Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Seed and Cloud as Metaphors of Liberation in Buddhist and Pātañjala Yoga: An Intertextual Study
O'Brien-Kop, K., Dec 2018, (Unpublished)Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
Prizes
Khyentse Foundation Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies
Karen O'Brien-Kop (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
American Academy of Religion 2019
Karen O'Brien-Kop (Speaker)
Nov 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
World Sanskrit Conference
Karen O'Brien-Kop (Speaker)
Jul 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Disciplines and Dialogue
Karen O'Brien-Kop (Organiser)
2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
35th Annual Sanskrit Tradition in the Modern World Seminar
Karen O'Brien-Kop (Speaker)
May 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
42nd Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions
Karen O'Brien-Kop (Speaker)
Apr 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press / Media
Rethinking classical yoga: the 'other' yogaśāstra
25/05/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Indepth blog review of Yoga Studies Week keynote event
20/07/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media