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Religious and Ethnic Diversity in China and Asia Research Unit (REDCARU)

The Religious and Ethnic Diversity in China and Asia Research Unit at King’s College London is based in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. REDCARU is the first international twinned unit to have been founded with a particular focus on the study of religion and ethnicity across Asia. It is an interdisciplinary unit with branches at King’s College London, Yunnan Normal University, and Yunnan Minzu University, China.

REDCARU provides a forum for academics, postdoctoral researchers, and students from around the world with an interest in religious and ethnic life among peoples in Asia and overseas Asians. It has a broad programme of diverse research interests. Its director is Dr. Katherine Swancutt.

Members

Tony Milligan

Tony Milligan

Senior Researcher, Cosmological Visionaries project

Lena Springer

Lena Springer

Research Associate in History and Philosophy of Science

Katherine Swancutt

Katherine Swancutt

Reader in Social Anthropology

Elisa Tamburo

Elisa Tamburo

Research Associate in Social Anthropology

Statue of the Nuosu culture hero, Zhyge Alu, astride his winged horse in Southwest China. Copyright Katherine Swancutt 2011, all rights reserved. Used with permission.

COSMOVIS

REDCARU is the home of 'Cosmological Visionaries: Shamans, Scientists, and Climate Change at the Ethnic Borderlands of China and Russia', a synergy grant project funded by the ERC (grant agreement no. 856543).

COSMOVIS

Our partners

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Yunnan Normal University

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Yunnan Minzu University

Group leads

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Dr Katherine Swancutt

Reader in Social Anthropology

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