Mary Briggs - PhD Candidate in Religious Studies (Principal's Career Development Scholar)
PhD in Divinity (Religious Studies)
Year of study: 3
- School of Divinity
- Religious Studies Department
Contact details
- Email: s2110142@ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Undergraduate teaching
Tutor for:
Studying Religions
Global Indigenous Religions
Popular Religion, Women and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe
Religion in Modern Britain
Research summary
My PhD research project addresses the relationship between the South Korean state and a new Christian movement, with a particular focus on kinship, surveillance, and the relationship between politics and Protestantism in South Korea.
Current research interests
New religions, religion and politics, kinship, surveillance, South KoreaConference details
I have presented at the Pandemic Perspectives Conference (April 2021), the British Association for the Study of Religions Conference (September 2021), and the European Association for the Study of Religions Conference (June 2022).