Peter Valdina
Stanley S. Kresge Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Interim Faculty Director of the Curtis Institute
Dr. Valdina has taught at Albion College since 2012, and he is a scholar of the history of yoga in 19th-century India. He is particularly interested in 19th-century print translations of yoga texts and how they relate to the question of yoga’s globalization in the modern world.
He has been a guest lecturer at Furman university and has published an article titled “Yoga and Xenophilia: Ambiguity Now and Then.”
He speaks and reads a variety of languages including Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit and German and he teaches courses including Thinking about Religion; Introduction to Islam; Hinduism; Yogis and Ascetics; Women, Gender, Islam; and Death and Dying.
Education
- B.A., Hamilton College
- M.A., Columbia University
- M.S.Sc., The New School for Social Research
- Ph.D., Emory University
Courses
- RS 102: Introduction Eastern Religions
- RS 104: Introduction to Islam
- RS 206: Women, Gender, Islam
- RS 212: Buddhist Traditions
- RS 251: Yogis and Ascetics
- RS 261: Death and Dying
- HSP 135H: Hindu Traditions