Timothy Lubin

Historian of religion and law of South and Southeast Asia, working with texts and inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Old Javanese, and Old Tamil to study the formation, spread, and transformation of ideas and institutions in the ancient and medieval periods.

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Jessie Ball duPont Professor, Department of Religion
Adjunct Professor of Law, School of Law
Head of the Law, Justice and Society Program
Washington and Lee University

Visiting Researcher, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia,
University of Tokyo (July–November 2025)

Vice-President of the American Society for Premodern Asia

Research:
Curriculum vitae
Academia.edu profile
DHARMA Project (ERC 809994) Collaborator
SSRN profile
Humanities Commons profile

Teaching:
Courses
Digital Texts and Recordings

Blog:
Vyavahara: on law and society in early Asia

Conference Organizer:
Status and Justice in Law, Religion, & Society

Programs:
Department of Religion
Sanskrit at W&L
Middle East and South Asia Studies (founder, core faculty)
Law, Justice, and Society Program (program head)
Culture & Society Colloquium
South Asia Lectures at W&L

E-mail: lubint [at] wlu.edu
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