Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
My primary research interest is the role of narrative in the construction and communication of religious ideas in early South Asia, within and between Buddhist, Jain and Brahmanical Hindu traditions. I research how stories are used to explore and express religious ideas such as karma and rebirth (for example through multi-life stories) and relationships to religious others (for example through the adaptation of a character, story or motif from another religious tradition or from a shared narrative pool).
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biography and Buddhahood: Jātaka Stories in Theravāda Buddhism, University of Oxford
Award Date: 1 Jan 2008
Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Seduced by Saṃsāra, Saved by a Flying Horse: A Study of the Aśvarāja and Siṃhala Stories, Cardiff University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2004
Bachelor of Arts, Cardiff University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2003
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Naomi Appleton (Advisor), Halle O'Neal (Advisor), Paul Fuller (Advisor) & Yashaswini Chandra (Advisor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Professional Development and Training
Naomi Appleton (Organiser) & Chris Jones (Contributor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Schools engagement
Naomi Appleton (Organiser) & Chris Jones (Contributor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Schools engagement
Naomi Appleton (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Media article or participation
Naomi Appleton (Organiser) & Paul Fuller (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
1/05/18 → 30/04/21
Project: Research
1/11/15 → 1/12/16
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
1/01/13 → 31/12/15
Project: Research