Bernardo Enrique Brown

Bernardo Enrique Brown is an Associate Professor in the Department of Arts and Sciences at International Christian University's College of Liberal Arts. A cultural anthropologist specializing in Anthropology of Christianity and Asian Catholicism, his ethnographic work in Sri Lankan seminaries explores religious vocation formation and spiritual-material dynamics in priesthood. Key research themes include transnational migration, religious networks, and food sovereignty in Latin America and Asia.

• Education: Ph.D. and M.A. in Cultural Anthropology (Cornell University), M.A. in International Affairs (New School for Social Research)
• Projects: Leading Initiative for the Study of Asian Catholics with grants on religious mobility and clergy training
• Presentations: Active in conferences about 21st-century Catholicism and intercultural synodality