Jason Roberts

Jason Roberts is an Assistant Professor affiliated with both the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies and the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He completed his PhD in an ad hoc program within UT’s Department of Germanic Studies, complemented by a PhD portfolio in Religious Studies. He also holds an MA in Slavic Languages and Literature from UT Austin and an MM in piano performance from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

Research Interests:

• Intellectual history of confessional theology, focusing on demonology and magic
• Siberian shamanism and ritual theory
• Representations of time and space in divination systems
• Christian exorcism and magic (1st–16th century)
• Russian Orthodoxy and its cultural intersections
• Impact of theology on historical metanarratives and social sciences

Contact:

• Email: j.roberts@utexas.edu
• Phone: (512) 232-9125
• Office: BUR 586
• Office Hours: Fall 2021: Zoom W10-11AM & by appointment

Teaching History:

• Russian Orthodox Religion and Culture (REE 325/R S 357W/HIS 325Q)
• Russian Icons and Propaganda (REE 302D/R S 315K)
• Shamanism and the Primitive (ANS 341P/ANT 325W/R S 352G/REE 345)
• Intro to the Study of Religion (R S 310)
• Magic and Power in Prague (REE 302/HIS 306N)
• Political Life of the ROC (REE 386)
• Accelerated Romanian for Research (SEL 385)
• Accelerated Yiddish courses (YID 612/YID 604)