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Marla Segol is a Professor in the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), part of the College of Arts and Sciences. She holds expertise in Kabbalah, Jewish magic, and the history of the body in religious contexts, with a focus on medieval and contemporary New Age spiritual practices. Her work bridges religious studies, gender theory, and cultural history.
Education: PhD in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University (2001). Her scholarship includes monographs like Kabbalah and Sex Magic: A Mythical-Ritual Genealogy (2021) and co-edited volumes such as Sexuality, Sociality and Cosmology in Medieval Literary Texts (2013). Her research spans topics like trans magical rituals, alchemical manuscripts, and the intersection of astrology with Kabbalistic thought.
Her recent articles (2021–2024) explore themes like gender fluidity in medieval mysticism, ritual innovation in contemporary spirituality, and the symbolic roles of water and pregnancy in Jewish texts. She has written extensively on Kabbalistic rituals, magical syncretism, and the pedagogy of esoteric arts.
Awards and grants are not explicitly listed in the provided materials. Her academic contributions include analyzing medieval religious cosmopolitanism, magical texts, and the role of women in mystical traditions. She maintains affiliations with interdisciplinary studies programs and teaches courses on Jewish mysticism and the body in religious contexts.
