معرفی
Ori Tavor is Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies and Director of the Master of Arts Program in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts & Sciences. His research explores early Chinese religion and thought, with emphasis on ritual practices, ancestor worship, and the relationship between religion and medicine in ancient Chinese society.
Research Focus
Examines cultural trauma responses through ritual and music, the role of the body in religious contexts, and Confucian utopian visions. His work integrates textual analysis with anthropological approaches to understand therapeutic dimensions of religious practices.
Academic Service
Serves on the steering committee of the Confucian Traditions Unit at the American Academy of Religion and editorial board of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
