Bryan J. Cuevas

John F. Priest Professor of Religion

Bryan Cuevas

Contact Information

History and Ethnography of Religions
Faculty
Office Location
120E Dodd Hall
Office Hours

By appointment

Bryan J. Cuevas, Ph.D. (University of Virginia) joined the Department of Religion faculty in 2000. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses, specializing in Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhism, history, language, and culture.

Dr. Cuevas has been a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, and has held visiting appointments at UC Berkeley, Princeton University, and Emory University. His research has received support from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Institute of Indian Studies, and other public and private endowments.

Dr. Cuevas is currently accepting graduate students (M.A. and Ph.D.) interested in pursuing research topics in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies for the 2025-26 academic year.

Research Interests

Tibetan History and Biography Before 1800
Buddhist Narrative Literature
Buddhist ritual magic and sorcery

A selection of Dr. Cuevas's publications are available for download on his academia.edu page.