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Sangseraima Ujeed is an Assistant Professor in Tibetan Buddhism Studies at the University of Michigan. Ujeed's research is centered on the transnational, transregional, and cross-cultural aspects of Tibetan Buddhism, with an emphasis on the early modern period. Her principal research objective is to elucidate the hybridity of religion and identity within the Tibetan Buddhist world, characterized by its cosmopolitan and multicultural dimensions. Ujeed employs textual scholarship, drawing from various genres including Tibetan Buddhist literature and Qing archival materials written in Tibetan, Mongolian, Manchu, and Chinese. Current projects include a monograph titled "Mirror Lives: Tibetan Buddhism, Lineage, Identity in the Early Modern Period," focusing on Buddhist texts created in the 17th and 18th centuries. Ujeed's teaching is informed by her deep experience with traditional academic worlds of Buddhism and aims to engage students with the history, practices, and cultural contexts of Tibetan Buddhism through a variety of courses.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science