Stefan Larsson

Stefan Larsson received his Ph.D. in History of Religions from Stockholm University in 2009. His doctoral dissertation is a detailed study of the life stories of the “mad” Tibetan yogin Tsangnyon Heruka (1452-1507). While working on his dissertation he was awarded a fellowship from the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT). The fellowship enabled him to spend a semester as a visiting scholar at the University of Virginia. His research focuses upon the non-monastic and practice-oriented forms of Tibetan Buddhism. Moreover, he is interested in Buddhist biographies and songs. As a postdoctoral fellow he researched texts and aspects of Tsangnyon’s life including Tsangnyon’s songs, the form of Buddhism he practiced, and the network of disciples and patrons around him. He is now based at Stockholm University.