Simona Lazzerini

PhD Religious Studies @StanfordReligSt | Shinjo Ito Postdoc @UCBerkeley | Chinese and Japanese Buddhism | Hārītī 鬼子母神 | Demonology 👹 | Italiana 🇮🇹 She/her

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

My article on Hārītī’s demonic body in Nichiren Buddhism is finally out in a special issue of Japanese Religions on “The Body Religious in Japan”!

https://t.co/17RgwA9jW5

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

Excited to receive a copy of the latest issue of Japanese Religions, and very excited to see my husband’s name (@JLMcCandless ) appear in my article (he took this picture of Hārītī) 😂💖

[Calynn Dowler @calynndowler]

Learn about ghosts in Buddhist traditions from the very brilliant @AdeanaMcN this Halloween! 👻

https://t.co/IhY5UDA7sg

(Her book is out now!!)
https://t.co/1m9knPGhUS

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

I got to teach this today!!!!! The students enjoyed it… I think 😅

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

Teaching @junjiitofficial’s work is one of my dreams and the more Buddhist (or seemingly Buddhist) references I find the happier I am. Ps he has a whole story featuring monks who practice asceticism and self-mummification!!!☸️🤩 2/2

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

@kafkaesquekelly @junjiitofficial Thank you! Many of my students are Junji Ito’s fans so I hope they will enjoy it!

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

Teaching @junjiitofficial on #Halloween! We are reading Unendurable Maze and we will unpack all the Buddhist elements in the story. Very excited to tell my students about sokushinbutsu (self-mummifying monks). Is anybody else teaching creepy content on Halloween?

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

@npwitkowski @JJRS_NIRC That is very interesting! I have never come across it. Thank you, I will add it to my database!

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

Link to the whole issue: https://t.co/ZgWJMnWs5a

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

My article on Hārītī’s demonic body in Nichiren Buddhism is finally out in a special issue of Japanese Religions on “The Body Religious in Japan”!

https://t.co/17RgwA9jW5

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

@oasis I ended class early so I could get in line. Best professor ever 😂😂

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

@oasis I got themmm!!!!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[日本美術史bot @NihonBijutsushi]

《弁財天及び四眷属像》
「浄瑠璃寺吉祥天厨子絵」7面のうち

1212年・鎌倉時代
板に彩色
東京藝術大学大学美術館

[Vi(N)ce ❣ Ashvey ashvey.bsky.social @vincenthuon]

Cute! #Paris2024

[Jack Meng-Tat Chia 謝明達 @jackmtchia]

Su Wukong: How do I get to the Western Paradise?

Police officer: You cross while it's red.

Source: https://t.co/RtWQgamnUJ

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

How I wish I could respond to reviewers’ comments

[IABS_2025 @iabs2025Leipzig]

Call for Individual Paper Proposals
We cordially invite submissions of individual paper proposals for the IABS2025 Congress. Check out our website for more information: https://t.co/fciEMfI9L3.

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

@JeffreyKotyk They are all over my hometown, they even get into my grandma’s garden and steal almonds 😅🐗

[Simona Lazzerini @SimonaLazzerini]

Teaching material for the fall (秋学期の教材) ☸️👻👹
#オウマガトキfilm #伊藤潤二

[Stanford University Religious Studies @StanfordReligSt]

Learn more about our upcoming graduate student conference, "Religion on the Move," taking place May 9-10, 2024! Join us for keynote speaker David Aiona Chang at the Stanford Faculty Club, or any of the conference panels the following day. Please RSVP here: https://t.co/lDKQDSw3zw