Suzanne Newcombe is a Lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University and a Research Fellow at Inform, based at King's College London. She researches yoga and ayurveda from a sociological and social historical perspective. Her book Yoga in Britain: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis" has recently been published by Equinox.
She also a Research Fellow on a project funded by the European Research Council (Horizon 2020) entitled ‘Medicine, Immortality and Moksha: Entangled Histories of Yoga, Ayurveda and Alchemy in South Asia’.
Experience
2015–present
Research fellow, Inform, based at the London School of Economics
2016–present
Lecturer in Religious Studies, The Open University
2002–2015
Research officer, Inform, based at the London School of Economics
Grants and Contracts
2015
Medicine, Immortality, Moksha: Entangled Histories of Yoga, Ayurveda and Alchemy in South Asia
Role:
Post Doctoral Researcher
Funding Source:
European Research Council
2004
A Social History of Yoga and Ayurveda in Britain, 1950-1995