I am an anthropologist of religion, who studies post-Soviet shamanic revival. I work on ritual, shamanism, and comparative secularisms. My book, Buddhists, Shamans and Soviets: Rituals of History in Post-Soviet Buryatia, recently won first best book in the History of Religions from the American Academy of Religion. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/buddhists-shamans-and-soviets-9780190916794?cc=us&lang=en&