Kristina Jonutytė
Social anthropologist and author specializing in contemporary Buddhism and minority politics in Eurasia, affiliated with Vilnius University and the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit at Cambridge; author of Between the Buddha and the New Tsar (Cornell UP, 2026).
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Apr 1, 2026 • 1h 2min
Kristina Jonutytė, "Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia" (Cornell UP, 2026)
Kristina Jonutytė, social anthropologist and author of Between the Buddha and the New Tsar, studies urban Buddhism and minority politics in Buryatia. She explores temple economies, how city life reshapes Buddhist practice, and the effects of war and conscription on Buryat identity. The conversation highlights russification, transnational ties, infrapolitical rituals, and migration reshaping belonging.
Apr 1, 2026 • 1h 2min
Kristina Jonutytė, "Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia" (Cornell UP, 2026)
Kristina Jonutytė, social anthropologist studying contemporary Buddhism and minority politics in Eurasia, discusses urban Buryat Buddhism and its ties to the Russian state. She explores urban temple economies, everyday ritual practices, fieldwork challenges after 2019 and 2022, and how war and migration reshape Buryat identity and religious life.
