Dominic Sur
History
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: Old Main 321MPhone: 435-797-9058
Email: dominic.sur@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
PhD, History of Religions, The University of Virginia, 2015
MTS, Buddhist Studies, Harvard Divinity School, 2009
BA, Religion, Sarah Lawrence College, 2007
Biography
Dominic D. Z. Sur is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies teaching courses in world religion and Buddhism, among others. Dr. Sur's publications include Entering the Way of the Great Vehicle: Dzogchen as the Culmination of the Mahāyāna (2017). He is presently working on two projects: a study of the rise of scholasticism and sectarian identity in eleventh century Tibet; and a study of Tibet's tantric philosophy, especially the use of normative Indian epistemology (pramāṇa) in the service of validating the visionary experiences of advanced contemplative and tantric practices.