Nikhil Stewart

Nikhil Stewart is currently a researcher for the Religions and Ancient Civilizations department at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa. His research interests span Indian and Tibet Buddhist philosophy, political theory, semiotics, media theory, and linguistics. His current project ‘Digital Dharma: Tibetan Buddhism and Social Media in the Kathmandu Valley’ is an ethnographic study exploring how social media alters the life ways of Tibetan Buddhist monastic communities in the Kathmandu Valley. 

Recent Articles

Cómo YouTube está cambiando las peregrinaciones budistas y reescribiendo la historia del budismo

Nikhil Stewart comparte sus descubrimientos al entrevistar a treinta monásticos sobre cómo el vlogging (blogs en formato de video) ha impactado las peregrinaciones budistas, tanto en línea como en la vida real.

How YouTube Is Changing Buddhist Pilgrimage and Re-Historicizing Buddhism’s Past

Nikhil Stewart shares what he's learned by interviewing 30 monks about how vlogging (video-blogging) has impacted Buddhist pilgrimage — online, and "IRL."