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institution1819–present

University of Virginia

Disciplines:
higher education
research
consciousness/consciousness studies
usa/virginia

Summary

University of Virginia in Charlottesville — founded by Thomas Jefferson — which houses the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), the world's most productive center for scientific research on reincarnation, near-death experiences, and anomalous consciousness, founded by Ian Stevenson.

Core Contribution

Hosts the most sustained institutionalized scientific research on consciousness phenomena outside the brain — DOPS's combination of reincarnation research (Stevenson, Tucker), NDE research (Greyson), and Irreducible Mind (Kelly) makes UVA the world's leading academic center for serious parapsychological research.

Historical Influences

Jefferson American research university model

Intellectual Lineage

Charlottesville VirginiaRotundaDOPS

Contemporaries & Peers

Duke Rice

Minds Influenced

Consciousness research Jonathan Bi

Intellectual Posterity

DOPS Ian Stevenson chairDivision of Perceptual Studies

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