Imagining Modern India: The Genesis and Goals of a Course-in-the-Making
By training I am a South Asianist, specializing in the transformation of Hindu traditions during the colonial and postcolonial era. However, when I joined the Religion Department at Illinois Wesleyan University in 1992, I was the sole ‘Asianist.’ As such I was asked to provide coverage of the religi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2009-10-01
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| Series: | The ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts |
| Online Access: | http://www.asianetworkexchange.org/articles/217 |
| Summary: | By training I am a South Asianist, specializing in the transformation of Hindu traditions during the colonial and postcolonial era. However, when I joined the Religion Department at Illinois Wesleyan University in 1992, I was the sole ‘Asianist.’ As such I was asked to provide coverage of the religious traditions of both South and East Asia. Accordingly, over the years I created a range of lower- and upper-level courses dedicated to such topics as ‘Asian Religious Literature,’ ‘Asian Religious Practice,’ and ‘Religion in Contemporary Japan,’ along with selected courses focusing on South Asia and Hinduism. |
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| ISSN: | 1943-9938 1943-9946 |