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Veena Das is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at the Johns Hopkins University. She also serves on the Executive Board of the Institute of Socio-Economic Research on Development and Democracy in India. She studied at the Indraprastha College for Women and Delhi School of Economics at the University of Delhi and taught there from 1967 to 2000. She has published extensively as an ethnographer of India and thus is an established figure within Indian anthropology. Beyond India, her research has broad appeal within the anthropology of violence, suffering, and the State.
Das completed her Ph.D. in 1970 at the University of Delhi under the supervision of M.N. Srinivas. She was Professor of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research from 1997-2000 before moving to the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. Some of her research interests include: feminist movements, gender studies, sectarian violence, medical anthropology, post-colonial and post-structural theory.
| Current Institution | Johns Hopkins University |
| Department | Anthropology |
| Disciplines | |
| Address | 404F Macaulay Baltimore Maryland 21218 United States Phone: (410) 516-0630 |
| Office Hours | Tuesdays 2:00PM-4:00PM and by appointment |
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Education
University of Delhi
Ph.D.
(1970)
Work Experience
Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology
Johns Hopkins University
Achievements
General
Publication Summary
Publications
- "Structure and Cognition: Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual", Oxford University Press, 1977, 1982,1990, 1992, 1995, 1998.
- "The Word and the World: Fantasy Symbol and Record", Sage Publications, 1986 (Ed.)
- "Mirrors of Violence: Communities, Riots and Survivors in South Asia", Oxford, 1990, (Ed.) (Reissued in 1992, 1994).
- "Critical Events: An Anthropological Perspective on Contemporary India", Oxford University Press, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000.
- "Social Suffering", Special Issue of Daedalus (edited in collaboration with Arthur Kleinman and Margaret Lock). Winter, 1996. Also published as "Social Suffering", University of California Press, 1998 and Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1998.
- "Violence and Subjectivity" (co-edited), University of California Press, 2000.
- "Social Science and Immunization" (co-edited). Economic and Political Weekly. Special Issue, February 2000.
Books
Life and WordsIn this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropology's most distinguished ethnographers weaves together rich fieldwork with a compelling critical analysis in a book that will surely make...
Violence and SubjectivityThe essays in Violence and Subjectivity, written by a distinguished international roster of contributors, consider the ways in which violence shapes subjectivity and acts upon people's... |
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