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Subject(s)

• Sanskritists—United States—Biography [Browse]
• College teachers—United States—Biography [Browse]
• Scholars—United States—Biography [Browse]
• Doniger, Wendy [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Biographies [Browse]

Series

• ACLS occasional paper ; no. 72. [More in this series]
• ACLS occasional paper, 1041-536X ; no. 72 [More in this series]

Summary note

Professor Doniger s research and teaching interests revolve around two basic areas, Hinduism and mythology. Her courses in mythology address themes in cross-cultural expanses, such as death, dreams, evil, horses, sex, and women; her courses in Hinduism cover a broad spectrum that, in addition to mythology, considers literature, law, gender, and zoology. -- [Pg. 9].

Notes

"The 2015 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture was presented at the ACLS Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, on May 8, 2015."--Title page verso.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (page x).

Contents

• On Charles Homer Haskins
• Haskins prize lecturers
• Brief biography of Wendy Doniger
• Introduction / by Pauline Yu
• A life of learning / by Wendy Doniger

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Other title(s)

• Charles Homer Haskins prize lecture for 2015
• Life of learning, Wendy Doniger
• Wendy Doniger

OCLC

923736072

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