India

Professor Jocelyne Cesari

Religion and Nationalism in India

March 11, 2020
During a recent seminar, Jocelyne Cesari, T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding, argues that the foundational role of Hinduism in the building of the Indian secular nation-state can shed light on the current ultra nationalist policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Professor Frank Clooney in India.

An Amazing and Perfectly Ordinary Trip to India

August 22, 2018
Professor Francis X. Clooney writes about his most recent trip to India where he delivered lectures and attended a conference on Ramanuja, the great theologian of the Shrivaishnava Hindu community.
Finding a Home in Madurai

Finding a Home in Madurai

July 22, 2015

Jason Smith, ThD candidate, writes about studying Tamil at the American Institute of Indian Studies in Madurai, which he is doing with support from a grant from the Harvard South Asia Institute.

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