Christopher R. Austin

Domaine de recherche

Asie du Sud

Pays de résidence

Canada

Titre

Assistant Professor

Affiliation

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Adresse électronique

christopher.austin@dal.ca

Adresse

Dalhousie University
Dept. of Classics (Religious Studies)
1459 Oxford St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4R2 CANADA

Téléphone/Télécopie

phone: 902-494-6922

Site de web

http://religiousstudies.dal.ca/Faculty%20and%20staff/Christopher_Austin.php

Pays de spécialisation

India

Recherche

Research: Mahabharata, Harivamsa, early Vaisnavism; early Sanskrit
materials of Krsna's adult biography and his extended family, and the
reception of these materials by later Hindu tradition.

Enseignement

Past and Current Courses Taught: Introduction to Eastern Religions,
Hinduism, Buddhism, South Asian Religions, South Asian Religions in
Narrative Literature, Introductory Sanskrit, Intermediate Sanskrit,
Chinese and Japanese Religions, Tibetan Buddhism, Vishnu and Krishna
Traditions of Hinduism, Theory / Topics in Religious Studies

Publications

None on file.

Mots-clés

Mahabharata ; Harivamsa ; early Vaisnavism ; early Sanskrit ; biography ; Hindu tradition ; ...