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Christopher Minkowski
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Christopher Zand Minkowski (/mɪŋˈkɔːfski, -ˈkɒf-/;[1] born 13 May 1953)[2] is an American academic, who has been Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford since 2005.
Education and early career[edit]
Minkowski was educated at Gilman School before studying English at Harvard College. After receiving a diploma in Hindi from the University of Delhi in 1976, he returned to Harvard to obtain a master's degree, followed by a PhD in Sanskrit and Indian Studies in 1986. Thereafter, he taught at the University of Iowa and Brown University before a research year (as a junior research fellow) at Wolfson College, Oxford.
Later career[edit]
Between 1989 and 2006, he taught at Cornell University, becoming Professor of Asian Studies and Classics. He was appointed Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford in 2005, a post that carries with it a professorial fellowship at Balliol College, Oxford.[2]
His writings include Priesthood in Ancient India (1991)[3][4] as well as articles on Vedic religion and literature and the modern intellectual history of southern Asia. He includes as one of his recreations "further adventures in the improbable".[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Minkowski". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Minkowski, Prof. Christopher Zand". Who's Who 2012. Oxford University Press. November 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ↑ Heitzman, James (May 1993). "Priesthood in Ancient India: A Study of the Maitrāvaruṇa Priest by Christopher Z. Minkowski". The Journal of Asian Studies. 52 (2): 485–486. doi:10.1017/s0021911800129742. JSTOR 2059705.
- ↑ Brockington, J. L. (November 1993). "Priesthood in Ancient India: A Study of the Maitrāvaruṇa Priest by Christopher Z. Minkowski". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Third Series. 3 (3): 468–469. doi:10.1017/s1356186300014395. JSTOR 25182792.
External links[edit]
- Minkowski's webpage at Oxford's Institute of Oriental Studies
- Transcript of his inaugural lecture at Oxford