Back ويندى دونيجير ARZ وندی دانیجر AZB Wendy Doniger German Wendy Doniger Esperanto Wendy Doniger Spanish Wendy Doniger French Wendy Doniger Italian വെൻഡി ഡോണിഗർ Malayalam ਵੇਂਡੀ ਡਾਨੀਗਰ Punjabi وینڈی ڈانیگر PNB
Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty | |
|---|---|
 Wendy Doniger in May 2015 | |
| Born | Wendy Doniger November 20, 1940 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
|
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor |
|
| Doctoral students | Jeffrey Kripal, Alexander Argüelles[1] |
Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (born November 20, 1940) is an American Indologist whose professional career has spanned five decades. A scholar of Sanskrit and Indian textual traditions, her major works include The Hindus: An Alternative History; Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva; Hindu Myths: A Sourcebook; The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology; Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts; and The Rig Veda: An Anthology, 108 Hymns Translated from the Sanskrit.[2] She is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of History of Religions at the University of Chicago, and has taught there since 1978.[2] She served as president of the Association for Asian Studies in 1998.[3]
- ^ Curriculum Vitae, uchicago.edu; accessed June 16, 2016.
- ^ a b Shrimali 2010, p. 67.
- ^ "Board of Directors: Past Presidents". Association for Asian Studies. Association for Asian Studies, Inc. Retrieved March 22, 2017.