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Edwin F. Bryant, PhD,
has impressive credentials, but thequestion is why is he is so studiously agnostic in the face of mounting evidence that AIT is untenable. Is it the fear that he will be academically blackballed
Edwin F. Bryant
Committee for the Study of Religion
Barker Center
12 Quincy Street
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
E-mail: ebryant@fas.harvard.edu
Education
Columbia University, Ph.D. 5/97. M.A. 9/93, M.Phil 5/94.
Major Subjects:
Indic civilizations, religions, cultures and history; ancient and modern Indic languages and dialects; Hinduism; Middle Eastern Cultures, Comparative Religion; Study of Religion.
Columbia University, B.A., MEALAC, 8/91.
University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, (1986-89).
Manchester University (1976-77).
Awards and Fellowships
American Council of Learned Societies/Social Science Research Council/National Endowment of the Humanities International and Area Fellowship, 2000-2001.
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1995-96.
Whiting Fellowship, 1995-96 (declined).
American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Fellowship for research in India, 1994-95.
FLAS fellowship for the study of Hindi, 1992-93, 1993-94, summer 1992.
Magna cum Laude, Columbia University, 1991.
Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia University, 1991.
Columbia University School of General Studies Scholarship, 1990-91.
Languages
Read, spoken and written: Italian, French, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Sanskrit.
Read: Latin, German, Spanish, Pali, Avadhi and Bhrajabhasa (medieval Indic dialects).
Other: Two semesters of Arabic.
Time Spent Abroad. Upbringing in the British Foreign Office: Italy, 1957-61; Gemany, 1964-67; Taiwan, 1967-70; Zaire, 1970-73; Nigeria, 1973-75; Israel, 1977-78.
Independant travel: France, 1975-76; Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, 1978-79; India, 1979-84, 1987, 1992, 1994-95; Bahrain, 1984-1985; Syria,1993; Italy, continuous travel.
Academic and Related Employment
Lecturer on Indology, Committee for the Study of Religion, Harvard University, 1997- present.
Visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of World Religion, Harvard University, 1997- 2000.
Instructor, Elementary Sanskrit, Religion Deptartment, Columbia University, 1996-97.
Instructor, Hindi/Urdu, MEALAC Deptartment, Columbia University, 1996-97.
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Eastern Religions, Religion Deptartment, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1994.
Teaching Assistant, Sanskrit, MEALAC Department, Columbia University, 1993-94.
Teaching Assistant, Hinduism, Religion Deptartment, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1993.
Tutor, All levels of Hindi to students referred by the Hindi/Urdu faculty, Columbia University, 1991-1997.
Research Consultant, 1992-93, for Amy Poster, Curator, Oriental Section of the Brooklyn Museum.
Translated Braj Bhasa and Sanskrit inscriptions on Indian miniature paintings and provided commentaries.
Rapporteur, The Integrated Humanities Institute on India funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1992-93.
Teaching Assistant, all levels of Hindi/Urdu, MEALAC Deptartment, Columbia University, 1991-92.
Teacher of English as a foreign language, Jerusalem, 1977-78; Tehran, 1978-79; Bahrain, 1984-85.
Courses Taught
Introduction to Hinduism; Krishna; Theism in Indic Thought; The Bhagavad Gita and its Commentaries; The Yoga of Devotion: Reading of a Hindu Theological Text; Philosophies of India; Reading Hindu Texts; Hindu Gurus in the West; The Rise of the Goddess Tradition; God as Lover, Child & Friend; Sanskrit; Hindi.
Courses in preparation for the next academic Year: Vedanta and its Commentaries; The Rise of Hindu Nationalism; Siva & Sakti; The Encounter of Europe and India in the 19th Century; the Yoga Sutras.
Courses Capable of Teaching
All aspects of Hinduism; Survey Courses on Indian Literatures, Civilizations and Cultures; South Asian Buddhism; History of Religion; Theory and Methods; Islam; Middle Eastern Civilization and Cultures; Eastern Religions; East Asian Civilization and Cultures; Asian Humanities; Hindi (all levels); Sanskrit (all levels); Comparative Religion.
Publications
Books
In Quest of the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate. New York: Oxford University Press, in press.
In Quest of the Historical Krishna. New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Krishna: The Srimad Bhagavat Purana, 10th canto. Translation from Sanskrit.
London: Penguin, forthcoming.
The Indo-Aryan Controversy: Evidence and Inference in Indian History. Co-edited with Laurie Patton, Richmond: Curzon Press, forthcoming.
The Hare Krishna Movement: The Post-Charismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant. Co-
edited with Ekstrand, Maria. New York: Columbia U press, forthcoming.
Primary Sources in the Krishna Tradition. Edited volume New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Articles
'The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate and Nationalist Discourse" in New Perspectives on Vedic and Ancient Civilization Ed. Sharma, B.D. Meerut: World Association for Vedic Studies, 2000 11-26.
"Linguistic Substrata and the Indo-Aryan Migration Debate." Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia. Harvard Oriental Series. 3 (1999): 59-83.
"The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate: The Logic of the Response." Proceedings from the 10th Annual Indo-European Conference at UCLA. Monograph Series 32 (1998): 205-228.
"The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate and the Politics of Identity." 'Arier' und Dravidien. Neue Hallesche Berichte. Quellen und Studien zur Geschichte und Gegenwart Suedindiens Halle: Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen, forthcoming.
"History of Vegetarianism in Sanskrit Sources." _A Communion of Subjects: Animals in
Religion and Ethics. Eds. Patton, K & Waldau, P. forthcoming.
Foreword for Das, Navadvip Jaiva Dharma. forthcoming.
Contributor to Poster, Amy G., Indian Paintings of the Brooklyn Museum. New York: Hudson Hills, 1993.
Translated two Braj Bhasa poems from the Sur Sagar (10: 4156-57) Journal of Vaishnava Studies. 1:1 (1992): 6-7.
Papers Presented
"A History of Vegetarianism." American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, 1999.
"The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate and the politicization of History." Conference on 'Arier und Dravidien' at Nartin Luther Universität, Halle, Germany. Oct 2-6, 1999.
"Dating Vedic Texts: An Astrochronological Approach." Annual Conference of South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Oct 1998.
"The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate: The Politics of a Discourse." 2nd Annual Conference of the Association of Vedic Studies, Los Angeles. Aug 1998.
"The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate: Dissident Voices from India." 10th Annual Conference of Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles. July 1998.
"Sacred Sources of Indic Tradition." The Agha Khan program for Islamic Architecture, MIT. Nov 1997.
"The Indigenous Aryan School of Historians." American Academy of Religion annual meeting. Nov, 1997.
"The Aryan Invasion debate: the Linguistic Evidence." Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Oct, 1997.
"The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate." Study of Religion Colloquium, Harvard University. Nov, 1997.
"Linguistic Substrata and the Indo-Aryan Migration Debate." Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia Conference, University of Michigan. Oct, 1996.
"The Origin of the Aryans: Some Linguistic Considerations." Indus Sarasvati Conference, Atlanta. Oct, 1996.
"Indian Proto-history from a Traditional Hindu Point of View." University of Mysore, India. Feb, 1995.
"In Defense of the Tradition." Regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Union Theological Seminar, New York. April, 1994.
has impressive credentials, but thequestion is why is he is so studiously agnostic in the face of mounting evidence that AIT is untenable. Is it the fear that he will be academically blackballed
Edwin F. Bryant
Committee for the Study of Religion
Barker Center
12 Quincy Street
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
E-mail: ebryant@fas.harvard.edu
Education
Columbia University, Ph.D. 5/97. M.A. 9/93, M.Phil 5/94.
Major Subjects:
Indic civilizations, religions, cultures and history; ancient and modern Indic languages and dialects; Hinduism; Middle Eastern Cultures, Comparative Religion; Study of Religion.
Columbia University, B.A., MEALAC, 8/91.
University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, (1986-89).
Manchester University (1976-77).
Awards and Fellowships
American Council of Learned Societies/Social Science Research Council/National Endowment of the Humanities International and Area Fellowship, 2000-2001.
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1995-96.
Whiting Fellowship, 1995-96 (declined).
American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Fellowship for research in India, 1994-95.
FLAS fellowship for the study of Hindi, 1992-93, 1993-94, summer 1992.
Magna cum Laude, Columbia University, 1991.
Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia University, 1991.
Columbia University School of General Studies Scholarship, 1990-91.
Languages
Read, spoken and written: Italian, French, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Sanskrit.
Read: Latin, German, Spanish, Pali, Avadhi and Bhrajabhasa (medieval Indic dialects).
Other: Two semesters of Arabic.
Time Spent Abroad. Upbringing in the British Foreign Office: Italy, 1957-61; Gemany, 1964-67; Taiwan, 1967-70; Zaire, 1970-73; Nigeria, 1973-75; Israel, 1977-78.
Independant travel: France, 1975-76; Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, 1978-79; India, 1979-84, 1987, 1992, 1994-95; Bahrain, 1984-1985; Syria,1993; Italy, continuous travel.
Academic and Related Employment
Lecturer on Indology, Committee for the Study of Religion, Harvard University, 1997- present.
Visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of World Religion, Harvard University, 1997- 2000.
Instructor, Elementary Sanskrit, Religion Deptartment, Columbia University, 1996-97.
Instructor, Hindi/Urdu, MEALAC Deptartment, Columbia University, 1996-97.
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Eastern Religions, Religion Deptartment, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1994.
Teaching Assistant, Sanskrit, MEALAC Department, Columbia University, 1993-94.
Teaching Assistant, Hinduism, Religion Deptartment, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1993.
Tutor, All levels of Hindi to students referred by the Hindi/Urdu faculty, Columbia University, 1991-1997.
Research Consultant, 1992-93, for Amy Poster, Curator, Oriental Section of the Brooklyn Museum.
Translated Braj Bhasa and Sanskrit inscriptions on Indian miniature paintings and provided commentaries.
Rapporteur, The Integrated Humanities Institute on India funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1992-93.
Teaching Assistant, all levels of Hindi/Urdu, MEALAC Deptartment, Columbia University, 1991-92.
Teacher of English as a foreign language, Jerusalem, 1977-78; Tehran, 1978-79; Bahrain, 1984-85.
Courses Taught
Introduction to Hinduism; Krishna; Theism in Indic Thought; The Bhagavad Gita and its Commentaries; The Yoga of Devotion: Reading of a Hindu Theological Text; Philosophies of India; Reading Hindu Texts; Hindu Gurus in the West; The Rise of the Goddess Tradition; God as Lover, Child & Friend; Sanskrit; Hindi.
Courses in preparation for the next academic Year: Vedanta and its Commentaries; The Rise of Hindu Nationalism; Siva & Sakti; The Encounter of Europe and India in the 19th Century; the Yoga Sutras.
Courses Capable of Teaching
All aspects of Hinduism; Survey Courses on Indian Literatures, Civilizations and Cultures; South Asian Buddhism; History of Religion; Theory and Methods; Islam; Middle Eastern Civilization and Cultures; Eastern Religions; East Asian Civilization and Cultures; Asian Humanities; Hindi (all levels); Sanskrit (all levels); Comparative Religion.
Publications
Books
In Quest of the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate. New York: Oxford University Press, in press.
In Quest of the Historical Krishna. New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Krishna: The Srimad Bhagavat Purana, 10th canto. Translation from Sanskrit.
London: Penguin, forthcoming.
The Indo-Aryan Controversy: Evidence and Inference in Indian History. Co-edited with Laurie Patton, Richmond: Curzon Press, forthcoming.
The Hare Krishna Movement: The Post-Charismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant. Co-
edited with Ekstrand, Maria. New York: Columbia U press, forthcoming.
Primary Sources in the Krishna Tradition. Edited volume New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Articles
'The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate and Nationalist Discourse" in New Perspectives on Vedic and Ancient Civilization Ed. Sharma, B.D. Meerut: World Association for Vedic Studies, 2000 11-26.
"Linguistic Substrata and the Indo-Aryan Migration Debate." Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia. Harvard Oriental Series. 3 (1999): 59-83.
"The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate: The Logic of the Response." Proceedings from the 10th Annual Indo-European Conference at UCLA. Monograph Series 32 (1998): 205-228.
"The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate and the Politics of Identity." 'Arier' und Dravidien. Neue Hallesche Berichte. Quellen und Studien zur Geschichte und Gegenwart Suedindiens Halle: Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen, forthcoming.
"History of Vegetarianism in Sanskrit Sources." _A Communion of Subjects: Animals in
Religion and Ethics. Eds. Patton, K & Waldau, P. forthcoming.
Foreword for Das, Navadvip Jaiva Dharma. forthcoming.
Contributor to Poster, Amy G., Indian Paintings of the Brooklyn Museum. New York: Hudson Hills, 1993.
Translated two Braj Bhasa poems from the Sur Sagar (10: 4156-57) Journal of Vaishnava Studies. 1:1 (1992): 6-7.
Papers Presented
"A History of Vegetarianism." American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, 1999.
"The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate and the politicization of History." Conference on 'Arier und Dravidien' at Nartin Luther Universität, Halle, Germany. Oct 2-6, 1999.
"Dating Vedic Texts: An Astrochronological Approach." Annual Conference of South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Oct 1998.
"The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate: The Politics of a Discourse." 2nd Annual Conference of the Association of Vedic Studies, Los Angeles. Aug 1998.
"The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate: Dissident Voices from India." 10th Annual Conference of Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles. July 1998.
"Sacred Sources of Indic Tradition." The Agha Khan program for Islamic Architecture, MIT. Nov 1997.
"The Indigenous Aryan School of Historians." American Academy of Religion annual meeting. Nov, 1997.
"The Aryan Invasion debate: the Linguistic Evidence." Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Oct, 1997.
"The Indo-Aryan Invasion Debate." Study of Religion Colloquium, Harvard University. Nov, 1997.
"Linguistic Substrata and the Indo-Aryan Migration Debate." Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia Conference, University of Michigan. Oct, 1996.
"The Origin of the Aryans: Some Linguistic Considerations." Indus Sarasvati Conference, Atlanta. Oct, 1996.
"Indian Proto-history from a Traditional Hindu Point of View." University of Mysore, India. Feb, 1995.
"In Defense of the Tradition." Regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Union Theological Seminar, New York. April, 1994.