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ANDY ROTMAN
Assistant
Professor
Religion Department
Smith College
Pierce Hall no.4
Northampton, MA 01063
email:
arotman@email.smith.edu
work phone: (413) 585–3348
fax: (413) 585–7611
Research
and Teaching Interests
Much of my research concerns the ways in which seeing and
what is seen in South Asia function as part of social history
and material culture. This interest is apparent in my research
on Indian Buddhist narratives, Bollywood cinema, and the visual
economy of the north Indian bazaar. I have recently finished the
first of a two-volume translation of the Divyavadana (Divine
Stories), a compilation of Indian Buddhist narratives written
in the early centuries of the Common Era. This is forthcoming
with Wisdom Publications.
The
courses I teach concern South Asian religion and culture more
broadly. I like to teach materials that crisscross chronology
and religion, and to do so from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Syllabi for my courses are available below. I am also in the process
of developing a course entitled South Asian Masculinities,
as well as two more explicitly interdisciplinary
courses: Jazz 1957–1967: Religion, Race, and Politics
and The Religion of Money.
Curriculum Vitae
Syllabi
Recent
Papers
Recent
Film Appearances
Exhibitions
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