Bard Faculty
Richard H. Davis
Professor of Religion; Director, Religion Program; Director, Asian Studies Program
Academic Program Affiliation(s): Asian Studies, Religion, Theology
Biography:
B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., University of Toronto; Ph.D., University of Chicago. Assistant and associate professor of religious studies, Yale University (1987�97). Publications:
A Priest�s Guide to the Great Festival: Aghorasiva�s Mahotsavavidhi (2009);
Lives of Indian Images (1997; winner of 1999 A. K. Coomaraswamy Prize);
Ritual in an Oscillating Universe: Worshiping Siva in Medieval India (1991). Edited volumes:
Images, Miracles, and Authority in Asian Religious Traditions (1998);
Picturing the Nation: Iconographies of Modern India (2006). Fellowships include Guggenheim, Fulbright-Hays, Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities. At Bard since 1997.
Contact:
Phone: 845-758-7364
Website: http://inside.bard.edu/~rdavis
E-mail: rdavis@bard.edu
