The faculty for the Asian Religions field are drawn from members of the Asian Studies
and Anthropology departments. The core members from Asian Studies include Professors Anne
Blackburn, Daniel Boucher, Daniel Gold, and Jane Marie Law, who cover a wide range of area specializations and disciplines
in both South and East Asia. Additional support is provided by Professors David Holmberg,
Kathryn March, Steven Sangren, and Andrew Willford of Anthropology, who add expertise in the
religions of South Asia, the Himalayan region, and China as well as their expertise in several
anthropological sub-disciplines. The Asian Religions field also encourages intellectual collaborations between
faculty, graduate students, and programs with overlapping interests that have not been hitherto
explored. Below is a list of the faculty and their research/teaching interests:
Anne Blackburn, Associate Professor of South Asian Religions/Buddhism;
Ph.D., University of Chicago
South Asian religions; Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia; Pali and Sinhalese literature; religion, colonialism and nationalism; South Asian Islam.
(e-mail: amb242@cornell.edu)
Daniel Boucher, Associate Professor of East Asian Religions/Buddhism;
H. Stanley Krusen Professor of World Religions; Director of Religious Studies Program; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Chinese religions; early Chinese Buddhism; Indian Buddhism;
Mahayana sutra literature; Art historical, archeological, and epigraphical materials as sources
for the study of religion; history, theory, and practice of translation.
(e-mail: djb38@cornell.edu)
Daniel Gold, Professor of South Asian Religions; Ph.D., University of
Chicago
South Asian religions; North Indian devotional traditions;
modern Indian religious movements; Indian devotional verse; meditation traditions in South Asia;
history of the study of religion.
(e-mail: drg4@cornell.edu)
David Holmberg, Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., Cornell University
Myth and ritual studies; ethnology of the Himalayas and South
Asia; Sherpa Buddhism.
(e-mail: dhh8@cornell.edu)
Jane Marie Law, Associate Professor of Japanese Religions
and Ritual Studies; Ph.D.,University of Chicago
Japanese religions; Japanese Buddhism; popular religious
practice and performative arts; ritual studies; religion and human rights.
(e-mail: jml16@cornell.edu)
Kathryn March, Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., Cornell University
Sex and gender in cross-cultural perspective; ethnology of
the Himalayas, Inner Asia and South Asia; anthropological approaches to the study of Buddhism.
(e-mail: ksm8@cornell.edu)
P. Steven Sangren, Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., Stanford University
Chinese religion and society; cultural and social
anthropology; ideology and power related to gender; myth and religious symbols.
(e-mail: pss3@cornell.edu)
Andrew Willford, Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Southeast Asian religions, Sociocultural anthropology; Ethnicity;
Nationalism; Political economy; Globalization; Symbolism; Religious revivalism; Hinduism; Islam
(e-mail: acw24@cornell.edu)
