Christopher R. Austin (Dalhousie University)

Christopher R. Austin
Assistant Professor
Dalhousie University
Dept. of Classics (Religious Studies)
1459 Oxford St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4R2  CANADA

phone: 902-494-6922
email: christopher.austin@dal.ca
URL: 
http://religiousstudies.dal.ca/Faculty%20and%20staff/Christopher_Austin.php

Description of work:

Research: Mahabharata, Harivamsa, early Vaisnavism; early Sanskrit 
materials of Krsna's adult biography and his extended family, and the 
reception of these materials by later Hindu tradition

Past and Current Courses Taught: Introduction to Eastern Religions, 
Hinduism, Buddhism, South Asian Religions, South Asian Religions in 
Narrative Literature, Introductory Sanskrit, Intermediate Sanskrit, 
Chinese and Japanese Religions, Tibetan Buddhism, Vishnu and Krishna 
Traditions of Hinduism, Theory / Topics in Religious Studies