Thomas L. Bryson (Harvard University)

submitted: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 10:15:03 -0500

Thomas L. Bryson
Lecturer in the History of Religions
and
Administrator, Center for the Study of World Religions
Harvard University

Mailing Address:
42 Francis Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138  USA

phone: 617-495-4487
FAX:   617-496-5411
email: tbryson@harvard.edu

Description of work:
modern Hinduism, Bengal, religion and nationalism, syncretism,
colonialism, orientalism, Anglo-Indian literature, Ramakrishna Movement,
Vivekananda, nineteenth century, twentieth century, communalism, hindutva,
BJP, VHP, RSS, Western films about India, Bengali language, subalternism,
postmodernism, poststructuralism, women's studies, feminism in India, Sri
Lankan nationalism, protestant Buddhism, theosophy in South Asia,
neo-Hinduism, neo-vedanta, comparative mysticism, secularism, Brahmo
Samaj, travelogues.