Andrea Marion Pinkney (National University of Singapore)

submitted: May 12, 2010 9:11:14 PM EDT
Andrea Marion Pinkney
Assistant Professor
South Asian Studies Programme
National University of Singapore
5 Arts Link, AS7-04-03
Singapore 117570

phone: +65-6516-7776
email: sasamp@nus.edu.sg
url:   http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/sas/people/andreapinkney.html

description of work:

Research interests:
prasada in South Asian religions;
anthropology of the 'gift' and religions exchange in South Asia;
history of the 4-Dham pilgrimage

Teaching interests:
pilgrimage in South Asia; Himalayan religions;
introduction to Indian religions;
Shastric systems of knowledge; contemporary South Asian literature