David C. Swain (University of Chicago)

submitted: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 19:31:07 -0600

Swain, David C.
Ph.D., Dept. of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
The University of Chicago

5316 S. Dorchester Avenue
Apt. 428
Chicago, IL 60615

phone: 312-667-0534
email: swa6@midway.uchicago.edu

Research interests: Hindi literature (Early and Modern periods),
devotional literature, Bhakti, Sant traditions, Kabir and the Kabir
Panth, Indian textbooks, cultural policy, social reform, religion.

Dissertation title:
Images of Kabir: Transformations in the Identity of a Sant.

Currently employed by the University of Chicago Library and the
Center for Research Libraries on the "South Asian Microform
Preservation Project" (Preservation of 19th century Indological
texts).

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