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Professor Veena Das FBA

Anthropology and philosophy with special emphasis on everyday life; anthropology of violence; the urban poor; ordinary ethics and feminism; kinship and religion; Indian philosophy and aesthetics
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2019
Subjects
Anthropology
Sections
Anthropology and Geography
Website
https://anthropology.jhu.edu/directory/veena-das/

Current post

Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University

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