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Field-Of-Study: South Asian Studies
Frank J. Korom
I received degrees in Religious Studies and Anthropology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1984, before pursuing studies in India and Pakistan. South Asia has always been central to my being, as I backpacked there in the mid-seventies, so by the time I decided to go to college I had already decided to
Helen Moore Johnson
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1926–27: Johnson, Helen M.: Appointed for research in Jainism, especially the translation and commentary of Hemacandra’s “Lives of Sixty-three Famous Men”; tenure, two years from May 1, 1927, in India. Born October 14, 1889, at Osceola, Misouri. Education: University of Missouri, A.B., 1907, A.M., 1908; University of Wisconsin,
Sumit Guha
I am currently a Professor in the Rutgers University Department of History and also Director of Rutgers’ South Asian Studies Program. My academic career began when I graduated with Honors in history from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, and joined the M.A. history program at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. After the M.A. I went on to complete a Ph.D.
W. Norman Brown
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1928: (Profile photograph: Taken October of 1926, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Brown, William Norman: Appointed for research in Jainism, especially a study of the legends and history centering around the sage Kãlaka, as preserved in Sanskrit and Prakrit texts, of the texts themselves, and of the art