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The change would also allow the department—which had only three declared undergraduate concentrators this past year—to offer a wider range of courses under a single department and possibly specific tracks within the concentration in the future.

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Sanskrit Dept. To Change Name, in Pursuit of Interdisciplinary Work | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Given current financial constraints—FAS has yet to close at least a $35 million budget deficit—Witzel said that the department would likely wait to bring new hires from outside Harvard.

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Sanskrit Dept. To Change Name, in Pursuit of Interdisciplinary Work | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

“It has been on the books for quite a while. It just needed the right definition and the right push at the right moment,” said Witzel, who joined the department in 1986 and served as chair in the early 1990s.

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Sanskrit Dept. To Change Name, in Pursuit of Interdisciplinary Work | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Witzel added that South Asia’s increasing global presence has prompted the department to reevaluate its academic focus on the region.

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Sanskrit Dept. To Change Name, in Pursuit of Interdisciplinary Work | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana L. Eck will serve as interim chair next academic year while current department chair Leonard van der Kuijp is on leave.

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Sanskrit Dept. To Change Name, in Pursuit of Interdisciplinary Work | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

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