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...Eck, a professor of comparative religion and Indian studies, teaches the popular core course Literature and Arts C-18: "Hindu Myth, Image and Pilgrimage" this semester. She also teaches courses on world religions and pluralism in multicultural America, and currently chairs the Committee on the Study of Religion. Next month, she will step down from this post in order to move into her new role as the co-master of Lowell house with her partner and co-master, Dorothy A. Austin...
...Though Eck's academic research and teaching interests have adapted to changes in religious demography and dynamics, she continues to be fascinated by aspects of Hindu culture and religion...
...intellectual interests are in the relationship of the Hindu tradition to the landscape of India and to the shaping of some of the dilemmas of Hindu nationalism," Eck says...
...core course, which attracted 278 students this semester, grew out of Eck's own research. It encompasses her earlier work in Benares and her continuing study of the relationship of the myths of Hindu gods with their visual representations and the sacred geography of India...
...really believe that people are the best at teaching the things that they're working on and are interested in," says Eck, who has also taught a Foreign Cultures course on the sources of Indian civilization. "It's probably a mistake to say that you're going to finish that book while teaching this core class; it never quite works out that...