Word: eckes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
During her junior year at Smith College, Diana L. Eck enrolled in a study abroad program that took her to Benares, an Indian holy city which is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world...
...found myself in a position of having to learn from scratch about a culture which I knew almost nothing about," says Eck, who decided to make the trip to India because she felt restive at the time of the Vietnam War and was increasingly aware of how little she knew about Asia. She was so enchanted by her experience there that she decided to embark on an academic career largely focused on the history and religion of India...
...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...