Arjun Appadurai (USA) is currently the William K. Lanman
Professor of International Studies at Yale University (USA).
From 1992 until mid 2002 he taught at the University of
Chicago as the Samuel N. Harper Professor, teaching in Anthropology
and in South Asian Languages and Civilizations. Appadurai
was founding director of the Chicago Humanities Institute
and is president of Chicago Universitys Globalization Project.
His research focuses on...[ more ]