Mark Elmore
Religious Studies Program
New York University, 728 Broadway, Suite 554
New York, NY, 10003
(212) 992-9657 (office) (510) 517-6845 (cell)
mark.elmore@nyu.edu |
Education
| University of California at Santa Barbara |
2005 |
| Ph.D, Religious Studies |
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| Dissertation: States of Religion: Postcolonialism, Power, and the Formation of Himachal Pradesh |
| Doctoral exams: South Asian Religious Traditions (David White), Modern Continental Philosophy and Aesthetics (Tom Carlson), Postcolonialism and the History of Indian Visual Culture (Bhaskar Sarkar and Mary Hancock), Philosophy and Art of Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Buddhism (Vesna Wallace) |
| University of Colorado at Boulder |
1998 |
| M.A., Religious Studies, South Asia, Honors |
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| University of California at Santa Barbara |
1995 |
| B.A., Religious Studies, Environmental Studies, Geography , Deans Honors |
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Publications
Elmore, Mark and Caleb Elfenbein, ed. Religion and Colonialism: A Reader. Series Edited by Russell T. McCutcheon, Critical Categories in the Study of Religion: Routledge USA ; Equinox UK , 2007. Forthcoming.
Elmore, Mark and Caleb Elfenbein, ed. Method and Theory in the Study of Religion (Special Issue: "Defining Religion in the Postcolony"), 2007. Forthcoming.
Elmore, Mark. "'God is a Beggar': Land Reform and the Production of Religion." Method and Theory in the Study of Religion (2007. Forthcoming).
Elmore, Mark. "Torino in the Himalayas: Ford’s Attempt to Package Village Religion for Asian Tourists." In Religion, Media, and Globalization, edited by Stewart Hoover, 2007. Forthcoming.
Elmore, Mark. "Definitional Transgression, or the Revenge of the Vernacular in Hindu Tantric Studies." Religion Compass 1, no. 1 (2007).
Elmore, Mark. "Theologies of Visibility and Evidentiary Authority in Eastern Himachal Pradesh." Contemporary South Asia 15, no. 1 (2006): 3-14.
Elmore, Mark. "Hindu Approaches to Death." In Death and Religion in a Changing World, edited by Kathleen-Garces Foley. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2005.
Elmore, Mark. "Stately (Dis)Placement: Narrative, Place, and Postcoloniality." epoché 25, no. 2 (2005): 139-65.
Elmore, Mark and Ira Chernus. "Toward a Nonviolence History of the Nuclear Age." In The Gandhis and the Kings: Retrieving and Renewing Nonviolence, edited by Simon Harak. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1999.
Elmore, Mark et al. "The Academic Study of Religion and Thestrip." Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin 27, no. 1 (1998): 7-9.
Elmore, Mark. "Mirages of the Mind: A Study of Academic Representations of Tantra." TheStrip: A Journal of Religion and Culture (1998).
Elmore, Mark. "Review of Guru English: South Asian Religion in a Cosmopolitan Language." Religion (2006).
Elmore, Mark. "Review of Hind Swaraj and Other Writings." Religious Studies Review 24, no. 2 (1998): 216.
Work in Progress
Elmore, Mark and Caleb Elfenbein. "Religion and Colonialism: Religion as a Primary Category of Analysis." Journal of the American Academy of Religion (2007. Under Review. Solicited).
Elmore, Mark. "Where’s My Murti?, or Locating Religion in an Old Imperial Capital." International Journal for Urban and Regional Research (2007. Under Review. Solicited). |
Teaching Experience
| New York University |
2006-Present |
| Assistant Professor/ Faculty Fellow |
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Courses:
Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion; South Asian Religions; Colonialism, Postcolonialism and Religion |
| University of North Florida |
2005-2006 |
| Assistant Professor |
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Courses:
Tantra, Sex, and Power; Asian Religions; Religion and Modernity; South Asian Religion |
| University of California at Santa Barbara |
2001-2002 |
| Teaching Assistant |
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Courses:
Introduction to Asian Religions; Ancient Western Religions; Medieval Western Religions |
| University of Colorado at Boulder |
1996-1997 |
| Teaching Assistant |
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Courses:
Introduction to Indian Religious Traditions; Life and Thought of Mahatma Gandhi; Tantric Traditions |
Academic Awards
| International Faculty Grant, University of North Florida |
2006 |
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Media, Religion, and Culture,
Lilly Endowment,
University
of
Colorado
School
of
Journalism
|
2004 |
| Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Predoctoral Fellowship |
2004 |
|
University
of
California President
's Dissertation Year Fellowship |
2003 |
| Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship |
2002 |
| Muktabodha Indological Institute Fellowship |
2002 |
| UCSB Prospectus Writing Fellowship |
2002 |
| UCSB Humanities/Social Science Research Grant |
2002 |
| UCSB Rowny Fellowship |
2000-2002 |
|
Wabash
Grant, with Barbara Holdrege |
2000 |
| UCSB Instructional Development Grant, with Barbara Holdrege |
2000 |
| University of
Colorado
at
Boulder
, Excellence in Scholarship |
1998 |
|
University
of
Colorado
Graduate Fellowship |
1997-1998 |
|
Graduate
School
Travel Grant recipient |
1997-1998 |
Presentations
| “Picturing Religion: Photography and the Production of Religion in Himachal Pradesh” Annual South Asian Conference, Madison, Wisconsin |
2006 |
| “‘God is a Beggar’: Land Policy and the Production of Religion.” Re-Stating Religion Conference, Columbia University |
2006 |
| “Faithful Logics: Religious Modernization and the Problem of Animal Sacrifice.” Conference on Religion and Media, Boulder, Colorado |
2005 |
| “Religion and Media in the Western Himalayas,” An Invited lecture. Pre-conference Meeting of the American Academy of Religion |
2004 |
| “Religious Formations: Myths of Himachali Religious History and the Ascendancy of the Pahārī Subject,” Annual South Asian Conference, Madison, Wisconsin |
2004 |
| “Envisioning Religion: Religion and Visual Culture in Himachal Pradesh,” An invited lecture in Santa Barbara |
2003 |
| “Visual Culture in Himachal Pradesh,” Fulbright Conference in Orissa, India |
2003 |
| “DSCN Infinity: Visual Technologies and Field Work in India ,” A public lecture in Santa Barbara |
2001 |
| "The Future of the Academic Study of Religion," Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Orlando |
1998 |
| “Seduction and Sanitation: Hindu Tantra in American Academic and Popular Landscapes," Presented at the 27th Annual Conference on South Asia |
1998 |
| "Internet Technology and the Academy," A public lecture in Boulder, Colorado |
1997 |
| "Mystery and Machines: The History of the Study of Chinese Alchemy," Western Branch, Association of Asian Studies |
1997 |
Fieldwork and Media Work
| Dissertation Fieldwork |
Himachal Pradesh, India 2002-2003
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| Funded by Fulbright-Hays and the Muktabodha Indological Institute |
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| Dissertation Fieldwork |
Himachal Pradesh, India 2004 |
| Funded by Interdisciplinary Humanities Center |
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| Visual Ethnography |
India and Nepal
2000-2001 |
| Funded by Wabash Institute and University of California at Santa Barbara |
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| Preliminary Dissertation Research and Language Training |
India and Nepal
1999 |
| Research on the Spread of Buddhism and Hinduism in South East Asia |
Thailand , Laos , Cambodia 1999 |
| Language Study and Site Selection |
Thailand , Indonesia , India and Nepa1, 1999 |
Film, Photography, Hypertext
Pratibimba:
A documentary film about ritual sacrifice in Himachal Pradesh
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2006-Present |
Virtual Himachal:
A Geo-referenced Database of Digital Resources for the Study of Religion in Himachal |
2004-Present |
Visual Anthropologist:
Photographer and Videographer for the Center for the Analysis of Sacred Sites in South Asia |
2000-2001 |
Web Master/Content Creation:
Center for the Analysis of Sacred Sites in South Asia |
1999-2000 |
Web Master/Editor:
TheStrip, an experimental on-line academic journal of religion and culture |
1997-1999 |
Research Interests
- Modern Hinduism
- Religion and Politics in South Asia
- Tantric Traditions
- Religion and Colonialism
- Theory and Method in the Study of Religion
- Visual Culture
Professional Activities
- Founder and Co-Chair, Religion and Colonialism Consultation, American Academy of Religion
- Collaborator with the Interdisciplinary Institute of Himalayan Studies
Languages
- Hindi: Reading, Writing, Speaking
- Sanskrit: Reading
- Pahari: Speaking
- Spanish: Reading, Writing, Speaking
- French: Reading
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Religion
- American Anthropological Association
- American Historical Association
- Society for Visual Anthropology
- Society for Anthropology of Religion
- Institute of Integrated Himalayan Studies, a UGC Center of Excellence
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