Veena Das

Veena Das, FBA (born 1945) in India is the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at the Johns Hopkins University.[1] Her areas of theoretical specialisation include the anthropology of violence,[2] social suffering,[3] and the state.[4] Das has received multiple international awards including the Ander Retzius Gold Medal, delivered the prestigious Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture and was named a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5]

  1. ^ "Speakers | Veena das | Society of Fellows in the Humanities at Columbia University".
  2. ^ Martin, Emily (2007). "Review essay: Violence, language, and everyday life". American Ethnologist. 34 (4): 741–745. doi:10.1525/ae.2007.34.4.741.
  3. ^ Green, Linda (1999). "Reviewed work: Social Suffering, Arthur Kleinman, Veena Das, Margaret Lock". Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 13 (3): 375–377. doi:10.1525/maq.1999.13.3.375.2. JSTOR 649614.
  4. ^ Anthropology in the Margins: Comparative Ethnographies. SAR Press. 2004. ISBN 9781934691656.
  5. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Veena das".

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