Ralph W. Nicholas, Ph.D.

Affiliations:

1971-2000

Anthropology

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Area:

Cultural, social and psychological anthropology, religion, kinship; South Asia, Bengal

Website:

https://anthropology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty_member/ralph_nicholas/

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"Ralph Nicholas"

Bio:

(PhD, U Chicago 1962) William Rainey Harper Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the American Institute of Indian Studies, does research on South Asian societies and cultures with an emphasis on Bengal. He has done research on religion, including Hindu rites, middle period Bengali narrative, and the relationship between Hinduism and Islam in South Asia. He also has studied kinship and families in Bengal. (Retired 6/00)