WENDY DONIGER Curriculum Vitae - Divinity School - University of ...

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Lecturer in the Ancient History of South Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London, September 1968 -June 1975.
Visiting Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, Department of South and
Southeast Asian Studies, 1975-77.
Lecturer at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, and at the Wright Institute, 1976-77.
Associate Professor of the History and Phenomenology of Religions at the Graduate
Theological Union, Berkeley, 1977-78.
Professor of the History of Religions and Indian Studies, and Chair of the Area of History
of Religions, in the Divinity School, the College, the Department of South Asian
Languages and Civilizations, and the Committee on Social Thought, at the
University of Chicago, July 1978 - October 1986.
Mircea Eliade Professor of History of Religions at the University of Chicago, October 1986-
Distinguished Service Professor, October 1996-
Director of the Martin Marty Center, 2004-7
Chair of the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2005-6
AWARDS AND HONORS
Honorary Degrees
Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Kalamazoo College, Michigan, January 18, 1985,
and Scholar's Day Speaker.
Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Bard College, May 25, 1996.
Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Washington and Lee University, June 5, 1997.
Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Northwestern University, June 18, 1999.
Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Lehigh University, May 18, 2009, and
Convocation Speaker.
Degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, Harvard University, June 4, 2009.
Degree of Docor of Letters, honoris causa, Willamette University, May 15, 2011.
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