Emeriti

Ralph W. Nicholas

William Rainey Harper Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College; President, American Institute of Indian Studies

r-nicholas@uchicago.edu

Interests:

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

Ralph W. Nicholas does research on South Asian societies and cultures with an emphasis on Bengal. He has done research on religion, including Hindu ri...