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Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (born November 20, 1940) is an American Indologist whose professional career has spanned five decades. A scholar of Sanskrit and Indian textual traditions, her major works include, ''Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva''; ''Hindu Myths: A Sourcebook''; ''The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology''; ''Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts''; and ''The Rig Veda: An Anthology, 108 Hymns Translated from the Sanskrit''. She is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of History of Religions at the University of Chicago, and has taught there since 1978. She served as president of the Association for Asian Studies in 1998. ==Biography== Doniger was born in New York City to immigrant non-observant Jewish parents, and raised in Great Neck New York, where her father, Lester L Doniger (1909–1971), ran a publishing business. While in high school, she studied dance under George Balanchine and Martha Graham.〔The John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought,"(Wendy Doniger profile ), socialthought.uchicago.edu; accessed February 22, 2014.〕 She graduated ''summa cum laude'' in Sanskrit and Indian Studies from Radcliffe College in 1962,〔 and received her M.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in June 1963. She then studied in India in 1963–1964 with a 12-month Junior Fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies. She received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in June 1968, with a dissertation on ''Asceticism and Sexuality in the Mythology of Siva'', supervised by Daniel H. H. Ingalls, Sr.. She obtained a D. Phil. in Oriental Studies from Oxford University, in February 1973, with a dissertation on ''The Origins of Heresy in Hindu Mythology'', supervised by R.C.Zaehner. Doniger holds the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor Chair in History of Religions at the University of Chicago.〔〔(Q&A with Wendy Doniger, the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor and author of The Hindus ), news.uchicago.edu, November 5, 2009; accessed February 22, 2014.〕 She is the editor of the scholarly journal ''History of Religions'',〔(History of Religions Editorial Board ), press.uchicago.edu; accessed February 22, 2014.〕 having served on its editorial board since 1979, and has edited a dozen other publications in her career. In 1985, she was elected President of the American Academy of Religion,〔American Academy of Religion, "(Past Presidents: Past Presidents of the AAR ), aarweb.org; accessed February 22, 2014.〕 and in 1997 President of the Association for Asian Studies.〔Association for Asian Studies, (AAS Board of Directors and Officers: AAS Past Presidents ), asian-studies.org; retrieved February 22, 2014.〕 She serves on the International Editorial Board of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. She was invited to give the 2010 Art Institute of Chicago President's Lecture at the Chicago Humanities Festival, which was titled, "The Lingam Made Flesh: Split-Level Symbolism in Hindu Art".〔(Art Institute of Chicago President's Lecture ), chicagohumanities.org; accessed February 14, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wendy Doniger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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