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Anne Hansen, Associate Professor

Office: Holton 369
Phone: (414) 229-4267
E-mail: arhansen@uwm.edu
Vita: pdf 50K

Degree:
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1999

Current Research Interests:
Buddhism and modernity
Texts, reading and writing in colonial Cambodia
Narrative ethics in Theravada Buddhism
Buddhist interpretations of violence in Southeast Asia

Current Teaching Interests:
Buddhist cultural history
Buddhist narratives on love and attachment
Religion and Colonialism
Theory and methods in the study of religion

Other Relevant Activities:
Director, Comparative Study of Religion Program

Recent Publications:
How to Behave: Buddhism and Modernity in Colonial Cambodia, 1860-1930 (forthcoming from University of Hawaii Press, February 2007).

"Khmer Identity and Theravada Buddhism." In History, Buddhism, and New Religious Movements in Cambodia, edited by John Marston and Elizabeth Guthrie. (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2004): 40-62. In Spanish translation, "Identidad khmer y budismo theravada." In Budismo Camboyana: Historia y Ethnografía. El Colegio de México (Mexico City, forthcoming in 2006).

"The Image of an Orphan: Cambodian Narrative Sites for Buddhist Ethical Reflection." The Journal of Asian Studies 62.3 (August 2003): 811-834, and reprinted in Defining Buddhisms, edited by Karen Derris and Natalie Gummer. (London: Equinox Press, forthcoming in late 2006 or early 2007). Part of the series Critical Studies in Religion, edited by Russell McCutcheon.

"Story & World: The Ethics of Moral Vision in the Gatilok of Ukna Suttanta Prija Ind." Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies 3 (2002): 45-64.

Books in Progress:
At the Edge of the Forest: New Reflections on Cambodia and Khmer Studies. Edited by Anne Hansen and Judy Ledgerwood

Buddhist Prophetic Histories of Violence in Cambodia. Anne Hansen and Judy Ledgerwood

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