CYNTHIA KEPPLEY MAHMOOD Department of Anthropology Office: 639 Flanner Hall 611 Flanner Hall (574) 631-4744 University of Notre Dame [email protected] Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.cmahmood.wordpress.com EDUCATION__________________________________________________________________ 1986 Ph.D. Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana Doctoral Dissertation: Rebellion and Response in Ancient India: Political Dynamics of the Hindu-Buddhist Tradition [initial year at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York] 1981 M.A. Anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 1977 B.A. Anthropology and Psychology, New College, Sarasota, Florida 1973 Diplomas, Atheneum in Katwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands/ Wyomissing Area High School, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania POSITIONS HELD______________________________________________________________ 2001 - Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Indiana (2001- Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies) (2013- Fellow, Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies) 2010 Visiting Research Associate, University of Victoria Centre for Studies in Religion and Society (sabbatical leave) 1996-2001 Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 1991-1996 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Colby College, Waterville, Maine 1986-1996 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Central University of Iowa, Pella, Iowa 1986 Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 1984-1986 Research Analyst, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana AREAS OF INTEREST__________________________________________________________ Anthropology of violence; ethnographic methods and ethics in zones of conflict; religious militancy; South Asia; ethnicity and other collective identities, engaged anthropology; anthropology in public discourse; empire, hegemony, and human rights; writing for change. 1 PUBLICATIONS_______________________________________________________________ Academic (Refereed) Books 2002 The Guru’s Gift: An Ethnography Exploring Gender Equality With North American Sikh Women (with Stacy Brady as jr. author). Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company, 2000. (Republished by McGraw-Hill, 2004) . 1996 Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues With Sikh Militants. Series on Contemporary Ethnography. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. (Included in Anthropology Online, Alexander Street Press, 2011). 1989 Frisian and Free: Study of an Ethnic Minority of the Netherlands. Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press, 1989. Collections 2012 One More Voice: Perspectives on South Asia. Philadelphia: Xlibris. 2001 A Sea of Orange: Writings on the Sikhs and India. Philadelphia: Xlibris. Textbooks and Educational Materials 2002 Student’s Guide to the Use of the Internet for Anthropology. Tampa, FL: Thomson Publishers; new edition 2003. 2000 Anthropology: Hits on the Web (with Carol Lea Clark). Ft. Worth: Harcourt College Publishers. 1993 Study Guide and Workbook, Instructor’s Manual, Test Bank and Transparency Set to Accompany William Haviland’s Anthropology, Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace; new editions published in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997. 1993 Study Guide and Workbook, Instructor’s Manual, Test Bank and Transparency Set to Accompany William Haviland’s Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace; new editions published in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997. 1993 Study Guide and Workbook, Instructor’s Manual, Test Bank and Transparency Set to Accompany William Haviland’s Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace; new editions published 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997. Academic (Refereed) Articles 2013 How Jesse Became a Revolutionary. Anthropology and Humanism 38(1): 82-92. 2013 Gun Cultures, Majority Nationalism, and the Prominence of Fear: Reflections on Anti-Sikh Hate Crimes. Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory 8(3): 275-280. 2012 A Hobby No More: Anxieties of Engaged Anthropology at the Heart of Empire. Anthropology Today 28(4):22-25. 2 2008 Anthropology From the Bones: A Memoir of Fieldwork, Survival, and Commitment. Anthropology and Humanism 33(2-1):1-11. (Republished in Ethnographic Fieldwork, edited by Antonius Robben and Jeffrey A. Sluka, pp. 274-283. London: Wiley- Blackwell, 2012). 2002 Anthropological Compulsions in a World in Crisis. Anthropology Today 18(3): 1-2. 2001 Myth, Terror, and the Power of Ethnographic Praxis. J of Contemporary Ethnography 30(5): 520-545. 2000 The Tile-Maker. Anthropology and Humanism 13(1): 1-15. 1999 Writing the Bones. Human Rights Review 1(1): 19-33. 1997 On Human Rights. Abstracts of Sikh Studies 1(4): 5-16. 1996 Asylum, Violence and the Limits of Advocacy. Human Organization 55(4): 498-505. 1994 Violence and the Culture of Sikh Separatism. POLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 17(1): 11-22. 1994 Ayodhya and the Hindu Resurgence. Religion 24: 73-80. 1993 Rethinking Indian Communalism: Culture and Counter-Culture. Asian Survey 33(7): 722-737. 1992 Do Ethnic Groups Exist? A Cognitive Perspective on the Concept of Cultures (with Sharon Armstrong as jr author). Ethnology 31(1): 1-14. 1991 Muslim and Hindu Castes: An Inquiry Into the Origins of an Ideology. Man in India (New Delhi) 71(1): 203-212. 1990 Transatlantic Interpretation: Insight or Insult? Etnofoor ( Amsterdam) 3(2) 69-78. 1989 Sikh Rebellion and the Hindu Concept of Order. Asian Survey 29(3): 326-340. 1988 The Cultural Ecology of Neighbor’s Duty in Friesland. Journal of Cultural Geography 9(1): 88-94. Book Chapters (invited/refereed) In press Khalistan as Political Critique. In The Encyclopedia of Sikh Studies, ed. Pashaura Singh and Lou Fenech. London: Wiley-Blackwell. 2012 Sikh Traditions of Violence. In The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence, ed. Mark Juergensmeyer, Michael Jerryson, and Margo Kitts, pp. 67-77. NewYork: Oxford University Press. 2004 Sikhs in Canada: Identity and Commitment. In Religion and Ethnicity in Canada, ed. Paul Bramadat and David Seljak, pp. 52-68. Toronto: Pearson-Longman. Second edition, 2009, University of Toronto Press. 2002 Fundamentals of Extremism. In History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide pp. 80-90. Farmington Hills, Missouri: Lucent Books. 1999 Trials by Fire: Dynamics of Terror in Punjab and Kashmir. In Death Squad: The Anthropology of State Terror, ed. Jeffrey A. Sluka, pp. 70-90. University of Pennsylvania Series on the Ethnography of Political Violence. 1997 Playing the Game of Love: Passion and Martyrdom Among Khalistani Sikhs. In Martyrdom and National Liberation Movements, ed. Joyce Pettigrew, pp. 72-87. 3 Comparative Asian Studies Series No. 18. Amsterdam: Free University. (Republished in Violence: A Reader, ed. Catherine Besteman, pp. 118-135. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.) 1997 Hinduism in Context: Approaching a Religious Tradition Through External Sources. In The Anthropology of Religion: A Handbook, ed. Stephen Glazier, pp. 305- 318. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. 1996 Why Sikhs Fight. In Anthropological Contributions to Conflict Resolution, ed. Alvin Wolfe and Honggang Yang, pp. 14-32. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia, 1996; reprinted in Abstracts of Sikh Studies, July. 1989 Ethnicity, Equality, and the Political Potential of Buddhism (with Jack Fischer as sr. author). In Buddhism and World Peace, ed. Sachindra Narayan, pp. 25-33. New Delhi: Inter-India Publications. Encyclopedia Articles 2012 The Khalistan Movement. Encyclopedia of Global Religion, ed. Mark Juergensmeyer, Sage Publishing. 2001 NGO’s in International Peace-Making (with Geoffrey Wingard as jr author). In Magill’s Guide to Military History, ed. John Powell, pp. 1126-1128. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2001 The Amritsar Massacre (with Geoffrey Wingard as jr author). In Magill’s Guide to Military History, ed. John Powell. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2001 Somalia (with Anthony King as jr author). In Magill’s Guide to Military History, ed. John Powell, pp. 1437-1439. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2001 The Abenaki Wars (with Anthony King as jr. author). In Magill’s Guide to Military History, ed. John Powell, pp. 5-6. Pasadena: Salem Press. 1999 Cyprus. In Current World Conflicts and Confrontations, ed. R. Kent Rasmussen, pp. 827- 834. Pasadena: Salem Press. 1999 Pakistan. In Current World Conflicts and Confrontations, ed. R. Kent Rasmussen, pp. 631-640. Pasadena: Salem Press. 1998 Residence Patterns. In The International Encyclopedia of Sociology, ed. Frank Magill. London: Fitzroy Pearson. 1994 The Hindu Caste System. In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. John K. Roth, pp. 121-122. London: Fitzroy Pearson. 1994 Jain Ethics. In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. John K. Roth, pp. 460-462. London: Fitzroy Pearson.. 1994 Sikh Ethics. In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. John K. Roth, pp. 800-804. London: Fitzroy Pearson. 1994 Madhyamaka. In The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, ed. John K. Roth, pp. 518- 522. London: Fitzroy Pearson. 1992 Sikhs in Punjab Revolt. In Great Events From History: Human Rights, ed. Frank Magill, pp. 2215-2219. Pasadena: Salem Press. 4 1991 Images of Europe in Anthropological Case Studies. Proceedings of the Fifteenth European Studies Conference, pp. 192-199. Cedar Falls, Iowa: University of Northern Iowa 1985 Redefining Ahimsa in Political Buddhism (with John L. Fischer as sr author). Encyclopedia of Non-Violence, ed. Sachindra Narayan, pp. 37-46. Ahmedabad: