July 24, 2025
Edwin Gerow, 1931-2025
Edwin Mahaffey Gerow passed away on July 24, 2025, in Portland, Oregon. In his lifetime he established himself as an outstanding scholar of Sanskrit and Indian poetics. In 1949, Edwin…
July 9, 2025
C.M. Naim, 1936-2025
Choudhri Mohammed Naim passed away in Hyde Park, Chicago, on July 9, 2025. Naim—called Naim Sahib by his students and colleagues, using the Urdu honorific—was 89. He was a prolific…
May 18, 2025
Frederick Clothey, 1936-2025
Frederick (Fred) W. Clothey, Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, passed away on May 18, 2025. Fred was a leader in the creation of the field…
April 15, 2025
Robert Frykenberg, 1930-2025
Robert (Bob) Eric Frykenberg, Professor Emeritus of History and South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, passed away on April 15th, 2025, at the age of 94. Bob was…
February 16, 2025
Donna Wulff, 1943-2025
Donna Marie (Foley) Wulff , Professor Emerita of Indian Religions at Brown University, passed away in Providence, Rhode Island, on February 16, 2025, at age 81. Donna studied world religions…
January 26, 2025
Joseph Elder, 1930-2025
Joseph (Joe) W. Elder, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died in Madison, Wisconsin, on January 26, 2025, at the age of ninety-four.…
January 5, 2025
Paul Younger, 1935-2025
Paul Younger, Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at McMaster University, passed away in Ottawa on January 5, 2025. Growing up in the coal mining region of eastern Pennsylvania, early in…
December 4, 2024
Donald Johnson, 1940-2024
Donald Clay Johnson, scholar of Indian textiles and former curator of the Ames Library of South Asia at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, passed away on Wednesday, December 4,…
December 1, 2024
Paul Courtright, 1942-2024
Paul B. Courtright was Professor Emeritus of Religion and Asian Studies at Emory University. During his long and distinguished career, he published and taught on Hindu marriage, pilgrimage traditions, and…
November 24, 2024
T.S. Rukmani, 1930-2024
Professor T.S. Rukmani passed away on November 24, 2024, in Bengaluru. She was a prolific author on Indian Philosophy and translator of many Sanskrit texts into English. Rukmani received a…