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I was born in London and brought up near Brighton in a rich cultural environment where I was nourished on a diet of Borges, Hart Crane, Yeats, Hesse and French existentialism along with musical heroes from Tallis to the Velvet Underground! I read Religious Studies at Lancaster University and pursued postgraduate study (MA, PhD). Since 2005 I have been at Oxford University where I am Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion in the Theology Faculty and Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. Before coming to Oxford I taught at the University of Stirling and the University of Wales, Lampeter. I am married to a wonderful Chinese artist, Emma Kwan, and live in Oxford and our fantastic children Leela, Claire, Dom and Clare have flown the nest.
I was born in London and brought up near Brighton in a rich cultural environment where I was nourished on a diet of Borges, Hart Crane, Yeats, Hesse and French existentialism along with musical heroes from Tallis to the Velvet Underground! I read Religious Studies at Lancaster University and pursued postgraduate study (MA, PhD). Since 2005 I have been at Oxford University where I am Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion in the Theology Faculty and Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. Before coming to Oxford I taught at the University of Stirling and the University of Wales, Lampeter. I am married to a wonderful Chinese artist, Emma Kwan, and live in Oxford and our fantastic children Leela, Claire, Dom and Clare have flown the nest.
