Department of Anthropology
Lewiston, ME 04240
(207) 786-6081
(207) 786-6123 (F)
Areas of Specialization
Nationalism and Ethnicity
Religion and Ritual
Folklore
Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies
N/A
Prof. Loring M. Danforth
Professor of Anthropology
Bates College
Department of Anthropology
Degrees
Ph.D. 1978 Princeton University (Anthropology)
M.A. 1974 Princeton University (Anthropology)
B.A. 1971 Amherst College (Classics)
Principal Publications
The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World. Princeton University Press, 1995.
E Makedonike Diamache: O ethnikismos se enan uperethniko kosmo. Athens: Alexandreia, 1999.
Firewalking and Religious Healing: The Anastenaria of Greece and the American Firewalking Movement. Princeton University Press, 1989.
Ta Anastenaria tes Agias Elenis: pyrovasia kai threskeftiki therapeia. Athens: Plethron, 1995.
The Death Rituals of Rural Greece. Princeton University Press, 1982.