MGSA Survey of University Faculty and Administrators

Prof. Loring M. Danforth

Professor of Anthropology

Bates College

Department of Anthropology

I. Degrees

B.A. 1971 Amherst College (Classics)

M.A. 1974 Princeton University (Anthropology)

Ph.D. 1978 Princeton University (Anthropology)

II. Areas of Specialization

Nationalism and Ethnicity

Religion and Ritual

Folklore

III. Courses Taught in Modern Greek Studies

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IV. Principal Publications (Greek words are given in transliteration)

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.

V. Office Address

Bates College

Department of Anthropology

Lewiston, ME 04240

Office Telephone (F)=Fax

(207) 786-6081

(207) 786-6123 (F)

Electronic Address

[email protected]

VI. Home Address

446 College St.

Lewiston, ME 04240

Home Telephone (F)=Fax

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VII. Comments and Additional Information

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