Richard H. Davis

Dr. Richard H. Davis is currently Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Religion at Bard College. His research and teaching interests include classical and medieval Hinduism, South Asian visual arts, Sanskrit, and Indian history.

His latest published work is “The Bhagavad Gita: A Biography” (Princeton University Press, 2014). Additionally, he has authored four other books: “Ritual in an Oscillating Universe: Worshiping Siva in Medieval India” (Princeton, 1991), “Lives of Indian Images” (Princeton, 1997), “Global India, circa 100 CE: South Asia in Early World History” (AAS, 2010), and “A Priest’s Guide for the Great Festival” (Oxford, 2010).

He has also contributed to the editing of two volumes and wrote the text for a catalogue of Indian religious prints titled “Gods in Print: Masterpieces of India’s Mythological Art” (Mandala, 2012). Presently, he is engaged in further research on a reception history of the Bhagavad Gita as well as on a history of religions in early South Asia.