DESIGNERS:

Peter Gottschalk (left) has spent three years in South Asia, first visiting India following graduation from the College of the Holy Cross. Curious about issues regarding religious interpretation, narrative, and identity, he obtained an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in the History of Religions. He now teaches as Associate Professor at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.  Peter's book, Beyond Hindu and Muslim,  challenges presumptions about Indian religious conflict by exploring stories told in the area around Arampur, the village depicted in "A Virtual Village.”  Currently, he is researching the role of the category “religion” in Western disciplines of knowledge.

Mathew N. Schmalz received his B. A. from Amherst College and his Ph.D. in History of Religions from the University of Chicago.  He is presently an Edward Bennett Williams Fellow and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.  He first studied in India as a student on the University of Wisconsin Program in Varanasi in 1985 and has spent a total of four years in North India.  His most recent research focuses on Dalit Catholic communities in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.  He is the husband of Kristin Steinmetz and father to Anna and Katie.

 

TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTORS:

Anne Loyer, Art direction, interface design
Will Gladstone, Programming, database design, Flash
Wolasi Kofi Konu, Graphics, QTVR panoramas, Flash
Luis Henao, Flash
Mauricio Fuentes, Flash
Allyn Wilkinson and Matthew Elson, Image digitization and audio
Rob DeMeulemeester, HTML coding
Manolis Kaparakis, Project Management

 

CONTACT:

For questions or comments about the site's content contact Peter Gottschalk or Mathew N. Schmalz

For technical questions contact learningobjects@wesleyan.edu