Heesterman, J.
| English Phonetics | Jan C. Heesterman |
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| Sort Name | Heesterman, Jan |
| Birth: | 1925 |
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| Death: | 2014 |
| Place of birth: | Amsterdam |
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- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- University of Leiden
Biographical Information
Johannes Cornelis Heesterman (10 November 1925, Amsterdam – 14 April 2014, Leiden) was a Dutch Indologist and historian of religions and professor at the University of Leiden.
He graduated in Hindi and Indian cultures at the University of Utrecht where in 1957 he also took a master's degree under the supervision of J.Gonda.
From 1958 to 1961 he lived in India participating in the project of a historical dictionary in San Cristo. Then he returned to Utrecht to teach at the university, from 1964 to 1990 he was a professor at the University of Leiden of linguistic and cultural history of South Asia after the Islamic invasion. Until his death he was professor emeritus of that university.
His main works include: The Broken World of Sacrifice: Study on Ritual in Ancient India, 1993, Chicago; Italian transl. Milano, Adelphi, 2007) and The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society (1985, Chicago).
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