Jim Mallinson

Jim Mallinson holds the historic Boden Professorship of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford, where he serves as a Professorial Fellow. His scholarship focuses on India's religious and cultural history from the 11th to 15th centuries, with primary emphasis on yoga, yogis, and ascetic traditions through critical analysis of Sanskrit texts.

His educational background includes:

• BA from the University of Oxford
• MA from SOAS, University of London
• DPhil from the University of Oxford

Professor Mallinson's research integrates philology with cultural anthropology, examining:

• Indian religious and cultural history
• Asceticism and yoga practices
• Tantric traditions
• Pilgrimage systems
• Textual criticism of Sanskrit manuscripts
• Old Hindi literature
• Zoroastrian influences in India
• Art historical and ethnographic dimensions of asceticism