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Smriti Srinivas is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on urban cultures, religion, and South Asian studies, with a particular emphasis on Indian Ocean worlds. She holds a Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A. in Sociology from Delhi School of Economics, and a B.A. in Economics from Madras Christian College.
Her research has explored topics such as spirit possession in Himalayan borderlands, memory in Bangalore’s high-tech landscape, and transnational religious movements centered on Sai Baba. She has been supported by grants from the Mellon Foundation, Rockefeller Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others. Srinivas currently serves on the advisory board of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Studies and is Series Editor for the Routledge Series on the Indian Ocean.
Her teaching spans undergraduate and graduate courses in cultural anthropology, urban studies, and comparative religions. Notable publications include Landscapes of Urban Memory (2001), In the Presence of Sai Baba (2008), and Reimagining Indian Ocean Worlds (2020). Awards include the 2020 Graduate Studies Distinguished Mentoring Award and the 2016 Social Sciences Dean’s Leadership Award.
