E valentine daniel biography

Sri Lankan academic, anthropologist and author

Professor Errol Valentine Daniel is a Sri Lankan academic, anthropologist and author.

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He is currently Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Southern Asian Institute at Columbia University.^[1][2]

Early life

Daniel is of Tamil descent on his father's side and of Burgher descent on his mother side.^[3] He was educated at Jaffna College.^[4][5] After school he joined Amherst College from where he received a B.A.

degree.^[6] He then received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago.^[6]

Career

Daniel taught at the University of Washington (1978–90).^[7] He then taught at the University of Michigan (1990–97), serving as Director of the Program in Comparative Studies in Social Transformation from 1995 to 1997.^[6] He then joined Columbia University.

Daniel has also been a visiting professor at the University o வலன்டைன் டானியல் - தமிழ் விக்கிப்பீடியா MAQAX