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'''Christopher Zand Minkowski''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ɪ|ŋ|ˈ|k|ɔː|f|s|k|i|,_|-|ˈ|k|ɒ|f|-}};<ref>[http://www.dictionary.com/browse/minkowski"Minkowski"]. ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]]''.</ref> born 13 May 1953)<ref name=WW/> is an American academic, who has been [[Boden Professor of Sanskrit]] at the [[University of Oxford]] since 2005.<br />
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==Education and early career==<br />
Minkowski was educated at [[Gilman School]] before studying English at [[Harvard College]]. After receiving a diploma in Hindi from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1976, he returned to Harvard to obtain a master's degree, followed by a PhD in Sanskrit and Indian Studies in 1986. Thereafter, he taught at the [[University of Iowa]] and [[Brown University]] before a research year (as a junior research fellow) at [[Wolfson College, Oxford]].<br />
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==Later career==<br />
Between 1989 and 2006, he taught at [[Cornell University]], becoming Professor of Asian Studies and Classics. He was appointed [[Boden Professor of Sanskrit]] at the [[University of Oxford]] in 2005, a post that carries with it a [[Oxbridge Fellow|professorial fellowship]] at [[Balliol College, Oxford]].<ref name=WW/><br />
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His writings include ''Priesthood in Ancient India'' (1991)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Heitzman|first=James|title=''Priesthood in Ancient India: A Study of the Maitrāvaruṇa Priest'' by Christopher Z. Minkowski|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|date=May 1993|volume=52|issue=2|pages=485–486|jstor=2059705|doi=10.1017/s0021911800129742}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Brockington|first=J. L.|title=''Priesthood in Ancient India: A Study of the Maitrāvaruṇa Priest'' by Christopher Z. Minkowski|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society|date=November 1993|volume=3|series=Third Series|issue=3|pages=468–469|jstor=25182792|doi=10.1017/s1356186300014395}}</ref> as well as articles on [[Vedic]] religion and literature and the modern intellectual history of southern Asia. He includes as one of his recreations "further adventures in the improbable".<ref name=WW>{{cite web|title=Minkowski, Prof. Christopher Zand|work=Who's Who 2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=November 2011 |url-access=subscription |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U245474|accessdate=14 May 2012}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/people/christopher-minkowski Minkowski's webpage] at Oxford's Institute of Oriental Studies<br />
*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ball2185/Minkowski.Inaugural.pdf Transcript of his inaugural lecture at Oxford]<br />
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