Martin Gaenszle
Professor (retired), Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna
Martin Gaenszle is Professor (retired) in Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern South Asia at the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna, Austria. His scholarly interests include religious pluralism, ethnicity, local history and ritual performance in South Asia, in particular the Himalayan region. He has done field research in East Nepal and North India and published books on Kiranti oral traditions, ritual speech, and concepts of space in Banaras.