Posts held

current post

Since October 2010: Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology/Religious Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Since April 2000: Editor, ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY, Royal Anthropological Institute, London

September 2000-May 2004: Deputy Director, Royal Anthropological Institute (I resigned in May 2004 to devote more time to research)

May-August 2000: Acting Director, Royal Anthropological Institute

1983-2000: Royal Anthropological Institute, in various editorial/production capacities working on RAIN, ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY and MAN/JRAI.

research posts

2008-2009: Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Visiting Professors in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, University of British Columbia, Canada.

2001-2002: Visiting professor, Centre for Asian Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden.

2000: Visiting professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Muenster, Germany.

1997-1998: Visiting research professor, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan.

1991-1992: Leach/RAI Postdoctoral Fellowship, Manchester University, United Kingdom.