Andrew J. Nicholson

Andrew J. Nicholson is Assistant Professor of Hinduism and Indian Intellectual History at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. His primary area of research is Indian philosophy and intellectual history, most recently focusing on medieval Vedanta and theistic yoga philosophies and their influence on modern India and Europe. His book, Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History was published in 2010 by Columbia University Press as part of the new "South Asia Across the Disciplines" series. Professor Nicholson's next book is Isvara Gita: The Secret Yoga of Lord Siva, a translation of and commentary on an 8th century philosophical text in Sanskrit. He holds degrees in Religious Studies (M.A., University of Chicago), Philosophy (M.A., DePaul University), and South Asian Languages and Civilizations (Ph.D., University of Chicago). He is currently co-director of the American Academy of Religion's Yoga in Theory and Practice Consultation, an associate of the Columbia University Seminar on South Asia, and a trustee of the American Institute of Indian Studies.

Professor Nicholson was recently interviewed for the website of the publisher Permanent Black, which is publishing the Indian edition of his book. The interview can be found here: http://bit.ly/g8IXPM