Background
Kirsch, ANthony Thomas was born on May 29, 1930 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Henry Gilbert and Florence May (Sheehan) Kirsch.
(This work argues that anthropologists have observed and r...)
This work argues that anthropologists have observed and recorded religious rites and rituals but have largely ignored the role of religion when constructing an analytical framework. The author contends that religious phenomena are inextricably intertwined with issues of power, politics, and economics among the upland groups (such as the Kachin) of Southeast Asia.
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Kirsch, ANthony Thomas was born on May 29, 1930 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Henry Gilbert and Florence May (Sheehan) Kirsch.
Bachelor in Anthropology and Sociology, Syracuse University, 1952. Master of Arts in Sociology, Syracuse University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology, Harvard University, 1967.
Assistant professor anthropology, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1966-1970;
associate professor anthropology and Asian studies, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1970-1978;
professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1978;
chair anthropology department, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1971-1974, 78-79, 82-85, 88-90;
acting chair Asian studies department, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1981. Associate director Cornell Thailand Project, Ithaca, since 1973. Chair anthropology review committee Council for International Exch.
Scholars, Washington, 1987-1990;Fulbright lecturer, consultant, Thailand, 1985-1986.
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Consultant Foreign Service Institute, Washington, 1987-1988. With United States Army, 1953-1955. Fellow American Anthropological Association.
Member American Ethnological Society, Association for Asian Studies (executive board-Thailand, Laos, Cambodia studies group 1983-1986, Southeast Asia regional council 1984-1987), The Siam Society (life).
Married Ingrid Olsen-Tjensvold, December 20, 1968 (divorced June 1983). Married Yohko Tsuji, July 31, 1984.