Phukan, Shantanu
Assistant Professor, Humanities
E-mail
phukan@earthlink.net (please use this only)
shantanu.phukan@sjsu.edu
Additional Contact Information
Phone Number(s)
(408) 924-4737
Office Hours
Varies by semester--Mondays and Wednesdays only
Courses
Bio
Shantanu Phukan teaches Cultural History in the Comparative Religious Studies program in The Humanities Department. His areas of interest include: cultural interactions between Muslims and non-Muslims; religion and sexuality; Islamic Mysticism (Sufism); and Islam and Hinduism in the modern world.
He received his Bachelor's degree in Art History from Pomona College, and his Masters and Doctorate in Indian Literature from The University of Chicago. In this picture you see him birding in the San Gabriel Mountains, his favorite haunt aside from India.
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