Professorships

During his teaching career, Arjun Appadurai has taught graduate and undergraduate students a wide range of courses including courses on the Anthropology of Modernity, on Ethnic Violence in Global Perspective and on the study of South Asia.

Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University (2008 – present)

John Dewey Professor in the Social Sciences, New School University (2004 – 2008)

William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of International Studies at Yale University (Prof. of Anthropology, Political Science and Sociology)

Director and Chair, Center for Cities and Globalization (2002 – 2004)

Samuel N. Harper Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago (2001-2002)

Director, Globalization Project; Professor of Anthropology; Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations (1996-2002)

Director, Chicago Humanities Institute, and Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor in the Humanities, University of Chicago (1992-96)

Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania (1987-92) and Consulting Curator, Asian Section, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania

Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania (1981-87)

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania (1976-1981)