Ph.D. Graduation June 15, 2002

Ph.D. Graduation
June 15, 2002
The adventure began September, 1995 with the first year of grad school at UCSD. It continues...

Dissertation
The Sanskrit Reich: Translating Ancient India for Modern Germans, 1790-1914

This dissertation analyzes the development of the academic discipline of Indology and the parallel cultural diffusion of knowledge about South Asia within nineteenth-century Germany. Throughout the nineteenth century, enthusiasts gained access to Indian material through the growing wealth of research German Indologists generated, and the tremendous expansion of this new field benefited from the educational reform and rise of new sciences in German universities. Indology was able to flourish to the degree it did because Germans Indologists pursued scientific activities and made pointed arguments about the cultural and intellectual relevance ancient India had to modern Germany.

From the acknowlegements:
Finally, I am most grateful for the support of friends and family, including Eveline Ashton, Marvin and MaryEllen Friesen, Robert and Bow McGetchin, and Carlé M. Pieters. ...I especially want to express my deep appreciation to my wife Joy and our daughter Anika for inspiring me every day with their keen intelligence, good cheer, and love.

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What is she so happy about? The graduation balloons for her
father? I doubt it. She's not impressed.

Doug's mentors: Marcelline Brogli, Nonviolent Communication (NVC) practitioner, Joy and Anika, and Professor David Luft, dissertation advisor. Doug studied "Giraffe" (NVC) for about as long as he spent in grad school.

Doug and David Luft. From dissertation acknowledgments: "He gave extensive and detailed comments for every chapter of this dissertation. More importantly, he has pushed me to apply for grants, fellowships, and other opportunities that have put me in contact with the network of scholars I mention above. His inspiring way of treating his graduate students like the colleagues and friends they are has also made the process of writing this dissertation not only intellectually stimulating, but also a very warm and human experience."

Carlé M. Pieters, Doug, Bob McGetchin
Doug (BA, University of Rochester, 1988), Dave Chen (BA, University of Rochester, 1988)

Doug, Anika, Joy, Eveline Ashton (Doug's Mom), Hy Lerner (Doug's Mom's partner)
Three grandmas: Carlé, Anika, Eveline, MaryEllen Friesen

Stuart, Hy, Murphy, and Doug. Remember this? I used to surf a lot: what happened? Hy the adventurer goes out surfing for the first time. He groks the power of the ocean, and loves it. Doug still remembers how to stand up, and gets a few good rides.
Stuart, Hy, Eveline, Murphy, Doug, Joy, Anika (sleeping). The toughest part was getting the wet suit on facing the right direction.

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What is she so happy about? The graduation balloons for her father? I doubt it. She's not impressed.
Doug's mentors: Marcelline Brogli, Nonviolent Communication (NVC) practitioner, Joy and Anika, and Professor David Luft, dissertation advisor. Doug studied "Giraffe" (NVC) for about as long as he spent in grad school.		Doug and David Luft. From dissertation acknowledgments: "He gave extensive and detailed comments for every chapter of this dissertation. More importantly, he has pushed me to apply for grants, fellowships, and other opportunities that have put me in contact with the network of scholars I mention above. His inspiring way of treating his graduate students like the colleagues and friends they are has also made the process of writing this dissertation not only intellectually stimulating, but also a very warm and human experience."
Carlé M. Pieters, Doug, Bob McGetchin		Doug (BA, University of Rochester, 1988), Dave Chen (BA, University of Rochester, 1988)

Doug, Anika, Joy, Eveline Ashton (Doug's Mom), Hy Lerner (Doug's Mom's partner)		Three grandmas: Carlé, Anika, Eveline, MaryEllen Friesen
Stuart, Hy, Murphy, and Doug. Remember this? I used to surf a lot: what happened? Hy the adventurer goes out surfing for the first time. He groks the power of the ocean, and loves it. Doug still remembers how to stand up, and gets a few good rides.		Stuart, Hy, Eveline, Murphy, Doug, Joy, Anika (sleeping). The toughest part was getting the wet suit on facing the right direction.