McHugh to Join Religion Faculty
We are delighted to welcome Professor James McHugh to the USC School of Religion. Prof. McHugh comes to us from Harvard University where he completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies. He received his M.A. from Oxford University.
In addition to teaching classes at Harvard and Boston University, Prof. McHugh has also acted as co-curator to “Where Traditions meet: Painting in India from the 15th through the 17th Centuries,” which was exhibited in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum in Harvard. Having conducted research in Kamataka, India and volunteered at Museo de las Artes Populares in Guadalajara, Mexico, Prof. McHugh also brings international experience with him. Prof. McHugh is the author of “The Classification of Smells and the Order of the Senses in Indian Religious Traditions,” published in Numen: International Review for the History of Religions . In the fall Prof. McHugh will be teaching REL 301(The Spiritual Quest: Introduction to Religious Studies Syllabus).