Christian Lee Novetzke

Christian Lee Novetzke is an American Indologist and scholar of Religious Studies and South Asian Studies. He is Professor of International Studies and Comparative Religion at the University of Washington, where he holds an endowed professorship from the College of Arts and Sciences. His areas of interest include Indian cultural history and the theorization of religion. As an author, he has also been largely collected by libraries.

At the University of Washington, Novetzke serves as Director of the Center for Global Studies, as well as Associate Director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.

Novetzke received a B.A. from Macalester College in 1993 and an M.T.S. in Religious Studies from Harvard University in 1996. In 2003, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Columbia University.

After teaching in the departments of South Asian Studies and Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2007, Novetzke joined the University of Washington in 2007. He has developed and taught courses on Hinduism (particularly the Bhakti traditions); theories of religion; Indian culture; and the history and politics of yoga.

Novetzke's first book, Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in India, was awarded Best First Book in the History of Religions by the American Academy of Religion.

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