| Dennis B. McGilvray | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943 (age 68–69) |
| Residence | United States of America |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Anthropology |
| Institutions | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Alma mater | Reed College Harvard University University of Chicago University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Anthropology of Tamils and Muslims of south India and Sri Lanka |
| Notable awards | Stirling Award for Contributions to Psychological Anthropology |
Dennis B. McGilvray is a professor in the Department of Anthropology in University of Colorado at Boulder. Dennis's research interest are focused on the Tamils and Muslims of south India and Sri Lanka. His research examines matrilineal Hindu and Muslim kinship, caste structure, religious ritual, and ethnic identities in the Tamil-speaking region of eastern Sri Lanka. It is also important to note that this region is deeply affected by the island’s civil war. He is also interested in visual anthropology and alternative modes of cultural representation. At University of Colorado he teaches on Tamil culture; upper division courses on symbolic anthropology, Foundations of Theory, and South Asian ethnography and a graduate seminar on Ethnography and Cultural theory.