J O H N
L A R D A S : C
U R R I C U L U M V
I T A E
Department of Religion, Haverford College
370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford, PA 19041-1392
(610) 896-1029
jlardas@haverford.edu
A C A D E M I C
D E G R E E S
Ph.D Religious Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara 2003
M.A. Comparative Religion Miami
University (Ohio) 1996
B.A. Religion
Princeton University 1993
Certificate Hellenic Studies Athens Center, Athens,
Greece 1992
Dissertation Title and Committee
"Specters of Moby-Dick: A Particular History of Cultural Metaphysics
in America"
Catherine L. Albanese, Religious Studies (Committee Chair)
Giles Gunn, English and Global & International Studies
Richard D. Hecht, Religious Studies
Thomas A. Carlson, Religious Studies
R E S E A R C H F
I E L D S
· Haunted Modernity: Specters and Leviathans in Antebellum
· Melvillean Frequencies: Religion and Network Society in the Twentieth Century
· A History of Secularism in American History
