Michael W. Meister

Education

• Harvard University, Ph.D., Fine Arts, 1974
• Harvard University, M.A., Fine Arts, 1971
• Harvard College, B.A., History and Literature, 1964
• HONORARY DEGREE: University of Pennsylvania, M.A., 1979

  Roles

• American Institute of Indian Studies Board of Trustees, 2002-.
• Director, National Resource Center, South Asia, University of Pennsylvania, 2002–04.
• Institute for International Education, National Selection Committee, India. 2003–06.
• Indian Art Committee, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1978-.
• Contributing Editor, Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 1987-.
• Editorial Advisor, Yale Dictionary of International Architecture, Edited by Nicholas Adams, 1998–.
• Society of Architectural Historians’ millennium tour, India’s Architectural Traditions, Ancient and Modern, 2000.
• Advisory Committee, The Asia Society Galleries, New York City, 1992–94; Multimedia Committee, 1995–98.
• President, Oriental Club of Philadelphia, 1994–95.
• CONSALD, Association of Asian Studies, 1983–86.
• Editorial Board, Princeton University Press, Encyclopedia of Indian History, 1983–84.
• Nomination for AAS Board of Directors, 1983.
• Member of AHRC Peer Review Academy
• Advisory Council of Scholars, South Asia Religious Art Studies, 1982–.
• Secretary/Treasurer, University Research Club, 1980–81.
• General Editor, Encyclopædia of Indian Temple Architecture, American Institute of Indian Studies', 1978– 92; advisor, 1992–.
• Art and Archaeology Committee, American Institute of Indian Studies, 1978–82; ex officio member, 1982– 92.
• Publications Committee, American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982–92.
• Board of Directors, American Committee for South Asian Art, 1976–79; 1983–86.
• Gupta Selection Committee, Archives of South Asian Art Project, American Committee for South Asian Art, 1973.

  Publications

Books

• Temples of the Indus: Studies in the Hindu Architecture of Ancient Pakistan.
• Desert Temples: Sacred Centers of Rajasthan in Historical, Art-Historical, and Social Contexts,.

  Edited and co-authored books

• Encyclopædia of Indian Temple Architecture North India: Period of Early Maturity, text and plates volumes. Edited by Michael W. Meister and M. A. Dhaky. Princeton: Princeton University Press and Delhi: Oxford University Press.
• Encyclopædia of Indian Temple Architecture North India, Foundations of North Indian Style, text and plate volumes. Edited by Michael W. Meister, M. A. Dhaky, and Krishna Deva. Princeton: Princeton University Press and Delhi: Oxford University Press.
• Making Things in South Asia: The Role of Artist and Craftsman Philadelphia: South Asia Regional StudiesDepartment.
• Encyclopædia of Indian Temple Architecture South India, Upper Dravidadesa, Early Phase, text and plates volumes. Edited by Michael W. Meister and M. A. Dhaky. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press and Delhi: Oxford University Press.
• Discourses on Siva, Proceedings of a Symposium on the Nature of Religious Imagery Edited and with an Introduction by Michael W. Meister. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press and Bombay: Vakils, Feffer & Simons.
• Encyclopædia of Indian Temple Architecture South India, Lower Dravidadesa, text and plates volumes. Edited by Michael W. Meister, coordinated by M. A. Dhaky. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press and Delhi: Oxford University Press.
• M. A. Dhaky, Complexities Surrounding the Vimalavasahi Temple at Mount Abu trans. by Miki and Madhavi Desai; ed. Michael W. Meister. Philadelphia: South Asia Regional Studies Department, University of Pennsylvania, Occasional Papers Series.

  Students