Anne Hardgrove is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair of History atthe University of Texas San Antonio. She teaches courses on comparativehistory, global history, and South Asia, and is actively involved in genderand women studies. Her Ph.D. (1999) is from the Department of Anthropologyand History at the University of Michigan. Her next project focuses onissues of globalization and sexuality, tracing a history of the Kama Sutra in colonialand post-colonial contexts.