Roger Ballard (sociologist)

Roger Ballard FRAI (20 April 1943 – 30 September 2020) was a British sociologist, Lecturer in Race Relations at the University of Leeds (1975–1989), and Senior Lecturer in Comparative Religion at the University of Manchester (1989–2003). In Manchester, he taught Urdu language and set up the joint-degree in Comparative Religion and Social Anthropology. In 2003, at the age of 60, Ballard took early retirement from his teaching post in the University of Manchester to service as a consultant anthropologist and Director of Centre for Applied South Asian Studies (CASAS) in Stalybridge. In 2012, Ballard was awarded the Lucy Mair Medal for Applied Anthropology by the Royal Anthropological Institute.^[1][2]

Roger Ballard
Born	20 April 1943 York, England
Died	30 September 2020
Resting place	Muslim section of the Ashton cemetery
Academic background
Alma mater	Cambridge University Delhi University
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology Indology
Sub-discipline	Social anthropology Religious studies
Institutions	University of Manchester
Doctoral students	Virinder Kalra Seán McLoughlin

Publications

• Desh Pardesh: The South Asian Presence in Britain (C. Hurst & Co, 1990)
• Legal Practice and Cultural Diversity (Routledge, 2009)

References

1. Williams, Alan (28 October 2020). "Religions and Theology: Roger Ballard, 1943–2020". Religions and Theology. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
2. Williams, Alan (2021). "South Asian Studies in Britain: Remembering Roger Ballard (20 April 1943–30 September 2020)". South Asia Research. 41 (2): 155–170. doi:10.1177/02627280211000158. S2CID 233692982.