Roger Ballard (sociologist)

{{Short description|British sociologist}}

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{{Infobox academic

| name = Roger Ballard

| alma_mater = *Cambridge University

• Delhi University

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| workplaces = University of Manchester

| doctoral_students = *Virinder Kalra

• Seán McLoughlin

| discipline =* Sociology

• Indology

| sub_discipline = *Social anthropology

• Religious studies

| birth_place = York, England

| birth_date = 20 April 1943

| death_date = 30 September 2020

| resting_place = Muslim section of the Ashton cemetery

}}Roger Ballard {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRAI|||||sep=}} (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.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Alan |date=2020-10-28 |title=Religions and Theology: Roger Ballard, 1943–2020 |url=https://manchester-religions-and-theology.blogspot.com/2020/10/roger-ballard.html |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Religions and Theology}}{{Cite journal |date=2021 |title=South Asian Studies in Britain: Remembering Roger Ballard (20 April 1943–30 September 2020). |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/02627280211000158 |journal=South Asia Research |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=155–170|doi=10.1177/02627280211000158 |last1=Williams |first1=Alan |s2cid=233692982 }}