Arti Dhand is an associate professor at the University of Toronto, Department for the Study of Religion.[1] She specialises in the Mahabharata and the Ramayana Hindu epics, Hindu ethics, gender issues in Hinduism, and religion and sexuality.[2]
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| Occupation | Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Education | Ph.D. (McGill), M.A. (Calgary), B.A. (Calgary) |
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Career
editShe has authored several publications including Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage: Sexual Ideology in the Mahabharata published in 2008 and numerous articles on topics such as "Engendering Brahmanirvanam in the Mahabharata: A Conversation between Suka and Sulabha," "Hinduism and Pedagogy: Teaching Hinduism to Hindus in the Canadian Diaspora," and "The Subversive Nature of Dharma in the Mahabharata: A Tale of Women, Smelly Ascetics, and God."
She was a key speaker at the 2005 conference of the London School of Oriental and African Studies.[3] The SOAS also commends her scholarly works in her chosen field of research.[4]
Education
editArti Dhand has a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Calgary, and a Ph.D. from McGill University.
Principal publications
edit- 2005 "Hinduism and Pedagogy: Teaching Hinduism to Hindus in the Canadian Diaspora". In Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. 72/2. 22pp.
- 2005 Women and Sexual Ideology in the Mahabharata. Book manuscript under review.
- 2003 "The Subversive Nature of Dharma in the Mahabharata: A Tale of Women, Smelly Ascetics, and God" Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
- 2002 "The Dharma of Ethics, the Ethics of Dharma: Quizzing the Ideals of Hinduism". Journal of Religious Ethics. Fall 2002. 30.3: 347-372.
- 1995 "Karpu: The Ideal of Feminine Chastity in the Cilappatikaram".
- 1997 "Post-colonial Critique of Indology, and its Implications for the Study of Hindu Women".
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
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- ^ http://www.soas.ac.uk/religions/research/epicconstructions/conference/
- ^ "SOAS Search".