Diana Dimitrova is an Indologist and scholar of Religious Studies and South Asian Studies. She is Professor of Hinduism and South Asian Studies at the Institute of Religious Studies at the University of Montreal. Her areas of interest include modern Hinduism, cultural identity, gender and "otherness," and Hindi drama, theatre, and film. She has published widely in the area of South Asian Studies, Gender Studies, and Cultural Studies.<1><2>
Contents
Education and Career
Honors and Distinctions
Selected Bibliography
Books
Monographs
Edited Volumes
Selected Articles
References
External links
Education and Career
Dimitrova was awarded a Ph.D. in modern and classical Indology, and English and American Studies from the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
She has taught at the University of Frankfurt, Germany, McGill University, Canada, Emory University, Loyola University Chicago, and Michigan State University before joining the University of Montreal. She is a faculty member of the Institute of Religious Studies, of the Centre for Asian Studies and of the Centre for International Studies and Research.<3><4><5>
Honors and recognition
Throughout her career, Diana Dimitrova has been awarded fellowships and grants by institutions such as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Lilly Endowment. <6>
She is a Series Editor of the "Routledge Series on South Asian culture" and of the series "Matière à pensée" of the University of Montreal Press. She is also a member of the executive committee of the Canadian Corporation for the Study of Religion and of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion.<7> <8> <9>
Selected bibliography
Books<10><11>
Monographs<12>
Hinduism and Hindi Theatre. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, paperback edition 2018.
Hinduism and Hindi Theatre. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Gender, Religion and Modern Hindi Drama. Montreal and London: McGill-Queen's University, 2008.
Western Tradition and Naturalistic Hindi Theatre. New York: Peter Lang, 2004.
Edited Volumes<13>
Rethinking the Body in South Asian Traditions. London and New York: Routledge. Forthcoming 2021.
Imagining Indianness: Cultural Identity and Literature. With Thomas de Bruijn. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Divinizing in South Asian Traditions. With Tatiana Oranskaia. London and New York: Routledge, 2018. 132 pages.
The Other in South Asian Religion, Literature and Film: Perspectives on Otherism and Otherness. London and New York: Routledge, paperback edition, 2017.
Imagining Indianness: Cultural Identity and Literature. With Thomas de Bruijn. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
The Other in South Asian Religion, Literature and Film: Perspectives on Otherism and Otherness. London and New York: Routledge, 2014.
Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Selected Articles<14><15>
“ La représentation de la femme dans les films de Bollywood.” L'Asie en 1000 mots. April 6 2020.
“Rethinking ‘Indianness’ and Modern Hindi Drama.” Manas (2019) Volume 5. Issue 1. 18 pages
“Identité culturelle et spiritualité dans la tradition de Radhasoami en Amérique du Nord. Théologiques. 26/2 (2018). 81-98.
“Divinizing in the Radhasoami Tradition: Mythologizing the Divine ‘Other.’” In Divinizing in South Asian Traditions. Ed. Diana Dimitrova and Tatiana Oranskaia. London and New York: Routledge, 2018. 102-115.
“Hindi Theatre.” Oxford Bibliographies Online. Ed. by Tracy Coleman. New York: Oxford University Press. 28. June 2018. 17 pages.
“On ‘Indianness’ and Indian Cultural Identity in South Asian Literature” in Imagining Indianness: Cultural Identity and Literature. Ed. Diana Dimitrova and Thomas de Bruijn. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. 1-11.
“Imagining ’Indianness’ and Modern Hindi Drama” in Imagining Indianness: Cultural Identity and Literature. Ed. Diana Dimitrova and Thomas de Bruijn. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. 77-92.
"Hinduism and Its Others in Bollywood Film of the 2000s," Journal of Religion & Film (2016): Vol. 20: Issue 1. Article 10. 20 pages. (This article has been downloaded 1595 times according to Digital Commons)
“On Otherism and Otherness.” The Other in South Asian Religion, Literature and Film: Perspectives on Otherism and Otherness. Ed. Diana Dimitrova. London and New York: Routledge, 2014. 1-16.
“Religion and Otherness in a New World: The Radhasoami Movement in Transnational Space.” The Other in South Asian Religion, Literature and Film: Perspectives on Otherism and Otherness. Ed. Diana Dimitrova. London and New York: Routledge, 2014. 34-44.
“The Politics of Otherness: The Hindi Plays of Urdu-Hindi Author Upendranath Ashk.” The Other in South Asian Religion, Literature and Film: Perspectives on Otherism and Otherness. Ed. Diana Dimitrova. London and New York: Routledge, 2014. 84-99.
“On Myth and Mythologizing,” Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia. Ed. Diana Dimitrova. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 1-19.
“Neo-Sanskritic and Naturalistic Hindi Drama.” Modern Indian Theatre. Ed. Nandi Bhatia. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 364-391.
”The Development of Sanatana Dharma in the Twentieth Century: A Radhasoami Guru’s Perspective,” The International Journal of Hindu Studies, Volume 1, Issue 1 (2007) 89-98.
“The Indian Character of Modern Hindi Drama: Neo-Sanskritic, Pro-Western Naturalistic or Nativistic Dramas?” Theology and Literature: Rethinking Reader Response. Ed.Joseph, Clara and Gaye Ortiz. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 173-183.
References
1.Diana DIMITROVA - Institut d'études religieuses (https://etudes-religieuses.umontreal.ca/repertoire-departement/professeurs/professeur/in/in19394/sg/Diana%20Dimitrova/)
2. Diana DIMITROVA - La recherche - Université de Montréal (https://recherche.umontreal.ca/english/our-researchers/professors-directory/researcher/is/in19394/)
3. Diana Dimitrova (http://cdeacf.ca/reqef/experta/fiche/dimitrova-diana)
4. Diana Dimitrova (https://cerium.umontreal.ca/communaute/repertoire-departement/vue/dimitrova-diana-1/)
5. https://cetase.umontreal.ca/repertoire-du-centre/professeurs/professeur/in/in19394/sg/Diana%20Dimitrova/
6.La professeure Diana Dimitrova (https://www.facebook.com/168592973201127/photos/la-professeure-diana-dimitrova-de-liér-reçoit-une-subvention-de-93-466-du-consei/1786420518085023/)
7. Diana Dimitrova - Canadian Corporation for the Study of Religion (ccsr.ca/team_member/diana-dimitrova/)
8. Diana Dimitrova - CSSR, Current executive (https://www.cssrscer.ca/?q=node/6)
9. Diana Dimitrova - Presses de l'Université de Montréal (https://www.pum.umontreal.ca/collections/matiere-a-pensee/)
1o. Diana Dimitrova - Books (https://www.amazon.com/Books-Diana-Dimitrova/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ADiana+Dimitrova)
11. Diana Dimitrova (29.171.58.21/religion/events/brain-bag-colloquium-series/dr-diana-dimitrova/)
12. Diana Dimitrova - google scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ZMXKf6wAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F6GRp6mQEdJTxR13-xtoyk3h4VnKiXOHwrJPyUw1vMTOPsKQl1eECl9lxiOKDa9SmUZXI0BPQIP6IXEu59dnKEXzDeiIw)
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15. Diana Dimitrova -http://umontreal.academia.edu/DianaDimitrova
External Links
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