Faculty
Our faculty is comprised of expert scholars and educators in the fields of Yoga Studies, Indology, Religious Studies, and South Asian Studies.
Dr. Arti Dhand
Associate Professor of South Asian Religions, University of Toronto
Arti Dhand's specializations include the great Sanskrit epics, theĀ RÄmÄyaį¹aĀ and theĀ MahÄbhÄrata. Her 2009 bookĀ Woman as Fire, Woman as SageĀ explored ideologies of sexuality in theĀ MahÄbhÄrata. Her current work isĀ The Twin Epics, a comparative analysis of the architecture of thought in the Sanskrit epics. She is also the host of theĀ The Mahabharata Podcast, in which she aims to recount the text in its entirety!Ā
Courses taught:Ā
Selected Publications:Ā
- 2008.Ā Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage: Sexual Ideology in the Mahabharata. SUNY Press.Ā
- 2005. āHinduism to Hindus in theĀ Western Diaspora."Ā Method & Theory in the Study of ReligionĀ 17, no. 3 (2005): 274-286Ā
- 2004. āThe Subversive Nature ofĀ Virtue in the Mahabharata: A Tale of Women, Smelly Ascetics, and God.āĀ Journal of the American Academy of Religion 72 (1): 33-58. DOI:10.1093/jaar/72.1.33
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