Education - B.A. Eastern Philology and History: Indo-Iranistics. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. 1983
- M.A. Eastern Philology and History: Indo-Iranistics. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. 1986
- Ph.D. Asian Languages and Literature. University of Washington. 1994
Research & Teaching Fields - Medieval and modern Hindi language and literature, Hinduism, Sanskrit language and literature
Selected Publications
Monographs
- In
Praise of Holy Men: Hagiographic poems by and about
Hariråm Vyås. Groningen Oriental
Studies 18, Egbert Forsten, Groningen. 2002.
Pp. 320 ISBN 90 6980 1418
- Krsna's Round Dance
Reconsidered: Hariråm
Vyås's Hindi Rås-pañcådhyåy¥.
London Studies on South Asia 12. London: Curzon Press.
1996. Pp. 244 ISBN 0-7007-0426-4
Articles
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“Paradise found, paradise lost: Hariråm
Vyås’s
love for Vrindåban and what hagiographers
made of it.” In Phyllis Granoff and Koichi
Shinohara, eds. Pilgrims, Patrons, and Place: Localizing
Sanctity in Asian Religions, 124-80. Vancouver:
University of British Columbia Press. 2003.
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“Diptych
in verse: Gender hybridity, language consciousness,
and national identity in Nirålå’s
Jågo phir ek bår.”In The
Journal of American Oriental Society 121.3,
449-81. 2001.
- “Three ways of falling in love: Tuls¥dås’s
PhËlvår¥ episode and the way
it is portrayed in contemporary electronic
media.” In Mandakranta
Bose, ed. A Varied Optic: Contemporary Studies
in the Råmåyaˆa, 55-100. Vancouver:
Institute of Asian Research, UBC. 2000.
Current Research Projects - Mapping
Role Models for Hindu Women: The goddesses Sita
and Radha from ancient and medieval literature
to contemporary film and television.
- Edition and
translation of selected works by Nagridas, alias
Savant Singh of Kishangarh (1699-1764).Confluence
of medieval Hindi devotional and Indo-Persian
and Rajasthani court idiom.
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| Courses Taught - Hindi
311-13: Elementary intensive Hindi, 15 credits
- Hindi 321-3: Intermediate Hindi 5 credits
- Hindi 401-3: Advanced
Hindi, 5 credits
- Hindi 421-3: Readings
modern Hindi literature (short story; poetry; novel)
3 credits
- Hindi 501: Readings in medieval
Hindi literature (Braj), 3 credits
- Hindi 502: Readings in medieval Hindi literature
(Avadh¥)
3 credits
- Hindi 504: Readings in medieval Hindi literature
(Råjasthån¥),
3 credits
- Snskrit 301-3: Beginning Sanskrit, 5 credits
- Snskrit 560:
Philosophical readings in Sanskrit, 3 credits
- Asian
206: Literature of South Asia, 5 credits
- Asian 263.
Folk Literature of South Asia, 5 credits
- Asian
498/Relig 490: Special Topics: Many Ramayanas , 5 credits
- Asian 498/Relig 490: Special Topics: Hindu goddesses
, 5 credits
- Relig 352: Introduction to Hinduism, 5 credits
- Relig 490/
Asian 498: Special Topics: Many Ramayanas , 5 credits
- Relig 490/ Asian 498: Special Topics: Hindu goddesses
, 5 credits
- Relig 502: Special topics: Saints and sacred
biography, 5 credits
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