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
- The Goddess as Role Model: S¥tå and Rådhå in Scripture and on Screen. New York:
Oxford University Press (576 pages; ISBN13 9780195369908/ ISBN10 0195369904)
- 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
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Articles
- 2007a. “Introduction”, “Conclusion” and “Bhakti Songs Recast: Gulzår’s Meera Movie.”
In Heidi Pauwels, ed. India Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics.
Routledge, UK. 1-16, 99-120, 239-48.
- 2007b. “Stealing a Willing Bride: Women’s agency in the myth of Rukmiˆ¥’s Elopement”
In Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 17.4: 407-41.
- 2006. “Hagography and reception history: The case of M¥rå’s Padas in Någr¥dås’s Padaprasa∫
ga-målå.” In Monika Horstmann, ed. Bhakti in Current Research 2001-2003:
Proceedings of the ninth international conference on Early Devotional Literature in New
Indo-Aryan languages, Heidelberg 23-6 July 2003. New Delhi: Manohar.
- 2005. “Romancing Rådhå: Någr¥dås’s royal appropriations of Bhakti themes.” In South
Asia Research 15: 55-78, SOAS, London.
- 2004a. “Is love still stronger than dharma? What ever happened Sita’s choice and the
Gopis’s voice?” In Jacqueline Suthren Hirst and Lynn Thomas, eds. Playing for Real:
Hindu Role Models, Religion, and Gender, pp. 117-140. Delhi: Oxford University
Press.
- 2004b. “‘Only you: The wedding of Råma and S¥tå, past and present.” In Mandakranta
Bose, ed. Råmåyaˆa Revisited, pp. 165-218. New York: Oxford University Press.
- “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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