Arti Dhand

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]

Career

She 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

Arti Dhand has a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Calgary, and a Ph.D. from McGill University.

Principal publications

• 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".

References

External links

• University of Toronto faculty page
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110715132050/http://www.publishersrow.com/Preview/AboutBook.asp?prSOC=&shid=0&pg=1&pid=225&bid=2296&fid=31&tim=1&o=1237831777222