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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]
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Occupation | Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Education | Ph.D. (McGill), M.A. (Calgary), B.A. (Calgary) |
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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]
Arti Dhand has a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Calgary, and a Ph.D. from McGill University.
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