Arti Dhand is an associate professor at the

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, Department for the Study of Religion. She specialises in the

Mahabharata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the ''Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuruk ...

and the

Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...

Hindu epics,

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

ethics, gender issues in

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, and religion and sexuality.

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 Dharma (; sa, धर्म, dharma, ; pi, dhamma, italic=yes) is a key concept with multiple meanings in Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and others. Although there is no direct single-word translation for '' ...

in the

: A Tale of Women, Smelly Ascetics, and God." She was a key speaker at the 2005 conference of the London

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. The

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also commends her scholarly works in her chosen field of research.

Education

Arti Dhand has a B.A. and M.A. from the

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, and a Ph.D. from

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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
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Career

Education

Principal publications

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