Visiting Fellows
Diljit Rana Fellows
Joseph O'Connell
USA
Trinity term 2001
Ph.D in Religion (Comparative study of the major world religions) - Harvard University (1970)
BA in History - College of the Holy Cross (USA)
Prof. Joseph O'Connell was a Professor in the Study of Religion, retired after thirty years of teaching at Saint Michael's College in the University of Toronto, Canada. His doctoral thesis and much of his later research, translations (from Sanskrit and Bangla) and scholarly publications focus on Vaishnava bhakti (devotional) religion and its social implications in Bengal and beyond.
Since his retirement Professor O'Connell served in visiting capacities in the Centre for Hindu Studies and the Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford; Department of Philosophy and Religion, Visva-Bharati; and Department of World Religions and Culture, University of Dhaka. Professor O’Connell was also the Academic Director of OCHS from 2002-2004.
Professor O'Connell passed away on May 6, 2012 - http://ochs.drupalgardens.com/news/passing-joseph-oconnell.
Dr Kathleen O'Connell
Trinity term 2001
Ph.D. in modern Bengali culture - University of Toronto
M.A. in comparative literature - Jadavpur University, India
Dr O'Connell teaches courses on the humanism of Satyajit Ray and philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore at the University of Toronto. Currently she is preparing an anthology of Tagore's own writing on education and doing research on ideas about medicine in Bengal at the turn of the twentieth century.
Publications include:
- Translations of short stories by Satyajit Ray, Bravo! Professor Shonku - Rupa (1985)
- History of Rabindranath Tagore's educational project at Santiniketan, Rabindranath Tagore: The Poet as educator - Visva-Bharati (2002).
Shivdasani Fellows
Prof. Dilip Loundo
Hilary term 2015
Dilip Loundo is Professor and Coordinator of the Centre for the Study of Indian Religions and Philosophies at the Postgraduate Program of Religious Studies of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil). He has been a Visiting Scholar in several universities and a former Itamaraty Chair Professor of Indo-Brazilian Studies at Goa University (India). Prof. Loundo is a Ph.D. in Indian Philosophy from the University of Mumbai (India), an M.A. and M.Phil. in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Sanskrit from the University of Mumbai (India). He has authored several articles and books on the Vedas, Advaita Vedānta, Mīmāṃsā, Mādhyamika Buddhism, the aesthetic tradition, and the Indo-Brazilian intellectual dialogue. His recent publications include: “Adhyāropa-apavāda Tarka: The Nature and Structure of the Soteriological Argument in Śaṅkarācārya’s and Swami Satchidanandendra Saraswati’s Advaita Vedānta” (Oxford, 2015); “Comments on Nāgārjuna’s Two Truth Doctrine” (São Paulo, 2014); “Buddhavacana e Śabda Pramāṇa in Mahāyāna Buddhism and Advaita Vedānta” (Campinas, 2014); “Ritual in Vedic Tradition: Openness, Plurality and Teleology” (João Pessoa, 2013).
Archana Venkatesan
Hilary term 2013
PhD in South Asian Studies (Tamil) – University of California (2004)
MA in South Asian Studies – University of California (2000)
BA (Highest Honors) in English Literature, University of California (1997)
Professor Venkatesan currently has a Joint appointment as the Assistant Professor in the Program in Comparative Literature as well as the Program in Religious Studies at the University of California. Her specialist area is Tamil Bakti texts, in which she undertakes close readings and analysis through translation. At present, Professor Venkatesan is collaborating with Professor Francis Clooney on a translation and study of the Satakopan Nammalvar’s ninth century poem.
Publications include:
- The secret Garland:Translations of Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli – American Academy Texts and translations Series, Oxford University Press 2010
- Why abondon a lovely rabbit to chase after a crow? The talaivi in the matal powem of tirumankairalvar. – Tropes, Territories and Competing realities, Toronto: The toronto South Asian review 2007
Dr Swarupa Gupta
- Notions of Nationhood in Bengal: Perspectives on Samaj, c. 1867 – 1905 (monograph) – Leiden, Boston: Brill (2009)
Professor M. Narasimhachary
Hilary Term 2012
PhD in Sanskrit - University of Madras
Founder Professor & Head (Retired), Department of Vaishnavism, University of Madras, India. His specialist subjects include the Pre-Ramanuja Religion and Philosophy, Pancharatra Agama Literature, Telugu and Sanskrit Literature and popularisation of Sanskrit as a spoken tongue. He has published a number of articles and monographs in academic journals on topics such as the Samskrita Svapnah, Bhakti & Prapatti in Srivaishnava Philosophy and the Pancaratra-kantakoddhara.
Publications include:
- The Contribution of Yaamuna to Visistadvaita - Jayalakshmi Publications, Hyderabad
- Critical Edition and Study of Yaamuna's Aagamapraamaanya - Gaekwad's Oriental Series, Baroda
- English translation of Sri Vedanta Desika's Padukasahasram and all of his 32 Stotras.
Prof. Narasimhachary received the Certificate of Honour for Proficiency in Sanskrit from the President of India for the year 2004 and was the director of Academic Affairs at the OCHS from 2000-2001
Purushottama Bilimoria
Michaelmas Term 2011
PhD in Indian Doctrine of Testimony – La Trobe University (1983)
PgDiplArts (M.A equivalent at N.Z. University) - Otago University (1975)
BA – Auckland University
Dr Bilimoria is Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Studies at Deakin University in Australia and Senior Research Fellow at University of Melbourne. A visiting Professor and Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley and Dominican University, San Anselmo, and Shivadasani Fellow of Oxford University. His areas of specialist research and publications cover classical Indian philosophy and comparative ethics; cross-cultural philosophy of religion and diaspora studies. During his stay in Oxford, Professor Bilimoria personally tutored 11 students on a wide range of topics and engaged with several professors in various colleges.
Publications include:
- Indian Ethics I, Ashgate 2007; OUP 2008,
- Sabdapramana: Word and Knowledge (Testimony) in Indian Philosophy (revised reprint), Delhi: DK PrintWorld 2008;
- Editor of a book series a book series with Springer on Sophia: cross-cultural studies in Culture and Traditions.
Professor Bilimoria is also Editor-in-Chief of Sophia, Journal of Philosophy of Religion.
Dr Ruby Sain
Trinity term 2011
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- Nutritional status of tribal children in Economic and Political Weekly (vol.Xxix.18,p1513, 1994)
- State of Nutrition – A Case Study of the Santal Tribe of West Bengal in Jadavpur University Journal of Sociology (vol-1,no1, p87-90, November 2005)
Professor Joseph O'Connell
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Dr T. Ganeshan
Michaelmas term 2010
India
PhD in thesis title "Neo-Vedantic Approach to the Philosophy of Advaita Vedanta with special reference to Swami Vivekananda"
MA in Sanskrit - University of Madras (1981)
Dr. T. Ganeshan is a researcher at the French Institute of Pondichery where he is also Director of the History of Śaiva Siddhānta project. He is an expert in the Sanskrit and Tamil sources of the Śaivism generally and the Śaiva Siddhānta in particular and is engaged in writing a history of Śaivism and preparing a critical edition of the Sūkṣmāgama.
Publications include:
- Two Saiva teachers of the sixteenth century. Nigamajnana I and his disciple Nigamajnana II (IFP – Publications Hors série n° 9, 2009), xviii, pp. 274;
- Sarvajnanottaragama (Yogapada) with the commentary of Aghorasivacharya and Tamil translation, (Sri Aghorasivacharya Trust, Chennai, 2009);
- The Acintyavisvasadakhyagama (2 chapters) along with the Tamil versified adaptation Civapunniyattelivu of Nigamajnanadesika, (Sri Aghorasivacharya Trust, Chennai, 2009).
Dr Ravi Gupta
USA
- The Chaitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Goswami - Routledge (2007)
Dr Diwakar Acharya
Hilary term 2010
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- Vacaspatimisra/'s Tattvasamiksa, the Earliest Commentary on Mandanamisra's Brahmasiddhi – NRC Publications 2009
- A Clay Cart – Translation published by New York University Press (2009)
Dr. Makarand Paranjape
Michaelmas term 2009
PhD in Mysticism in Indian English Poetry - University of Illinois (1985)
MA in English – University of Illinois
BA (Hons) in English - University of Delhi (1980)
- Another Canon: Indian Texts and Traditions in English - Anthem Publications, New Delhi (2010)
- Bollywood in Australia: Transnationalism and Culture - University of Western Australia Press, Perth (2010)
- Science, Spirituality and the Modernization of India - Anthem Publications, New Delhi (2008)
Professor Patrick Olivelle
Trinity Term 2009
PhD - University of Pensylvania (1974)
BA (Hons) in Sanskrit, Pali and Indian Religions - University of Oxford (1972)
- The Asrama System: The History and Hermeneutics of a Religious Institution - Oxford Unievrsity Press (1993),
- The Early Upanishads - Oxford University Press (1998),
- The Laws of Manu - Oxford University Press (2004).
Dr Rich Freeman
Michaelmas Term 2008
Dr Freeman is an Anthropologist who has worked for many years in Kerala and is fluent in Malayalam. Dr Freeman’s work is particularly valuable because he combines textual knowledge of the Kerala traditons, both through Malayalam and Sanskrit, with ethnography. His initial focus of research was the teyyam dance tradition on which he is the world’s leading expert and he has published on the history of Malayalam religious literature and continues to work on the tantric traditions of Kerala.
Dr. Piyali Palit
Michaelmas Term 2008
Professor, Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, did her Ph.D. thesis on ‘The Role of Syncategorimaticity as the Principle instrument in Linguistic behaviour in Vedic and Popular Usages’. She did her MA in Sanskrit from Visva Bharati, Santiniketan and Acharya in Advaita Vedanta from Rashtriya Sanskrita Sansthan, New Delhi. She was awarded a fellowship for the project on ‘Influence of Indian Tradition on Rabindranath Tagore’ at the Asiatic Society, Kolkata. She is also associated with the Centre of Advanced Studies in Philosophy at Jadavpur University. Presently she holds the chair of Principal Investigator, Major Research Project in Indian Philosophy and Research Methodology, sponsored by University Grants Commission, Govt. of India.
Apart from a number of articles published in various National and International journals, proceedings, and anthologies, she has authored titles including:
- Basic Principles of Indian Philosophy of Language,
- A Treatise on Arthasamgraha, Samksepa-Sariraka (Trans. & Comm.),
- Panchikarana-Varttika and Vedanta-Sanja-Prakarana (both of which are transcribed from rare original manuscripts
Professor Sumathi Ramaswamy
Trinity Term 2008
PhD in History - University of California
Mst. in Anthropology - Univerisity of Pennsylvania
M.Phil in Ancient Indian History - Jawaharlal Nehru University
MA in Ancient Indian History - Jawaharlal Nehru University
Professor Sumathi Ramaswamy is Professor of History at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Prior to this appointment, she was Professor of History at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
- Passions of the Tongue: Language Devotion in Tamil India, 1891–1970 - University of California Press (1997)
- The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories - University of California Press (2004)
- The Goddess and the Nation: Picturing Mother India - Duke University Press (2010)
Professor Gaya Charan Tripathi
Trinity Term 2008
D.Litt. in Ancient Indian History and Culture - University of Allahabad
D.Phil in History of Religions, Comparative Indo-European Philology and Latin - University of Freiburg (1966)
PhD in "Vedic Deities and their subsequent development in Epics and the Puranas" - University of Agra (1962)
MA in Sanskrit - University of Agra (1959)
- Communication with God - Motilal UK Books of India; (2004)
- The Ritual of Founding A Brahmin Village - GDK Publications (1981)
Professor Shashi Prabha Kumar
Trinity Term 2007
PhD - University of Delhi (1983)
MA in Sanskrit - Chaudhary Charan Singh University (1972)
- Bharatiyam Darsanam - Vidyanidhi Prakashan, Delhi (1999)
- Facets of Indian Philosophical Thought - Vidyanidhi Prakashan (2005)
Professor Sangeetha Menon
Trinity Term 2007
PhD - University of Delhi (1983)
MA in Sanskrit - Chaudhary Charan Singh University (1972)
- Bharatiyam Darsanam - Vidyanidhi Prakashan, Delhi (1999)
- Facets of Indian Philosophical Thought - Vidyanidhi Prakashan (2005)
Professor M. Narasimhachary
Michaelmas term 2006
PhD in Sanskrit - University of Madras
Founder Professor & Head (Retired), Department of Vaishnavism, University of Madras, India. His specialist subjects include the Pre-Ramanuja Religion and Philosophy, Pancharatra Agama Literature, Telugu and Sanskrit Literature and popularisation of Sanskrit as a spoken tongue. He has published a number of articles and monographs in academic journals on topics such as the Samskrita Svapnah, Bhakti & Prapatti in Srivaishnava Philosophy and the Pancaratra-kantakoddhara.
Publications include:
- The Contribution of Yaamuna to Visistadvaita - Jayalakshmi Publications, Hyderabad
- Critical Edition and Study of Yaamuna's Aagamapraamaanya - Gaekwad's Oriental Series, Baroda
- English translation of Sri Vedanta Desika's Padukasahasram and all of his 32 Stotras.
Prof. Narasimhachary received the Certificate of Honour for Proficiency in Sanskrit from the President of India for the year 2004 and was the director of Academic Affairs at the OCHS from 2000-2001
Professor Himanshu Prabha Ray
Michaelmas Term 2006
PhD in Early Historical Trade - Jawaharlal Nehru University (1984)
M.Phil in Archaeology - University of Camebridge (1980)
MA in Sanskrit - University of Punjab (1971)
BA in English - University of Punjab (1969)
- Monastery and Guild: Commerce under the Satavahanas, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, (1986);
- The Winds of Change: Buddhism and the Maritime Links of Ancient South Asia, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, (1994)
- The Archaeology of Seafaring in Ancient South Asia, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2003)
Professor Mandakranta Bose
Trinity term 2006
Canada
Prof. Mandakranta Bose studied Sanskrit in Calcutta (Smrti and Mimamsa) and in Oxford, focusing her research on the Natya-sastras. She taught religion and gender studies in the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. One of her recent research projects focuses on performances of the Ramayana and she continues to work on editing Sanskrit Sangitasastra texts. Prof Bose is the former director of the Centre for India and South Asia Research at the University of British Columbia, and is an Emeritus Professor there. She is at present teaching as a Visiting Professor at Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Publications include:
- Classical Indian Dancing: A Glossary (1970),
- Movement and Mimesis: The Idea of Dance in the Sanskritic Tradition (1991),
- Nartananirnaya: A Critical Edition (1991),
Professor T.S. Rukmani
Trinity Term 2006,
D.Litt - University of Delhi (1991)
PhD in "A Critical Study of the Bhagavata Puranas with special reference to Bhakti" - University of Delhi (1958)
MA in Sanskrit - University of Delhi (1954)
BA in Economics, English, Sanskrit and Mathematics - University of Delhi (1952)
- Sankara: The Man and his Philosophy - Indian Institue for Advanced Studies (1991)
- Yogasutras of Patanjali with The Commentary of Vyasa - Chair in Hindu Studies (2001)
- Hindu Samnyasins: Changing Perspectives - D.K. Publishers, New Delhi (2011)
Dr Ashok Aklujkar
Trinity term 2005
Canada
Ph.D. degree in Sanskrit and Indian Studies - Harvard University.
M.A. in Sanskrit and Pali - University of Poona
- Sanskrit: an Easy Introduction to an Enchanting Language
K.Maheswaran Nair
Hilary Term 2005
Ph.D. in Sanskrit - University of Kerala
MA in Russian Language and Literature
MA in Sanskrit Special
- Advaitasiddhi: A Critical Study along with a foreword by Dr. Asoke Chatterjee Sastri - Calcutta University, 1990
- Advaitavedanta, Dialectics and Indian Philosophy,foreword by E.M.S.,1997.
- Manuscriptology,foreword by Dr.N.P.Unni,1998
Rangachar Vasantha
Michaelmas Term 2004,
India
- Folk Art and Culture - Government of India, HRD, New Delhi, 1996;
- Penugonda Fort: A Defense capital of the Vijayanagara Empire - History, Art and Culture - Sharada Publishing House, Delhi, 1999;
- Nava Narasimha temples at Ahobilam - Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams, Tirupathi, 2000;
Daniela Rossella
Hilary Term 2004
Italy
Ph.D, magna cum laude, Essay on "Women's characters in Classical Indian poetry" - University of Rome (2000)
Degree (promotion), magna cum laude, in Sanskrit Language and Literature - University of Milan
Throughout her career, her work has followed two different, albeit parallel, trends: First, the women¹s position in India (both in past and the present) from the perspective of law, religion, literature, and sociology. Second, the study of Indian classical texts (epic, poetry, law, drama, innology, etc.), in order to reach a holistic vision of Indian civilisation. She has translated many Sanskrit texts, several of which had not yet been translated into any Western language, and she has taken part in many international conferences and congresses. Since 1991, Dr Rossella has served as Department Assistant in the Oriental Studies Department of the University Milano, Italy.From the academic year 2001-2002 she serves also as Department Assistant in the Department of Philosophical, Linguistic, and Literary-Linguistic Sciences of the University of Perugia (Italy), and she also works as Master organizer and tutor at IULM, the Free University of Languages and Communications of Milano.
Publications include:
- Poetry and Poetic Devotionalism in the Indian and Western Traditions - ODC-LIBRI, Parma 2005.
- Nature in Literature and Ritual - Publications of Charles University, Prague 2006.
- On the Origins of Kāvya: A Never-Ending Story? - Publications of Charles University, Prague, 2011.
Nilima Chitgopekar
Hilary Term 2004
PhD in History of Religions "Development of Shivaism in Madhya Pradesh c. AD 550-1200" - University of Delhi (1992)
MA in Ancient Indian History - University of Delhi (1982)
BA in History - University of Delhi (1979)
- Rudra: The Idea of Shiva - Penguin Publications 2007
- The book of Durga - Penguin Books India 2003
- Invoking Goddesses: Gender Politics in Indian Religion - Shakti Books 2002
Professor M. Narasimhachary
Michaelmas term 2003
PhD in Sanskrit - University of Madras
Founder Professor & Head (Retired), Department of Vaishnavism, University of Madras, India. His specialist subjects include the Pre-Ramanuja Religion and Philosophy, Pancharatra Agama Literature, Telugu and Sanskrit Literature and popularisation of Sanskrit as a spoken tongue. He has published a number of articles and monographs in academic journals on topics such as the Samskrita Svapnah, Bhakti & Prapatti in Srivaishnava Philosophy and the Pancaratra-kantakoddhara.
Publications include:
- The Contribution of Yaamuna to Visistadvaita - Jayalakshmi Publications, Hyderabad
- Critical Edition and Study of Yaamuna's Aagamapraamaanya - Gaekwad's Oriental Series, Baroda
- English translation of Sri Vedanta Desika's Padukasahasram and all of his 32 Stotras.
Prof. Narasimhachary received the Certificate of Honour for Proficiency in Sanskrit from the President of India for the year 2004 and was the director of Academic Affairs at the OCHS from 2000-2001
Dr Godavarisha Mishra
Michaelmas Term 2003
Ph.D. in Sanskrit - University of Madras (1982)
MPhil in Sanskrit – University of Madras (1982)
MA in Sanskrit – Utkal University (1979)
MA in Philosophy – Sri Venkateswara University (1990)
- Anubhutiprakasa of Vidyaranya and Advaitamakaranda of Laksmidhara.
Professor S. Ramaratnam
Trinity Term 2003
Ph.D. in Sanskrit - University of Madras (1979)
MA in Sanskrit – University of Madras (1968)
He is Principal of the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College in Chennai (Madras), India. His wide range of publications and research interests include Sanskrit grammar and poetry, and the practice and theory of Hindu domestic ritual
Professor M. Narasimhachary
Trinity Term 2002
PhD in Sanskrit - University of Madras
Founder Professor & Head (Retired), Department of Vaishnavism, University of Madras, India. His specialist subjects include the Pre-Ramanuja Religion and Philosophy, Pancharatra Agama Literature, Telugu and Sanskrit Literature and popularisation of Sanskrit as a spoken tongue. He has published a number of articles and monographs in academic journals on topics such as the Samskrita Svapnah, Bhakti & Prapatti in Srivaishnava Philosophy and the Pancaratra-kantakoddhara.
Publications include:
- The Contribution of Yaamuna to Visistadvaita - Jayalakshmi Publications, Hyderabad
- Critical Edition and Study of Yaamuna's Aagamapraamaanya - Gaekwad's Oriental Series, Baroda
- English translation of Sri Vedanta Desika's Padukasahasram and all of his 32 Stotras.
Prof. Narasimhachary received the Certificate of Honour for Proficiency in Sanskrit from the President of India for the year 2004 and was the director of Academic Affairs at the OCHS from 2000-2001
Tamal Krsna Goswami Fellows
Prof Charles S. J. White
Michaelmas Term 2002
Ph.D in Hinduism and the History of Religions - University of Chicago
MA in Hinduism and the History of Religions - University of Chicago
M.A. degree in Estudios Hispano-americanos y Creacion Literaria - La Universidad de las Americas
- Translations and commentaries on Hindi literature eg. The Caurasi Pad of Sri Hit Harivams and The Remaining Hindi Works of Sri Hit Harivams.
- Numerous articles on the history of religions and more especially, the medieval and modern saints of Hinduism and the history of Hindu holy men and women. articles,
- Books on the Sai Baba Movement, Swami Muktananda, and Jnanananda Saraswati: Mother Guru of Chennai, India.
- Books on American followers of Ramakrishna Paramahansa.
Dr Vidhaya Sayinath
2003
Dr.Vidya Sayinath of the University of Madras acquired her degree of Doctorate in the System of Vedanta of Indian Philosophy. Her thesis refers to the epistemological aspect as elucidated by Sankara and Ramanuja. Her work highlights the significance of knowledge as expounded by the two philosophers, which served as the substratum for their Ontological structure. Presently she is engaged in the study of Ramanuja's Philosophy. This study examines the Concept of Devotion as the cementing factor of the various aspects of his System. Dr Sayinath writes articles on religion for various publications, including several articles for the Encyclopedia of Hinduism.
Vasudha Narayanan
Michaelmas Term 2004
Professor Narayanan is a Professor of Religion at the University of Florida and a past President of the American Academy of Religion (2001-2002). She was educated at the Universities of Madras and Bombay in India, and at Harvard University. Her fields of interest are the Sri Vaishnava tradition; Hindu traditions in India, Cambodia, America; Hinduism and the environment; and gender issues. She is the author and editor of six books and over ninety articles, chapters, and encyclopedia entries. Her research has been supported by grants and fellowships from several organizations including the National Endowment for the Humanities the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the Smithsonian, the American Institute for Indian Studies, and the Social Science Research Council. She was the president of the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.
Publications Include:
- Understanding Hinduism: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Places - Duncun Baird Publishers 2004
- Hinduism - The Rosen Publishing Group 2010
- The Vernacular Veda: Revelation, Recital and Ritual (Studies in Comparative Religion)
Professor Graham M. Schweig
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- Dance of Divine Love: India's Classic Sacred Love Story: The Rasa Lila of Krishna - Princeton (2005).
- Bhagavad Gita: The Lord's Secret Love Song - Harper Collins, New York (2007)
Visiting Fellows
Dr Claire Galien
Hilary Term 2015
Claire is studying 18th-century Orientalism.
Lubomir Ondracka
Michaelmas term 2014
Lubomir has an MA in Indology from Charles University. He is studying Hinduism, yoga, tantrism, and the religions of Bengal.
Dr Parimal Patil
Trinity term 2012
PhD in Philosophy of Religions - University of Chicago
MA in Sanskrit and Indian Studies – Harvard University
BA in Philosophy and Biochemistry - University of Pennsylvania
- Against a Hindu God: Buddhist Philosophy of Hindu Religion in India – Columbia University Press (2010)
- Buddhist Philosophy of Language in India – Columbia University Press 2009
Dr Andrea Acri
Trinity term 2012
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Professor Deepak Sarma
Michaelmas Term 2003
PhD in Philosophy of Religons - University of Chicago (1998)
MA in Religious Studies - University of Chicago(1993)
BA in Religious Studies - Reed College (1991)
- An Introduction to Madhva Vedanta - Ashgate Pub. Ltd, 2003
- Epistemologies and the Limitations of Philosophical Inquiry: Doctrine in Madhva Vedanta - Curzon-Routledge, 2004.
Clelia Bartoli
June-September 2002
Italy
PhD in Human Rights - University of Palermo (2006)
Degree in hermeneutics, comparitive philosophy and ethics - The University of Florence (1998).
- C. Bartoli, Razzisti per legge. L’Italia che discrimina, Laterza, Bari Roma 2012
- C. Bartoli, La teoria della subalternità e il caso dei dalitin India, Cosenza, Rubbettino 2008
Federico Squarcini
June - September 2002
Ph.D in the Historical and Sociological Study of Religion - Bologna University
Laurea and Magna Laude in History of Religions - University of Florence
- F. Squarcini, C. Bartoli, 'Il Monoteismo Hindu. La Storia, i Testi, le Scuole', Pacini, Pisa 1997;
- E. Fizzotti, F. Squarcini (eds.), 'L'Oriente che non tra-monta. Movimenti religiosi di origine orientale' in Italia, LAS, Roma 1999
- F. Squarcini (ed.), 'Verso l'India, Oltre l'India. Scritti e ricerche sulle tradizioni intellettuali sudasiatiche', Mimesis, Milano 2002.
Professor M. Narasimhachary
Michaelmas Term 2001
PhD in Sanskrit - University of Madras
Founder Professor & Head (Retired), Department of Vaishnavism, University of Madras, India. His specialist subjects include the Pre-Ramanuja Religion and Philosophy, Pancharatra Agama Literature,Telugu and Sanskrit Literature and popularisation of Sanskrit as a spoken tongue. He has published a number of articles and monographs in academic journals on topics such as the Samskrita Svapnah, Bhakti & Prapatti in Srivaishnava Philosophy and the Pancaratra-kantakoddhara.
Publications include:
- The Contribution of Yaamuna to Visistadvaita - Jayalakshmi Publications, Hyderabad
- Critical Edition and Study of Yaamuna's Aagamapraamaanya - Gaekwad's Oriental Series, Baroda
- English translation of Sri Vedanta Desika's Padukasahasram and all of his 32 Stotras.
Prof. Narasimhachary received the Certificate of Honour for Proficiency in Sanskrit from the President of India for the year 2004 and was the director of Academic Affairs at the OCHS from 2000-2001
Dr Guy L. Beck
Michaelmas Term 2001
PhD in Religion, South Asia- Syracuse University
MA in Fine Arts, Musicology – Syracuse University
MA in both Religious Studies – University of South Florida
BA in Social Studies – University of Denver (
- Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound' and has published numerous articles and book chapters on aspects of Indian religion and music.
Professor M. Narasimhachary
Michaelmas Term 2001
PhD in Sanskrit - University of Madras
Founder Professor & Head (Retired), Department of Vaishnavism, University of Madras, India. His specialist subjects include the Pre-Ramanuja Religion and Philosophy, Pancharatra Agama Literature, Telugu and Sanskrit Literature and popularisation of Sanskrit as a spoken tongue. He has published a number of articles and monographs in academic journals on topics such as the Samskrita Svapnah, Bhakti & Prapatti in Srivaishnava Philosophy and the Pancaratra-kantakoddhara.
Publications include:
- The Contribution of Yaamuna to Visistadvaita - Jayalakshmi Publications, Hyderabad
- Critical Edition and Study of Yaamuna's Aagamapraamaanya - Gaekwad's Oriental Series, Baroda
- English translation of Sri Vedanta Desika's Padukasahasram and all of his 32 Stotras.
Prof. Narasimhachary received the Certificate of Honour for Proficiency in Sanskrit from the President of India for the year 2004 and was the director of Academic Affairs at the OCHS from 2000-2001
Dr Kathleen O'Connell
Trinity Term 2000
Ph.D. in modern Bengali culture - University of Toronto
M.A. in comparative literature - Jadavpur University, India
- Translations of short stories by Satyajit Ray, Bravo! Professor Shonku - Rupa (1985)
- History of Rabindranath Tagore's educational project at Santiniketan, Rabindranath Tagore: The Poet as educator - Visva-Bharati (2002).