Arti Dhand is associate professor in the Department for the Study of Religion. Her areas of interest include the Mahabharata and the Ramayana Hindu epics, Hindu ethics, gender issues in Hinduism, and religion and sexuality. She is the author of Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage: Sexual Ideology in the Mahabharata (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 has a B.A. and M.A. from U. Calgary, and a Ph. D. from McGill University.
Academic Areas of Interest
- The Mahabharata and the Ramayana (Hindu epics)
- Hindu ethics
- Gender issues in Hinduism
- Religion and sexuality
Contact Information
Victoria College, Northrup Frye, Rm. 237
Tel.: 416-585-4462
Fax: 416-585-4584
Email: arti.dhand@utoronto.ca
Selected Publications
2008. Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage: Sexual Ideology in the Mahabharata
2007. “Engendering Brahmanirvanam in the Mahabharata: A Conversation between Suka and Sulabha”
2005 “Hinduism and Pedagogy: Teaching Hinduism to Hindus in the Canadian Diaspora”. Forthcoming in Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. 72/2. 22pp.
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.
1997. “Post-colonial Critique of Indology, and its Implications for the Study of Hindu Women”
1995. “Karpu: The Ideal of Feminine Chastity in the Cilappatikaram”