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John Stratton Hawley, "A Storm of Songs: India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement" (Harvard UP, 2015)
An interview with John Stratton Hawley
The World Sanskrit Conference: A Discussion with McComas Taylor
McComas Taylor discusses the upcoming 18thWorld Sanskrit Conference January 9-13, 2023. The conference is held online. All are welcome to registerhere. Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative texts. He teaches at the Oxford Centre for Hindu St
The Past and Future of the Dharma Academy of North America
An interview with Rita D. Sherma
Mrinal Pande, "Popular Hinduism, Stories and Mobile Performances: The Voice of Morari Bapu in Multiple Media" (Routledge, 2022)
An interview with Mrinal Pande
Stuart Earle Strange, "Suspect Others: Spirit Mediums, Self-Knowledge, and Race in Multiethnic Suriname" (U Toronto Press, 2021)
An interview with Stuart Earle Strange
Maria Heim, "Words for the Heart: A Treasury of Emotions from Classical India" (Princeton UP, 2022)
An interview with Maria Heim
Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, "Human Being, Bodily Being: Phenomenology from Classical India" (Oxford UP, 2021)
An interview with Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
The Future of Religious Studies: A Conversation with Russell McCutcheon
Russell McCutcheonshares his views on the academic study of religion, and the path ahead for religion graduates and the field itself. McCutcheon is a professor of religious studies at the University of Alabama and acontributor to theReligious Studies P
Travis Zadeh, "Wonders and Rarities: The Marvelous Book That Traveled the World and Mapped the Cosmos" (Harvard UP, 2023)
An interview with Travis Zadeh
Sushmita Nath, "The Secular Imaginary: Gandhi, Nehru and the Idea(s) of India" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
An interview with Sushmita Nath