Assistant Professor
Room 330, 170 St George Street, Toronto ON M5R 2M8
Fields of Study
- Philosophy of Religion
- South Asian Religions
Areas of Interest
- Philosophy of language in South Asia (Vyākaraṇa, Mīmāṃsā, Nyāya, Alaṅkāraśāstra)
- Epistemology and logic (Nyāya)
- Aesthetics and Poetics (Alaṅkāraśāstra)
- Poetics and theology in medieval Bhakti
- Textual criticism and textual bibliography
- Hermeneutics and translation theories
- History of philosophy in pre-modern South Asia
Biography
A Sanskrit scholar, Alessandro Graheli has taught and published on diverse themes of South-Asian philosophies and religions. His research has mainly hinged on the works of two influential authors, the Kashmirian logician Bhaṭṭa Jayanta (9th–10th c. CE) and the Bengali theologian Rūpa Gosvāmin (15th-16th c. CE).
Education
PhD, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Turin, Italy
BA & MA (Laurea), Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy