Professor; Associate Chair, Undergraduate
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 313, 170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5R 2M8
416-978-3189
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- South Asian Religions
Areas of Interest
- Sanskrit and Tamil intellectual formations in South India from pre-colonial times to modernity
- Śrīvaiṣṇavism
- Tamil Śaiva Siddhānta
- Religion, Colonialism and Sainthood
- Modern Tamil and Dalit Literature
- Bhakti and Hagiography
Biography
Professor Srilata Raman completed her BA in New Delhi, India, her MPhil at Oxford University, and PhD in Tübingen, Germany. She is the author of Self-Surrender (Prapatti) to God in Srīvaiṣṇavism: Tamil Cats and Sanskrit Monkeys (2007), The Transformation of Tamil Religion: Ramalinga Swamigal and Modern Dravidian Sainthood (2022) and the co-editor of Words and Deeds: Hindu and Buddhist Rituals in South Asia (2005) and Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (2020).
Education
PhD, University of Tübingen
MPhil, Oxford University
BA, University of Delhi
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