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MARIAL CENTER COLLOQUIUM (Professor of Early Indian Religions, Winship Distinguished Research Professor in the Humanities and Chair, Department of Religion, Emory University) Wednesday, April 27, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Dr. Laurie L. Patton earned her B.A. from Harvard University and her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. For several years during the last two decades she has made her Indian home in Pune, Maharashtra. Her scholarly interests are in the interpretation of early Indian ritual and narrative, comparative mythology, literary theory in the study of religion, and women and Hinduism in contemporary India.
In addition to many articles in these fields, she is the author or editor of seven books: Authority, Anxiety, and Canon: Essays in Vedic Interpretation (ed.,1994); Myth as Argument: The Brhaddevata as Canonical Commentary (author, 1996); Myth and Method (ed., with Wendy Doniger,1996); Jewels of Authority: Women and Text in the Hindu Tradition (ed., 2002); Bringing the Gods to Mind: Mantra and Poetry in Early Indian Sacrifice (author, 2004) and The Aryan Controversy: History, Evidence and Inference (ed., with Edwin Bryant, 2005). Her book of poetry, Fire’s Goal: Poems from a Hindu Year, was published by White Clouds Press in 2003, and her translation of the Bhagavad Gita is forthcoming from Penguin Press Classics Series.
She has recently returned from India where she worked as a Fulbright scholar, completing research for her forthcoming book, Grandmother Language: Women and Sanskrit in Maharashtra and Beyond.
DIRECTIONS TO THE MARIAL CENTER The MARIAL Center is located on the 4th floor of the main building of Emory's Briarcliff Campus, 1256 Briarcliff Road. There is ample parking close to the building. Alternatively, you may take the Emory shuttle (Route A). The Emory shuttle (Route A) provides transportation from the main campus to the MARIAL Center every 20 minutes (a 5-10 minute ride). For the shortest travel time, board the shuttle in front of the B. Jones Center or at the corner of Dowman and Fishburne (across from Glenn Memorial) at approximately 4, 24, and 44 minutes after each hour. A complete schedule and the route map are available on the web at http://www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/route-a.htm Please tell the receptionist at the front window
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