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Aalekhya Malladi

Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor of South Asian Religions

Aalekhya Malladi
Contact Information
Address: 

Ferrier Building, Room 478
840 rue du Dr. Penfield
Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0G2, Canada

Phone: 
514-398-1881
Degree(s): 

Ph.D. (2022) Emory University
M.A. (2016) Columbia University
B.A. (2014) Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Specialization: 

South Asian religions, Hindu traditions, gender, sexuality, devotion, asceticism, Telugu literature, ethnography and religion

Biography: 

Aalekhya Malladi received her doctorate degree from the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University in 2022. Her research project focused on Telugu poet and ascetic Vengamamba (1735-1817) investigates the texts and the life histories of this polymath, and conceives of a distinct female perspective on devotion and detachment. This project also examines her hagiographies and the rituals performed at her shrine, which illuminate the way that her at-times transgressive compositions and life histories have been tamed and curtailed by a hagiographical tradition that shapes her life into that of an ideal "female devotee".

Aalekhya's research interests include the intersections of bhakti yoga and gender, and Telugu literature. She is fluent in spoken Telugu, Hindi, and French, and has training in reading classical Telugu and Sanskrit.

Courses: 

  • RELG 271. Religion and Sexuality.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Exploration of intersections between religion, gender and sexuality in diverse cultural, historical and contemporary contexts.
    • Winter

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  • RELG 372. Hindu Goddesses.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    The mythology, theology, soteriology, history, ritual, and texts of the goddess-centred (Sakta) branches of Hinduism.
    • Summer - Section 001 (04-JUN-2009/07-JUL-2009)

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  • RELG 455. Religion and the Performing Arts in South India.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    This course focuses on the place of religion in historical representations and performance practices of "classical" South Indian performing arts such as Bharatanatyam dance and Karnatak music. In particular, it lays emphasis on politics of the twentieth-century reinvention of these arts by elites in the Tamil and Telugu-speaking regions.
    • Fall
    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken RELG 363

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