Lavanya Vemsani
| Lavanya Vemsani | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hyderabad, India |
| 💼 Occupation | Distinguished Professor of History, Shawnee State University |
Lavanya Vemsani is a scholar specializing in History and Religious Studies. She is a professor in the department of Social Sciences at Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio.[1] She has published works on ancient Indian history and religions as well as the contemporary history of India. She was a signatory for the petition in the California textbook controversy over Hindu history case.[2]
Biography[edit]
Lavanya Vemsani was born in Hyderabad, India. She completed her B.A. in History, Politics, and Ancient Indian History, Culture, and Archeology, from Osmania University in 1988. She received her Masters of Arts degree in Ancient Indian History, Culture, and Archeology, also from Osmania University in 1990. In 1992, she earned her M.Phil in History from the University of Hyderabad and her PhD in History in 1999 from the same university. She received her second Ph.D. in Religious Studies from McMaster University, Canada in 2004.
In April 2018, Professor Vemsani became the first Indian[3] to be elected as Vice President and President-Elect of the Ohio Academy of History.[4][5][6] She is also a member of the Association for Asian Studies[7] and the American Historical Association (AHA).[8]
She is the author of Hindu and Jain Mythology of Balarama and a number of articles on early History and Religions of India. Her second book Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Lord of Many Names is an encyclopedic study on Krishna.[9] She is currently working on two book projects, India: A New History and Ancient Settlement Patterns of South India.
Vemsani is the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Indic Studies.[10] She is also the editor of the International Journal of Dharma and Hindu Studies, and associate editor of the Journal of South Asian Religious History.
She was awarded the Board of Trustees Distinguished Teaching Award at Shawnee State University, Ohio.
Publications[edit]
- Hindu and Jain Mythology of Balarāma: Change and Continuity in an Early Indian Cult, Edwin Mellen Press, 2006. ISBN 9780773457232 Search this book on
.[11] - Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Lord of Many Names, ABC-CLIO, 2016. ISBN 9781610692113 Search this book on .[12]
- Modern Hinduism in Text and Context (edited collection), Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. ISBN 9781350045095 Search this book on .[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Lavanya Vemsani | Shawnee State University". www.shawnee.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ "Full text of "California-text-History-2016-03-05"". archive.org. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ "A cut above!". Deccan Chronicle. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ Kulkarni, Bhargavi. "Lavanya Vemsani appointed Vice President of Ohio Academy of History". IndiaAbroad.com. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ Reporter, India-West Staff. "Lavanya Vemsani Unanimously Elected VP, President-Elect of Ohio Academy of History". India West. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ Submitted. "Shawnee State Professor Lavanya Vemsani elected as Vice President and President Elect of Ohio Academy of History". The Jackson County Times-Journal. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ "AAS Member Spotlight: Lavanya Vemsani". www.asian-studies.org. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ "AHA Member Spotlight: Lavanya Vemsani". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ "Lavanya Vemsani". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ Vemsani, Lavanya (2018-06-11). "Note from the Editor". American Journal of Indic Studies. 1 (1): iii. doi:10.12794/journals.ind.vol1iss1ppiii. ISSN 2573-1939.
- ↑ Review of Hindu and Jain Mythology of Balarama: John E. Cort, Religion Studies Review, doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2008.00251_3.x
- ↑ Review of Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture: Ray Arnett, Library Journal, [1]
- ↑ Reviews of Modern Hinduism in Text and Context: Knut A. Jacobsen, Journal of Contemporary Religion, doi:10.1080/13537903.2020.1769321; Jeffery D. Long, Reading Religion, [2]
External links[edit]
- Prof Vemsani's faculty page at Shawnee State University
- Vemsani delivers keynote addresses at International seminars in India
- Lavanya Vemsani Unanimously Elected VP, President-Elect of Ohio Academy of History
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