Dr Seema K. Chauhan Lecture
Dr Seema K. Chauhan
Dr Seema K. Chauhan (Trinity College Dublin) will speak on:
“Through the Looking Glass of Hindu Philosophy."
When: Thursday, November 9th at 3 PM
Where: Via Zoom
This Lecture is part of Dublin City University’s Theology, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Research Seminars.
Indian Philosophy Painting
Biography
Seema K. Chauhan is the Assistant Professor of Asian Religions in the School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies. She holds an MPhil in Classical Indian Religions from the University of Oxford (2015) and a PhD in South Asian Religions from the University of Chicago Divinity School (2021). Prior to her arrival at Trinity College Dublin in 2023, Seema held the Asoke Kumar Sarkar Early Career Fellowship in Classical Indology at the University of Oxford Balliol College (2021-2022). She specialises in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism in South Asia, and has broader interests in Comparative Literature and Premodern History.
Currently, Professor Chauhan is establishing a new area of expertise in Asian Religions in the School of Religion. She offers unique undergraduate courses that cover multiple religions, time periods and methodological approaches in the study of South Asian religions. This year, her courses include "REU12772 Introduction to Hinduism and Buddhism", "REU22703 Religion Through Bollywood", "REU33732 Hindu Mythology" and "REU44742 Ancient Indian Religions". Moreover, she supervises capstone projects and postgraduate research in Asian religions, philosophy and literature and welcomes further enquiries into such topics of research.