Lavanya Vemsani

Lavanya Vemsani, is a scholar and professor of History specializing in Indian History and Religions, in the department of Social Sciences at Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio.[1] She researches and publishes on subjects of ancient Indian history and religions as well as current history of India. She was a signatory for the petition in the California textbook controversy over Hindu history case.[2]

Lavanya Vemsani
Born
Hyderabad, India
OccupationDistinguished Professor of History, Shawnee State University
Academic background
EducationPhD, Religious Studies, McMaster University, 2004, PhD in History from University of Hyderabad, 1999.
Academic work
DisciplineHistory, Indology, Religious Studies

Biography

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, 1990. In 1992, she earned her M.Phil in History from 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 Ohio Academy of History. [4][5][6] She is also a member of Association for Asian Studies [7] and Americal 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[9]. Her second book Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Lord of Many Names is an encyclopedic study on Krishna. She is currently working on two book projects, India: A New History and Ancient Settlement Patterns of South India.

She is the editor-in-chief of American Journal of Indic Studies (AJIS). [10] She is the editor of International Journal of Dharma and Hindu Studies, and associate editor of Journal of South Asian Religious History.

She was awarded the Board of Trustees Distinguished Teaching Award at Shawnee State University, Ohio.

Publications
  • Modern Hinduism in Text and Context, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. ISBN 9781350045095[11]
  • Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Lord of Many Names, ABC-CLIO, 2016. ISBN 9781610692113
  • Hindu and Jain Mythology of Balarāma: Change and Continuity in an Early Indian Cult, Edwin Mellen Press, 2006. ISBN 9780773457232
  • Narasimha, Lord of Transitions, Transformations, and Theater Festivals: God and Evil in Hindu Cosmology, Myth, and Practice, Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies [12]
  • Alternative Idea of India: Tagore and Vivekananda. By Gangeya Mukherji. London, New York, Delhi: Routledge, 2011." Journal of Hindu Studies 2015;01-2.[13]
  • "Sita: Feminine as Nature in the story of Ramayana", Journal of Vaishnava Studies, Fall 2011: 29-47
  • "Worms and the Body in India (Examination of Inscriptions and Hindu literary Traditions)," Ed. Brenda Gardenour, The Wormy Corpus: Worms, Parasites and the Body in Religion and Culture, East and West, PeterLang, 2011: 17-41.[14]
  • "Narasimha, the Supreme Deity of Andhra Pradesh: Tradition and Innovation in Hinduism - An Examination of Local mythology, Folk Stories and Popular Culture." Journal of Contemporary Religion Vol.24. No. 1, January, 2009: 35-52.[15]

References
  1. "Lavanya Vemsani | Shawnee State University". www.shawnee.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  2. "Full text of "California-text-History-2016-03-05"". archive.org. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  3. "A cut above!". Deccan Chronicle. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  4. Kulkarni, Bhargavi. "Lavanya Vemsani appointed Vice President of Ohio Academy of History". IndiaAbroad.com. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  5. Reporter, India-West Staff. "Lavanya Vemsani Unanimously Elected VP, President-Elect of Ohio Academy of History". India West. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  6. 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.
  7. "AAS Member Spotlight: Lavanya Vemsani". www.asian-studies.org. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  8. "AHA Member Spotlight: Lavanya Vemsani | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  9. History, Lavanya VemsaniShawnee State University · Department of Social Sciences 4 19 · Ph D. Religious Studies; Ph D. "Lavanya Vemsani | Ph.D. Religious Studies (McMaster Univ.); Ph.D. History (Univ. of Hyderabad) | Shawnee State University | Department of Social Sciences". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  10. 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.
  11. Bloomsbury.com. "Modern Hinduism in Text and Context". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  12. Vemsani, Lavanya (2016-01-01). "Narasimha, Lord of Transitions, Transformations, and Theater Festivals: God and Evil in Hindu Cosmology, Myth, and Practice". Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies. 29 (1). doi:10.7825/2164-6279.1628. ISSN 2164-6279.
  13. Vemsani, Lavanya (2015-03-21). "An Alternative Idea of India: Tagore and Vivekananda. By Gangeya Mukherji". The Journal of Hindu Studies. 8 (1): 153–154. doi:10.1093/jhs/hiv007. ISSN 1756-4255.
  14. "Worms and the Corporal Body in India: An Examination of Hindu Literary Traditions Levanya Vemsani 17", Parasites, Worms, and the Human Body in Religion and Culture, Peter Lang, 2012, doi:10.3726/978-1-4539-0263-9/4, ISBN 9781433115479
  15. Vemsani, Lavanya (January 2009). "Narasiṃha, the Supreme Deity of Andhra Pradesh: Tradition and Innovation in Hinduism—An Examination of the Temple Myths, Folk Stories, and Popular Culture". Journal of Contemporary Religion. 24 (1): 35–52. doi:10.1080/13537900802630489. ISSN 1353-7903.
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