Theodore Proferes

Programmes Convened

• BA World Philosophies

Courses Taught

• Dissertation in Indian Religions
• Dissertation in the traditions of Yoga and Meditation
• Introduction to Logic, Critical Reasoning and Argumentation
• Philosophies of the Vedic Traditions: Mimamsa, Vedanta and Vyakarana
• Sanskrit Texts on Yoga
• Sanskrit Texts on Yoga (PG)
• Textual Sources of Classical Hinduism
• The Origins and Development of Yoga in Ancient India
• Vedic Sanskrit
• Yoga and Meditation: Perspectives, Context and Methodologies

PhD Students supervised

• Graham Burns, Neti neti - the Search for the Ultimate Principle in the Vedic Upanisads
• Karen O'Brien-Kop, The Pātañjalayogaśāstra: An Intertextual Study (working title)
• Sayam Patthranuprawat, SUB-STORIES IN THE MAHĀBHĀRATA: SIGNIFICANCE AND NARRATIVE FUNCTIONS

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Regional Expertise

• South Asia

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Languages

Authored Books

Proferes, Theodore (2007) Vedic Ideals of Sovereignty and the Poetics of Power. New Haven: American Oriental Society.

Articles

Proferes, Theodore N. (2014) 'The Relative Chronology of the nivids and the praises and the Standardisation of Vedic Ritual'. Indo-Iranian Journal, (57) 3, pp 199-221.

Proferes, Theodore N. (2013) 'Dialogue with a Devious Divinity: Sovereignty, Kinship and Krishna's Ethics in the Mahabharata.'. Culture and Dialogue, (3) 1, pp 23-47.

Proferes, Theodore (2003) 'Kuru kings, Tura Kavaseya and the -tvaya Gerund'. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, (66) 2, pp 210-219.

Proferes, Theodore (2003) 'Poetics and Pragmatics in the Vedic Liturgy for the Installation of the Sacrificial Post'. Journal of the American Oriental Society, (123) 2, pp 317-50.

Proferes, Theodore (2003) 'Remarks on the Transition from Rgvedic Composition to Srauta Compilation'. Indo-Iranian Journal, (46) 1, pp 1-21.

Book Chapters

Proferes, Ted (2016) 'The Mīmāṃsā Influence on the Formation of the Bhagavad Gītā'. In: Gunsel, D. and Katz J. T., J. T. and Vine, B. and Weiss, M., (eds.), Sahasram Ati Srajas: Indo-Iranian and Indo-European Studies in Honor of Stephanie W. Jamison. Ann Arbor; New York: Beech Stave Press.

Proferes, Theodore N. (2012) 'The Vedic Period'. In: Malinar, Angelika and Jacobsen, Knut, (eds.), Encyclopedia of Hinduism, volume IV. Leiden: Brill.

Proferes, Theodore N. (2011) 'Vedas and Brahmanas'. In: Malinar, Angelika and Jacobsen, Knut, (eds.), Encyclopedia of Hinduism, volume II. Leiden: Brill.

Proferes, Theodore (2000) 'The Marginalized Butcher: Observations on the Ritual Poetics of the Vanaspati Stanzas'. In: T, eds, (ed.), SOAS Working Papers in the Study of Religions 2000. London: SOAS, pp 41-67.

Book Reviews

Proferes, Theodore (2003) 'Review of "Aryans Revisited" by Ramendra Nath Nandi'. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, (66) 2, pp 271-273.

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