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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 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • RELG 372 Hindu Goddesses 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • RELG 455 Relg&the Perf Arts in S India 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

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