Dr. Supriya Gandhi

Biography

Supriya Gandhi is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University, where she also serves as the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies for Islamic Studies. Her research examines the histories of Islam and Hinduism in South Asia, focuses on religious and cultural history during the Mughal Empire, and explores themes such as Islamic mysticism, translation of Indic texts into Persian, modern Hindu thought, and Indian secularism. Her work has been supported by grants from prestigious organizations like Fulbright and the ACLS/Mellon Foundations. She is the author of 'Emperor Dara Shukoh: Mughal India' (Cambridge: Belknap Press Harvard University Press, 2020), and her current project investigates the discourses of universal religion during both the Mughal period and British colonial rule.

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