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Dr.
Roxanne Poormon Gupta |
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address |
Please email me at: roxanneg@alb.edu
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degrees |
Ph.D. Humanities Doctoral Program, Syracuse University,
1993 M. Phil.:
Humanities Doctoral Program, Syracuse University 1991 M.A.: Religious Studies, Syracuse University, 1984 B.A.: South Asia & Comparative Religion, Syracuse
University, 1974 |
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current and recent employment |
Asst. Prof Religious Studies, Albright College, Reading,
Pennsylvania Program Director, New York State Independent College
Consortium For Study in India, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, N.Y. (1998-1999)
(1994-95) Visiting Assistant Professor Religious Studies, College of
Wooster, Wooster, Ohio (1997-98) Instructor, Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, Monroe
Community College (1993-96) Part-time Instructor, Dept. of Anthropology, Syracuse
University (1991-1993) Outreach Coordinator, South Asia Center, Syracuse
University (1985-1992) |
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publications |
A Yoga
of Indian Classical Dance: The Yogini’s Mirror Inner
Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont (3/ 2000). "Kuchipudi Then, Kuchipudi Now: A Rejoinder," in "Gati Bhedam," Sruti
(India’s Premier Journal of Classical Music and Dance), Issue 156, pp. 35-37. Madras,
India (10/1997). “Aghora,” “Aghori,” “Aughar,” and “Agehananda Bharati,”
entries in The Encyclopedia of
Hinduism, forthcoming, University
of South Carolina Press. “Kina Ram: Aghori
Saint of Benares,” in Lorenzen,
Editor, Bhakti Religion in North India:
Community Identity and Political Action,
Religion Series ( Albany: SUNY Press, 1994). “Apa Pant, Man of
the World,” in Intertwine, Syracuse
University (Spring 1987). "Things that Go Boom in the Night," in The Women's Encampment for a Future of
Peace and Justice: Images and Writings
(Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987). |
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selected seminar & conference papers |
“Embracing ‘Orientalism’: Indian Classical Dance in the
Postmodern Age” Conference on Religion in South India, Ottawa, Canada (6/2000) Sri Sarveshwari Samooh:
Sakti in the Service of the Middle Class,” National Conference of “Aughars, Aghoris,
Tantrics and Sannyasis: The Politics of Heterodoxy among the Kina Rami,” National Conference of the American Academy
of Religion, (November 1994) “Aughars and Kings
in the Age of Cultural Contact,” Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin
(11/1991). “Bhagwan Ram:
Politics and Religion in a Sant Sampradaya of North India,” Conference on The Secular Becomes the Sacred, Colgate University,
Hamilton, New York (4/1991). “Are the Aghoris
Tantric?” Second Conference of the Society for Tantric Studies, |
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recent presentations |
A Four Part Lecture Series on Art and Spirituality (based
on the South Asian Collection), Memorial Art Gallery of the University of
Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.
(10-11/1996). "Stalking the Wild Aghori: Images, Reflections and Insights on a Radical Saivite Sect of
North India," Cornell University
South Asian Seminar Series (10/1995). "Tantric Themes in Art and Dance: An Indian Classical Dancer Responds to the
South Asian Collection,"
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y. (3/1994). |
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professional memberships |
American Academy of Religion Society for Tantric Studies American Association of University Professors |
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languages fellowships & awards |
Hindi (spoken and written), Telugu (spoken) Visiting Fellow (1996-97) Cornell University South Asia
Program National Hindi Fellowship (9/1992-5/1993) Syracuse University Graduate Fellowship (6-8/1991) American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Fellowship
(7/1989-9/1990) University of Wisconsin Junior Year in India Program (1972) NDFL (Telugu) Language Scholarship, University of Chicago
(6-8/1972) |
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video projects |
(A series of videos on religion in South Asia filmed on
site for classroom use:) “Adyar: The World Headquarters of the Theosophical
Society” (1 hr.) “Aghoris I have
Known” (60 min.) video segments filmed in North India (1989-1995) “A Visit to the
Kuchipudi Arts Academy, Madras” (20 min.) “Bauls of Bengal,”
(30 min.) filmed in Banaras (11/1991). “Goddess Worship
in North and South India,” (20 min.) video segments filmed in North India (1989-1991). “Kathmandu! A
Video Tour” (2 hrs.) “Patua Scroll
Painters of Bengal” (20 min.) “Prana Pratistha
at Devipuram,” (2 hours) ceremonies at a Sri Vidya Temple, filmed in
Devipuram, Andhra Pradesh, (7/1990). “Shakti Peethas:
Hot Spots of the Goddess” (90 min.,
narrated by Roxanne Gupta, filmed in Andhra, Assam, Bengal, and Orissa
(7/1989–8/1990). “Surya Namaskar” (90 min., ) narrated by Roxanne Gupta, filmed in Maharasthra (8/1989). |
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Indian Classical Dance Scholarship, Training, and
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dance training in India |
Kuchipudi: with
Vempati Chinnasatyam and/or A.B. Bala, Kuchipudi Kalakshetra, Vishakapatnam, A.P. (6-8/1987; 6-8/1988;
8-10/1989; 1/1990; 1994;
2-7/1997; 7-8/98) Kuchipudi Arts Academy, Madras and Kuchipudi Village,
Andhra Pradesh (6-8/1986). Kuchipudi and Bharata Natyam: with K. Sudarshan, Secunderabad, A. P. (8-12/1981) Andhra Natyam:
with Natraj Ramakrishna, Hyderabad (June-September 1976). Abhinaya with A. B. Venkataratnam, A. P. Sangeet Natak
Akademi Sadas (1-3/1973). Andhra Natyam with Natraj Ramakrishna, Hyderabad
(9/1972-1973) |
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dance scholarships |
Jon B. Higgins Memorial Scholarship for the Study of
Indian Performing Arts (1986). Andhra Pradesh Government Arts Scholarship (11/1981) |
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dance papers |
“Sexuality and Spirituality: Indian Classical Dance in Post-Colonial Context,” South Asia
Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (4/1989). “The Theology of
Indian Dance: Arguing for a
Post-Colonial Aesthetic,” Canadian Council of Learned Societies, Hamilton, Ontario (6/1987). “Tantric Dimensions
of Indian Classical Dance,” Conference on the Erotic Theme in the Cultural
Traditions of India, University of Minnesota, Milwaukee, Minnesota (5/1985). |
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recent dance performances |
“Kuchipudi by
Kamayani,” Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, India (11/1998); Kala Bharati, Visakha Music and Dance Academy,
Vishakapatnam, A.P., India (7/1997). "Kuchipudi Dance Concert," La Vieux Salidieu,
Bessay, France (6/1998) (5/1995). “Deity and
Desire,” Baud, Brittany, France (6/1998) "Tantra and Indian Dance," (with Durga Bor),
Soeterijn, Amsterdam (5/1995). "Tantra and Indian Dance," (with Durga Bor),
Korzo, Den Haag, Netherlands "An Evening of Indian Classical Dance and
Music," (with Mark Dyczkowski) Le Fonte Acquariana, Turin, Italy (6/1994). “Four Styles of
Indian Classical Dance,” (with three other artists), Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. (3/1993). |
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selected dance performances in academic settings |
“Adi Shakti: Dawn
of the First Goddess,” Albright College Performing Arts Series, Reading,
PA (3/2000) ; Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA (4/2000) “Deity and
Desire,” Wooster College, Ohio (3/1998); Westminister College, New
Wilmington, PA. (4/1998) “Indian Classical
Dance and Tantra,” Bard College, Anandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. (10/1996). “Tantra and Indian Classical Dance,” Finger Lakes
Community College, Canandaigua, N.Y. (4/96) Kuchipudi, Indian Classical Dance in the Andhra
Style,” Enlightenment Series, “Tantra and Indian Classical Dance,” Plenary Session of
the National Conference of the
American Academy of Religion, Chicago, Illinois (11/1988). Dance Program:
Conference on Religion in South India, Niagara Falls, New York
(5/1984). Performance/Lecture:
“Tantra and Indian Classical Dance,” Inaugural Conference for the
Society for Tantric Studies, Rougemont, North Carolina (4/1987). Performance/Lecture:
“Temple Dance in Andhra,” Temple in Society Symposium, Institute for
Research in the Humanities, Elvehjem Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin (3/1986). Madhavi, Courtesan of Puhar,” Plenary Session, N.E.
Regional AAR, Syracuse, N.Y. (4/1983). |