Heidi Pauwels (University of London, SOAS)

updated: 8/31/95

Heidi Pauwels
Lecturer in Hindi
University of London
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
Dept. of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia
Thornhaugh St.-Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG   UK

Phone: 171-637-6174
email: hp@soas.ac.uk

My research interests can be summarized under the following catchwords:
modern Hindi poetry, Braj Bhasha, medieval Vaishnavism, Krishna religion,
hagiography, goddess (in particular Radha), meter in NIA, Hindu
hermeneutics, women and religion, women's role models. 

My PhD thesis (at University of Washington Seattle) was titled Hariram
Vyas's Man ki Shrinkhala and Raspancadhyayi: A critical interpretation.