Course providers
Who Provides the Courses?
These courses are taught by the Continuing Education Department of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, a Recognised Independent Centre of the University of Oxford.
The principal aim of the Centre is the study of Hindu culture, religion, languages, literature, philosophy, history, arts, and society, in all periods and in all parts of the world. All Hindu traditions are included.
The Continuing Education Department of the OCHS has been providing courses in Hinduism throughout the UK since 2003. The online version of the course makes it accessible to students throughout the UK and globally.
Find out more about OCHS at www.ochs.org.uk or write to us at online-courses@ochs.org.uk
Tutorial and Course Development
Dr Nicholas Sutton, received his Phd from Lancaster University (1995). His thesis was on the religious teachings of the Mahabharata. Dr Sutton has been teaching Hinduism for two decades. He lectures in Religious Studies for the Open University, and in Hinduism for the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Religious Doctrines in the Mahabharata and is currently working on a translation and extended study of the Mahabharata’s Moksha-dharma-parvan.
Dr Rembert Lutjeharms holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Oriental Studies (Indology) from the University of Ghent, Belgium, 2003. He successfully completed his D.Phil. in Theology at the University of Oxford in 2010, focusing on the theology of the sixteenth-century Caitanya Vaishvana poet and literary critic Kavikarnapura. His research interests are Sanskrit poetry and poetics, early Caitanya Vaisnava history, and Sanskrit hermeneutics.
Dr Jessica Frazier has degrees in Sanskrit, Religious Studies, and Philosophy of Religion from Oxford and Cambridge. Dr Frazier edits the Journal of Hindu Studies and teaches Hinduism and other religious traditions at Birkbeck College, Oxford University, and other institutions around the UK. She recently published Reality, Religion, and Passion, a comparison of Western and Indian approaches to religious truth.
Administration and Development
Anuradha Dooney, Bachelors Degree in Social Science, from University College Dublin (1985). Curriculum writer for religious education courses in the UK and Belgium. Anuradha was awarded her MSt in the Study of Religion, from Oxford University in 2003. Her thesis was an exploration of faith development in the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. Anuradha is a faculty member of the OCHS Continuing Education Department. She teaches courses in London, Birmingham, Oxford, Cambridge, and Leicester.
Technical and Support
Lal Krishna is from Australia. Lal studied Linguistics at Deakin University, Melbourne, and has worked both as an editor and production manager for the publishing industry. He is skilled in database management, web development, and administration. Any queries can be sent to Lal at lal@ochs.org.uk
Contacts
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
13-15 Magdalen St
Oxford, OX1 3AE
UK
+44(0)1865-304300
Registered Charity No. 1074458
www.ochs.org.uk
online-courses@ochs.org.uk
