Alessandro Graheli

Alessandro Graheli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga. His scholarly work centers on South Asian philosophical and religious traditions, particularly through the lens of Sanskrit scholarship.

• Philosophy of Language in South Asia
• Aesthetics and Poetics
• Epistemology and Logic in South Asia
• Textual Criticism and Textual Bibliography Applied to South Asian Works
• Hermeneutics and Translation Theories
• Pre-Colonial History of South-Asian Philosophy
• Poetics and Theology in Medieval Bhakti

His research focuses on the intellectual legacies of Bhaṭṭa Jayanta (9th–10th c. CE) and Rūpa Gosvāmin (15th–16th c. CE). His publications explore intersections of logic, poetics, and theology in South Asian texts, with an emphasis on critical editions and textual analysis. Key subfields include Dhvani theory, Sphoṭa doctrine, and hermeneutics in Kashmiri and Bengali traditions.