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Roles and Affiliations: Diana Dimitrova is a Professor of Hinduism and South Asian traditions at the Université de Montréal, affiliated with the Institut d'études religieuses, Centre d'études asiatiques, and Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CÉRIUM). She holds a doctorate in Modern and Classical Indology from Heidelberg University. Previously, she taught at institutions in Germany and the U.S. including Emory University and Loyola University Chicago. Research Interests: Her work focuses on Hinduism, South Asian religions, Hindi theatre, and Bollywood cinema. Key themes include bhakti traditions, Sikhism, modern Hindu movements, gender studies, and transnational religious communities. She analyzes cultural identity through religious practices, film, and dramatic arts, emphasizing postcolonial and transcultural perspectives. Publications and Projects: Dimitrova has authored monographs like Cultural Identity in Hindi Plays (2023) and edited volumes such as Rethinking the Body in South Asian Traditions (2021). Recent research includes projects on the Radhasoami tradition and Sikh spirituality in North America. She has secured grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for studies on Bollywood films and diaspora communities. Awards and Recognition: Elected to the Royal Society of Canada (2022), former president of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, and a leading scholar in Hinduism and South Asian studies. Teaching and Mentoring: Supervises graduate research on topics like Sikh spirituality, Hindu reform movements, and religious representation in film. Courses offered include 'Hinduism: Love and Devotion' and 'Pluralism and Citizenship.'

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Sikh Studies
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Dr. Jonah Miller serves as a Lecturer in Early Modern British History within the Department of History at King's College London's Faculty of Arts & Humanities. Having completed his MA and PhD at King's, he returned to the institution in 2024 after a Research Fellowship at the University of Cambridge. His academic base is the Strand Building on the Strand Campus in London. Education: MA, King's College London PhD, King's College London Dr. Miller's research centers on early modern Britain (17th-19th centuries), with a focus on social history, legal history, gender dynamics, and policing practices. He investigates how everyday governance, particularly policing, intersected with broader power structures including patriarchy and the state apparatus. His work reveals the complex interplay between local community practices and centralizing state power during a transformative period in British history. His publication record demonstrates a consistent exploration of crime, punishment, and social order in historical context. Recent works examine electoral processes in 18th-century London parishes, gendered dimensions of early modern policing, and the evolution of stop-and-search practices. This body of work has established him as a significant voice in the history of crime and state formation. Awards: British Society of Criminology's Policing Network prize for 'The Touch of the State: Stop and Search in England, c.1660-1750' (2019) Dr. Miller actively supervises PhD candidates in his areas of expertise, guiding research on early modern British social and legal history. His teaching portfolio includes courses on British history from the early modern period through the 19th century, as well as specialized modules examining the historical development of crime, policing, and punishment systems. While specific research grants are not detailed in the available information, his scholarly output indicates sustained research activity supported by institutional and fellowship funding.

• Early modern Britain
• Social history
• Legal history
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Cheryl Morgan is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Hamilton College, specializing in 19th-century French literature with particular expertise in women writers, literary humor, and urban narratives. Her academic home is the Department of French and Francophone Studies within Hamilton College's liberal arts framework. Her research focuses on recovering and analyzing marginalized voices in French literary history, particularly women writers from the Romantic era through the Belle Époque. Morgan's work examines how female authors navigated patriarchal constraints through humor, satire, and innovative narrative techniques, with significant contributions to understanding Delphine Gay de Girardin's journalistic legacy and the evolution of women's comedic expression from salon culture to digital media. Morgan's recent publications demonstrate consistent engagement with gendered humor across historical periods, revealing continuities in women's comedic strategies from post-Revolutionary France to contemporary digital platforms. Her scholarship often intersects urban studies, examining Paris as both literal and metaphorical space for female expression. French Government Chateaubriand Fellowship, 1995-96 NEH Summer Stipend 1995 Hamilton Faculty research grant, 1993-94 Woodrow Wilson Women’s Studies Doctoral Dissertation Grant alternate, 1990 Columbia University President’s Fellow, 1988-89 Morgan actively contributes to academic service as College representative for the Hamilton/Middlebury/Smith Consortium in Paris, former chair of the Kirkland Endowment Advisory Committee, and faculty advisor for the Women's Golf Club. She has directed Hamilton's Paris program and serves on professional organizations including the Modern Language Association and Women in French.

• 19th-century French literature
• French women writers
• Literary humor
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