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Andrea Farran

Academic title(s): 

Academic title(s): Associate Professor of South Asian Religions (RELG); Associate Member, History and Classical Studies (HIST); Academic Program Director, South Asian Studies Minor Concentration (HIST)

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Andrea Farran
Contact Information
Address: 

Ferrier Building, Room 458
840 rue du Dr. Penfield
Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0G2, Canada

Phone: 
514-398-7357
Fax number: 
514-398-6665
Email address: 
andrea.farran [at] mcgill.ca
Degree(s): 

B.A. (91导航视频)
Adv. Diploma in Hindi (Banaras Hindu University)
M.A. (University of Hawai'i at M膩noa)
Ph.D. (Columbia University)

Biography: 

Andrea Farran, Academic Director and Programme Advisor of the South Asian Studies minor concentration, is Associate Professor in South Asian Religions and Associate Member in the Department of History and Classical Studies at 91导航视频. She first studied South Asian societies as an undergraduate at 91导航视频 in the Faculty of Religious Studies (B.A.); then in India (Banaras Hindu University, Adv. Diploma in Hindi) and the United States (M.A., University of Hawai'i at M膩noa, Ph.D., Columbia University). She has taught in India (Antioch College and S.I.T.), and Singapore (National University of Singapore); her research languages are Hindi-Urdu and Sanskrit. Since 2019, Professor Farran serves as the Vice-President and treasurer of CSASA-ACESA (Canadian South Asian Studies Association-Association canadienne d鈥櫭﹖udes sud-asiatiques). Her current SSHRC IDG funded research, "Imperial Infrastructure and Himalayan Pilgrimage in India's 'Land of Gods' (1808-2013)," focuses on religious travel and the history of cartography in late colonial India. In 2023, Professor Farran was the recipient of the Arts Undergraduate Award for 鈥淢ost Outstanding Professor鈥� as well as the Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Associate Professor).

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Courses: 

  • HIST 209. Introduction to South Asian History.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Charts the making of South Asian civilization, 2500 BCE- 1707 CE, through a selection of key themes and major trends. Focus on the transformation of local kinship ties into regional kingdoms and empires, the evolution of religion and the legacy of the expansion of Islam and consequent rise of Turkish, Afghan and Mughal empires in this area.

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  • RELG 270. Religious Ethics and the Environment.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Environmental potential of various religious traditions and secular perspectives, including animal rights, ecofeminism, and deep ecology.

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  • RELG 288. Introduction to Sikhism.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    An introduction to the historical and religious contexts relevant to understanding Sikh religious traditions, including its principal doctrines, practices and institutions and its evolution from its origins in South Asia to the present, with particular attention to Sikh-Canadian transnational connections.
    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken RELG 388.

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  • RELG 357D1. Sanskrit 2.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Advanced grammar and vocabulary with readings in epic and similar texts.
    • Prerequisite: RELG 257 or permission of the instructor
    • Students must register for both RELG 357D1 and RELG 357D2.
    • No credit will be given for this course unless both RELG 357D1 and RELG 357D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

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  • RELG 357D2. Sanskrit 2.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    See for course description.
    • Prerequisite: RELG 357D1
    • No credit will be given for this course unless both RELG 357D1 and RELG 357D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

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  • RELG 358. Religion and Cinema in India.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Surveys religion in India through key films, assuming no prior knowledge of South Asian cinema. Discussions will focus on issues of religion, visual culture, and representation in the study of Indian film. Thematic focus will vary from year to year, on a range of topics such as nationalism, devotion, secularism, and censorship.
    • This course may require additional contact hours for the screening of films.
    • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken RElG 547 when topic was "Religion and Cinema in India".
    • This course may require additional contact hours for the screening of films.

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  • RELG 378. Pilgrimage, Heritage, and Tourism.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Explores the history of pilgrimage and emergence of religious tourism in global contexts. Introduces the religious heritage of Montreal and its history as a Roman Catholic pilgrimage centre (St. Joseph鈥檚 Oratory) and adopts thematic approaches to pilgrimage and tourism in interreligious perspectives (Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish).
    • Class work includes a local field visit

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  • RELG 544. Ethnography as Method in Religious Studies.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Ethnography as method informs disciplines from Area Studies and anthropology to linguistics and religious studies. Students will acquire a critical perspective on emic/etic subjectivity in Religious Studies, and a framework to apply ethnography in their research. Coursework covers classic ethnographies, new interventions, and ethnographies of particular relevance for religious traditions in a given year.
    • Prerequisite(s): A minimum of six credits in 300 level RELG courses and/or permission of the instructor.

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Current research: 

Religious Journeys in India

Selected publications: 

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