Rishi Mahendran Nair
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Mail code: 0202Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentAsian Languages and Civilizations (Chinese)
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Rishi Mahendran Nair (姓名: 江智源) is an Master's student in the East Asian Languages & Civilizations (Chinese) Program. He received his Bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies at Western Washington University where he chiefly studied under advisors Dr. Julian Siyuan Wu and Dr. Ethan Bushelle.
With his work in the poetry of the Six Dynasties (220 - 589 CE) to the Tang (618 - 907 CE), Rishi’s scholarship seeks to mediate meaningful dialogues between the poetic and the religious, enriching our understanding of the impact religion has on the creation, product, evaluation, and culture of poetry, and the impact that poetry has on the language, imagination, and experience of religion. His current projects revolve around Buddhism and poetic culture in the Tang.
Rishi also pursues subjects related to Chinese-Indian Studies in various comparative frameworks such as comparative literature, religion, and culture.
B.A. East Asian Studies (Concentration: Chinese Studies), Western Washington University
- Poetry and religion in Medieval China
- Literati culture
- Chinese Nature Writing
- Sino-Buddhist Literature
- Sino-Indian Studies
Transcribing Heaven: Lu Ji's Wenfu and the Making of Chinese Literary Spirituality
A Scholar in Disguise: The Hagiography of Huineng and its Literati Resonances
Passing Temples in Chinese Poetry: Envisioning Buddhist Space in Meng Haoran's Araṇya Poems
The Lotus and Other Indian Images in Chinese Literature