Talk:Aleksandar Uskokov

Aleksandar Uskokov is the Sanskrit lector, South Asian Studies Council, Yale University , as of October 2022. According to his university profile, he works in Indian philosophy and the history of ideas, primarily in the traditions of Vedānta, Mīmāṁsā, and Vaishnavism.

As per his bio, he has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government in the context of the BJP government.

In 2021, he endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."

Publications related to India

Peer-reviewed Articles and Book Chapters

1. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "The Black Sun That Destroys Inner Darkness: Or, How Bādarāyaṇa Became Vyāsa." Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 142, no. 1, 2022, pp. 63-92.
2. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "The Soteriology of Devotion, Divine Grace, and Teaching: Bhagavad-Gītā and the Śrīvaiṣṇavas." Bhagavad-Gītā: A Critical Introduction, edited by Ithamar Theodor, Routledge, 2020, pp. 68-79.
3. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "A Mīmāṁsaka Reading Kṛṣṇa’s Song: Pārthasārathi Miśra and the Bhagavad-gītā." The Journal of Vaishnava Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2019, pp. 197-211.
4. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "The Long and Short of It: Mahā-vākya from Mīmāṁsā to Jīva Gosvāmin, from the Veda to the Bhāgavata." The Journal of Hindu Studies, vol. 11, 2018, pp. 38-52.
5. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "When Killing is Not Violence: The Justification of Animal Sacrifice in Rāmānuja’s Śrībhāṣya." The Journal of Vaishnava Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, 2018, pp. 163-181.
6. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "The Mukundamālā of Kulaśekhara Ālvār: A Translation." The Journal of Vaishnava Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 2014, pp. 203-220.
7. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Bengali Vaishnava Epistemology." The Journal of Vaishnava Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 2009, pp. 53-85.

Book

1. Uskokov, Aleksandar. The Philosophy of the Brahma-sutra: An Introduction. Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Encyclopedia Entries

1. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Bādarāyaṇa." Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer, 2022, pp. 191-193. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_622.
2. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Bhāskara." Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer, 2022, pp. 240-243. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_491.
3. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Bhedābheda." Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer, 2022, pp. 245-248. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_271.
4. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Brahma Sūtras (Vedānta Sūtras)." Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer, 2022, pp. 270-285. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_493.
5. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Brahman." Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer, 2022, pp. 285-293. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_341.
6. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Jīva Gosvāmin." Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer, 2022, pp. 706-710. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_14.
7. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Mahāvākya." Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer, 2022, pp. 883-886. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_98.
8. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Mokṣa." Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer, 2022, pp. 978-994. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_579.
9. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Nimbārka." Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer, 2022, pp. 1070-1073. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_282.
10. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Nivṛtti." Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer, 2022, pp. 1081-1084. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_625.
11. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Śaṅkara." Springer Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Springer, 2022, pp. 1395-1406. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1188-1_224.

Conference Presentations and Talks

1. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "‘Learned Perception’ as a Form of ‘Religious Experience.’ Jīva Gosvāmin’s Vaidūṣa-pratyakṣa." Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Sensorium Working Group Meeting, May Session, 2023.
2. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Sarvajñātman and the Origin of Jahad-Ajahal-Lakṣaṇā." Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, 2023.
3. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Jīva Gosvāmin and Religious Experience." 7th International Philosophical Dialogue “East-West”, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2022.
4. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Integration of Content and Research Skills in Sanskrit Instruction." South Asian Language Teachers Association Conference, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2022.
5. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "On the Origins of Allegory in Sanskrit Literature." Vaishnavism as Fine Literature Conference, Yale University, 2022.
6. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "When Bhakti Meets the Mahā-vākya: Jīva Gosvāmin and the Devotional Reinterpretation of the Experience of Non-Duality." From Jetavana to Jerusalem Conference in Honor of Professor Phyllis Granoff, Glorisun Buddhist Network, 2021.
7. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "The Black Sun That Destroys Inner Darkness: Or How Bādarāyana Became Vyāsa." 49th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2021.
8. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "The ‘Other’ Purāṇa and Gauḍīya Doctrine: Jīva Gosvāmin, the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, and the Ontology of Acintya-bhedābheda." 49th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2021.
9. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Ancient Pedagogy for the Modern Classroom: The Case for Grammar Poetry." South Asian Languages in the Diaspora, Yale University, 2021.
10. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "On What Precisely Cannot Be Said about Māyā: Śaṅkara’s Understanding of Tattvānyatvābhyām Anirvacanīya." Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, 2021.
11. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Making Sense of Religious Experience: Jīva Gosvāmin and ‘Learned Perception.’" American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, 2020.
12. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "Learned, Non-conceptualized, and Conceptualized: Jīva Gosvāmin’s Theology and the Epistemology of Perception." 48th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2019.
13. Uskokov, Aleksandar. "A Bhakti Sandwich – Reflections on Yāmuna’s Gītartha-saṅgraha." 47th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2018.

Event and Panel Organization

1. Uskokov, Aleksandar, and Sonam Kachru, organizers. "Emotions in South Asia." Yale University, May 2023.
2. Uskokov, Aleksandar, organizer. "Vaiṣṇavism as Fine Literature." Yale University, 27-29 May 2022.
3. Uskokov, Aleksandar, panel organizer. "A ‘Dead Language’ Comes Alive: Teaching Sanskrit in the 21st Century." South Asian Languages in the Diaspora Conference, Yale University, 2021.
4. Uskokov, Aleksandar, panel organizer. "From Devotional Sentiment to Science: Innovations in Chaitanya Vaishnava Epistemology." 48th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2019.