Dr Peter Friedlander
BA (London), PhD (London)
Senior Lecturer in Hindi-Urdu
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Areas of expertise
- Indian Languages 200315
- Asian Cultural Studies 200202
- Religion And Religious Studies 2204
- Language Studies 2003
Research interests
Hindi-Urdu, language, literature, media studies, history, pedagogy
Religion and society, Hinduism, Dalit Studies, Buddhist Studies
Biography
Peter Friedlander lived in India from 1977-1982 where he learned Hindi in Varanasi. He then studied at SOAS (London University) and completed his PhD on the life and works of the medieval Hindi poet-saint Ravidas in 1991. He has taught Hindi language, Buddhist Studies and Indian studies for Antioch University abroad (Bodhgaya), La Trobe University (Melbourne), and the National University of Singapore. He was awarded an honour for his contribution to the study of Hindi and Hindi literature at the World Hindi Conference in South Africa in 2013 and was the invited keynote speaker at the World Hindi Secretariat International Hindi day in Mauritius in 2016.
His research interests include Hindi language, pedagogy, Hindi print media, religious traditions in South Asia and Buddhism and society. Recent national projects that he has contributed to include: academic advisor on the translation of interpretative signage at the Australian War Museum, academic advisor on the development of the Australian National Curriculum for Hindi (2015-16) organiser and convenor of the first national workshop on Hindi in Australia at ANU in July 2015. He was also a lead convenor for the international conference on Transformations in Asian Religions held at ANU from the 7-9th April 2016. His forthcoming publications include chapters on Hinduism and Politics and Buddhism and Politics in the 2nd edition of the Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics (2016) and a chapter on Ravidas and the Ganga in a forthcoming volume on the Goddess in India from Monash University Press.
Researcher's projects
Currently research projects include:
- research and translation studies on Hindi Sant poet saints including Raidas, Kabir and Charandas.
- research on Buddhism, Hinduism and society and politics in Asia and in South Asia
- research on Hindi language teaching pedagogy and curricula development
Publications
- Friedlander, P 2016, 'Hinduism and Politics', in Jeffrey Haynes (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, pp. 70-82.
- Friedlander, P 2016, 'Buddhism and Politics', in Jeffrey Haynes (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, pp. 3-17.
- Friedlander, P 2016, 'Ravidas and the Ganga: Appropriation or Contestation?', in Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat and Ian Mabbett (ed.), Conceiving the Goddess, Monash University Publishing, Australia, pp. 126-141pp.
- Friedlander, P 2015, 'Innovative Assessment in Hindi', Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 360-370pp.
- Friedlander, P 2015, 'Kabir: Oral to Manuscript Transitions', Oral Tradition, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 187-202.
- Friedlander, P 2015, 'The Theory and Practice of the Mandala: Ritual and Identity in the Kabir Panth', in A Di Castro, D Templeman (ed.), Asian Horizons: Giuseppe Tucci's Buddhist, Indian, Himalayan and Central Asian Studies, Monash University Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 296-312.
- Friedlander, P 2015, 'Hindi Detective Pulp Fiction', Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 27-47.
- Friedlander, P & Aveling, H 2014, 'Introduction', in (ed.), The Treasury of Devotion: Sant Charandas's Bhaktipadarth, Prestige Books, Delhi, pp. 7-38.
- Friedlander, P & Aveling, H 2014, 'The Treasury of Devotion: Sant Charandas's Bhaktipadarth'.
- Friedlander, P 2013, 'Muni Ratnacandra's Nine Jain Questions for Christians', International Journal of Jaina Studies, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 1-30.
- Friedlander, P 2012, 'Contemporary Buddhism and the challenge of multiculturalism in India', in Amitabh Mattoo (ed.), The Reluctant Superpower: Understanding India and its aspirations, Melbourne University Press (an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing), Australia, pp. 79-104.
- Friedlander, P 2012, 'Kabir and the print sphere: Negotiating identity', Thesis Eleven, vol. 112, pp. 45-56.
- Friedlander, P 2012, 'Conflict and Peace in Buddhism', in Lee Marsden (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Religion and Conflict Resolution, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, USA, pp. 79-95.
- Friedlander, P 2012, 'RavidÄ?s', in Knut A. Jacobsen, H. Basu, A. Malinar, V. Narayanan (ed.), Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Four, Brill, Leiden, pp. 371-378.
- Friedlander, P 2012, 'Conflict and Peace in Buddhism', in L Marsden (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Religion and Conflict Resolution, Ashgate, London.
- Friedlander, P 2012, 'Contemporary Buddhism and the challenge of multiculturalism in India', in A Mattoo (ed.), The Reluctant Superpower, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
- Friedlander, P 2012, 'Kabir and the Print Sphere', Thesis 11, vol. 112, no. 2, pp. 45-56.
- Friedlander, P. 2012, 'Ravidas', in Knut A. Jacobsen et al (eds.), Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. IV, Brill, Leiden.
- Friedlander, P 2011, 'Before Translation?', in Ronit Ricci and Jan Van der Putten (ed.), Translation in Asia: theories, practices, histories, St. Jerome Publishing, Manchester UK.
- Friedlander, P 2011, 'Learning Languages as Expressions of Cultures', Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, vol. 8, pp. 300-311.
- Friedlander, P 2011, 'Tagore, Kabir and Underhill', in Seminar, 623, July 2011, New Delhi, pp. 40-44.
- Friedlander, P. 2011, 'Learning Languages as Expressions of Cultures', in Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, Vol. 8, Suppl. 1, pp. 300-311.
- Friedlander, P. 2011,'Before Translation?', in Ronit Ricci & Jan van der Putten (eds.), Translation in Asia, UK & Kinderhook, NY: St Jerome Publishing, pp. 45-56.
- Friedlander, P 2010, 'The Body and World in Buddhism', in Elizabeth Burns Coleman, and Kevin White (ed.), Medicine, Religion, and the Body, Brill, Netherland, pp. 51-68.
- Friedlander, P 2010, 'Ritual and reform in the Kabir Panth', Crises and Opportunities: Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, ed. Elizabeth Morrell, Michael D Barr, Asian Studies Association of Australia, Adelaide Australia.
- Friedlander, P 2010, 'Ritual and reform in the Kabir Panth', in Morrell, Elizabeth, and Michael D. Barr (eds), Crises and Opportunities: Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, Adelaide, Australia. Canberra: Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Inc and the University of Adelaide. Online at: http://www.asaa.asn.au/ASAA2010/papers/Friedlander-Peter.pdf
- Friedlander, P 2010, 'The Body and World in Buddhism', in Elizabeth Burns Coleman, and Kevin White (eds.) Medicine, Religion, and the Body, Brill, Leiden.
- Friedlander, P 2009, 'Buddhism and Politics', in Haynes, J (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics, Brunner - Routledge (US), USA, p. 432.
- Friedlander, P 2009, 'The Hindi Newspaper Revolution: Teaching Reading of Print and Online News Media', Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 254-267.
- Friedlander, P 2009, 'Dhammapada Traditions and Translations', Journal of Religious History, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 215-234.
- Friedlander, P 2009, 'Buddhism and Politics', in Haynes, J. (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics, Routledge, London and New York, pp. 11-25.
- Friedlander, P 2009, 'Dhammapada Traditions and Translations', in Journal of Religious History, Vol. 33, No. 2, June 2009, pp. 218-237.
- Friedlander, P 2009, 'The Hindi Newspaper Revolution: Teaching Reading of Print and Online News Media', Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 2009, Vol. 6, Suppl. 1, pp. 254-267. Online at: http://e-flt.nus.edu.sg/archive/v6sp12009.htm
- Friedlander, P 2006, 'Prayer and Meditation', in Keith Brown (ed.), Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd Edition, Elsevier, Oxford.
- Friedlander, P. 2006, 'Hindustani Textbooks from the Raj', in Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Volume 3 Supplement, April 2006, ISSN 0219-9874. Online at: http://e-flt.nus.edu.sg/archive/v3sp2006.htm
- Aveling, H & Friedlander, P 2005, The Songs of Daya Bai, Prestige Books, Delhi.
- Friedlander, P 2004, 'Travel talk: phrases for travellers in India', in Asia Examined: Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 2004, Canberra, Australia. Canberra: Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) & Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), The Australian National University.
- Friedlander, P, Jeffrey, R, Seth, S 2001, 'Subliminal Charge: How Hindi-Language Newspaper Expansion Affects India', in Media International Australia, No. 100.
- Friedlander, P (1996). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Hindi Manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. London: Wellcome Trust.
- Friedlander, P 1996, 'The Struggle for Salvation in the Hagiographies of Ravidas', in Leslie, J. (ed.) Myth and Mythmaking, Curzon Press, London.
- Friedlander, P 1994, 'The Core of the Vani of Raidas', in Entwistle, A. W. & Mallison, F. (eds.), Studies in South Asian Devotional Literature, Manohar, Delhi.
- Callewaert, W. M & Friedlander, P 1992, The Life and Works of Sant Raidas, Manohar, Delhi.
