SOAS’ Yoga Studies Online

Digital Humanities South Asian Studies Education

Raj Balkaran speaks with Jacqui Hargreaves & Ruth Westoby about SOAS’ exciting new online learning platform: Yoga Studies Online.

Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative texts. He teaches at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and at his own virtual School of Indian Wisdom. For information see rajbalkaran.com.

10/12/2022

Jacqui HargreavesSOAS University of London

Ruth WestobyRoehampton University

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