Julie Vig
Assistant Professor
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 77514
Email: julievig@yorku.ca
Julie Vig is Assistant Professor of Humanities, Religious Studies, and South Asian Cultures at York University. Her research focuses on premodern Sikh and Punjabi cultural production and how it relates to wider cultural worlds and networks of premodern North India (c.1500-1850). Her particular focus is on gurbilās literature and its interactions with broader Brajbhasha literature in the early modern period. She also has secondary research interests in the reception of early modern Sikh texts in the colonial period and women, gender, and sexuality within the Sikh tradition. She is currently working on her first book tentatively called The Play of the Guru: Braj Historical Poetry in Early Modern Punjab.
Degrees
PhD, University of British ColumbiaMA, Université du Québec à Montréal
BA, Université de Montréal
Research Interests
Upcoming Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
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Winter 2025 | AP/HUMA4775 3.0 | M | South Asian Religions & Popular Culture | SEMR |
Julie Vig is Assistant Professor of Humanities, Religious Studies, and South Asian Cultures at York University. Her research focuses on premodern Sikh and Punjabi cultural production and how it relates to wider cultural worlds and networks of premodern North India (c.1500-1850). Her particular focus is on gurbilās literature and its interactions with broader Brajbhasha literature in the early modern period. She also has secondary research interests in the reception of early modern Sikh texts in the colonial period and women, gender, and sexuality within the Sikh tradition. She is currently working on her first book tentatively called The Play of the Guru: Braj Historical Poetry in Early Modern Punjab.
Degrees
PhD, University of British ColumbiaMA, Université du Québec à Montréal
BA, Université de Montréal
Research Interests
Upcoming Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Winter 2025 | AP/HUMA4775 3.0 | M | South Asian Religions & Popular Culture | SEMR |