Position:
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2023)
Faculty / College Address:
Faculty of Oriental Studies | University of Oxford
Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE
Email:
fleminct123@gmail.com
Research Interests:
Dharmaśāstra, Mīmāṃsā, the Mahābhārata, and Indian legal history
Current Projects:
Equity and Trusts in Sanskrit Jurisprudence (book project)
Epic Jurisprudence: The Ownership of Kingdoms according to the Vivādabhaṅgārṇava (article project)
Courses Taught:
MPhil Set Texts - Brāhmaṇism: Mānavadharmaśāstra & Śābarabhāṣya
MPhil Set Texts – Vaiṣṇavism: Sāttvata Saṃhitā & Bhāgavatapurāṇa
Indian Law and History
Recent Publications:
Ownership and Inheritance in Sanskrit Jurisprudence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020)
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ownership-and-inheritance-in-san...
“Gambling with Justice: A Juridical Approach to the Game of Dice in the Dyūtaparvan of the Mahābhārata.” Journal of Hindu Studies (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1093/jhs/hiaa015
Full / Other Publications:
“Critical Legal Studies and Narrative Ethics in Contemporary Indian ‘Epic’ Fiction.” South Asian Studies (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1080/02666030.2017.1402248
