Sandra Sattler

Teaching Experience

I have extensive experience teaching a wide range of topics related to South Asian art, religion, languages, and history.

Courses Taught (Selection):

Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, SOAS, University of London (since 2019)

• Arts of India (convenor)
  This course covers the diverse artistic traditions of India, from ancient times to the present, with a particular focus on religious art and architecture.
• Arts of the Buddhist World (convenor)
  An exploration of Buddhist art and architecture across Asia, examining how Buddhist principles and narratives are expressed visually.
• Short Course on Gender & South Asia’s Fierce Goddesses
  This course examines the roles and representations of fierce goddesses in South Asian traditions, focusing on their significance within gender studies and religious practices. (Course handbook excerpt)

Invited Lectures and Talks (Selection)

• “Fierce Aesthetics of Asceticism: The Skeleton Goddess in Monastic Temples of North India”
  Yoga Conference, Yoga Darśana, Yoga Sādhana, Hamburg, May 2024
• “Mahādevī in Stone: Cāmuṇḍā and the Visualisation of the Great Goddess Theology in Medieval Śākta Temples”
  Indian Art Circle, SOAS, January 2024
• "Early Buddhist Art", "North Indian Temple Art and Architecture", "Ferocious Goddesses in Indian Art", "Vajrayana Buddhism"
  Certificate Course in Art and Archaeology of the Indian Subcontinent, The Bhavan, London, October - November 2023
• “Der Yoga der Göttinnen und ihre Tempel” (“Yoga of the Goddesses and Their Temples”)
  University of Hamburg, Yoga Studies Lecture Series, November 2022
• “Cāmuṇḍā, Kālī, Yoginīs: The Pantheon of Fierce Hindu Goddesses”
  Asian Art Course, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, September 2022
• “Decolonising Fierce Hindu Goddesses: From Colonial and Postcolonial Perceptions Back to the Medieval Temple Setting”
  CHASE Virtual Encounters, University of East Anglia, June 2020