Institute of Indian Studies
Activity Highlights
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Prof. Peter Berger’s project "Cereal Cultures” arrived in Bhubaneswar where the PG Department of Anthropology and International Office, Utkal University organized a two days seminar and screening of special film on “Crops of Life: Cereal Cultures in the Highlands of Odisha, India” on 6th and 7th February 2026.
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Documentary film of Cereal Cultures project (2025): Crops of Life: Cereal Cultures in the Highlands of Odisha (India)
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Summer School "Gods, Fields, Minds and Mines: Conversion, Agriculture, Education and Extractivism in India", 16 to 22 June 2025 (photo: Ravina Hardenberg)
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New Blog series on research on Cereal Cultures:P. Berger, R. Cappers, S. Filatova, R. Hardenberg, A. Kumar and N. Trivedi (2024) Millets: Ancient Crops, Global Policies, Local Lifeworlds (6 parts). The Religion Factor
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June-August 2024: Hybrid Summer school cum conference: “Two is One: Nondualism in Metaphysics, Aesthetics, and Society: a cross-cultural perspective” in collaboration with the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen (Prof. Andrea Sangiacomo)
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"The Frobenius Institute for Research in Cultural Anthropology, in collaboration with the University of Groningen, has organized an interdisciplinary workshop from 22 May to 25 May 2024 on the theme of “Cereal Cultures in South and Central Asia” at the Taunus Tagungshotel, Frankfurt. For more information see "Workshop: Cereal Cultures in South and Central Asia".
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