Past activities
Here you can find some past activities of the Institute of Indian Studies:
2022
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On 16 June 2022, University College Groningen, Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalization, the Institute for Indian Studies (Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies) together with SiB-Groningen hosted a discussion evening on the topic of 'Identity Politics, Populism, and the Rise of Illiberal Democracies'. For more information see: Identity Politics, Populism, and the Rise of Illiberal Democracies Discussion evening.
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30 September & 1 October 2022, Workshop on Cereal Cultures
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2 June 2022, together with the GSG: Screening of the movie "Avatara" by Nadav Harel and Arik Moran, including a conversation with the authors.
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14 June 2022, together with the CRCG: Discussing and celebrating the new publication by Dr Renny Thomas, "Science and Religion in India: Beyond Disentchantment". More information
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Winter School Doing Ethnographic Fieldwork, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 7 March 2022.
2020-2021
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Book Launch of two new/recent publications by the cultural anthropologist Peter Berger and the archaeobotanist René Cappers at the Frobenius Institute (Frankfurt/M).
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14.- 16.10.2021 Conference “Changing patterns of patronage across South Asia from early modern through colonial contexts” organized by the Institute of Indian Studies (Prof. E. Mucciarelli) with the Centre For Comparative Studies Of Civilisations, Jagellonian University (Prof. Cezary Galewicz) and Département Etudes orientales, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Prof. Nicolas Dejenne).
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The Insight Development Grants from Canada Government (SSHRC) approved a 2 years grant for the project "Sanskrit Joking Cultures: Bringing Classical Indian Humor to Life Through Translation and Performance” of Prof. E. Mucciarelli and Prof. A. Sathaye (Dept. of Asian Studies, University of Vancouver).
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NWO approved a major grant proposal (Free Competition) of Dr. P. Berger and Prof. R.T.J. Cappers, project title: Salvage Crops, “Savage” People: A comparative anthropological and archaeobotanical investigation of Millet Assemblages in India
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Winter School Performing Religion: Theory and Practice, New Delhi, 17-21 February 2020.
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