2012: Gesundheitstourismus: Ayurveda-Reisen nach Südindien. Paper given in the Lecture Series "Ethnologie des Körpers: Gesundheit und Kultur", Institute of Anthropology, Heidelberg University, 24 January.
2011: The Therapeutic Translation of the Western Concept of Stress into Ayurvedic Theory and Practice. Paper presented at the Retreat of Research Area C of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia & Europe in a Global Context’, Bad Herrenalb, 16-17 April.
2011: Der ‘wahre’ Ayurveda: Multiple Authentizitäten und Kommerzialisierung ayurvedischer Praxis in Südindien. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde (German Anthropological Association), Vienna, 14-17 September.
2010: Ayurveda’s Taj Mahal: The Rise of Shirodhara in the Spread of Ayurvedic Tourism in South India. Paper given at the Workshop ‘Asymmetrical Translations. Mind and Body in European and Indian Medicine’, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Studies, Delhi, 25-26 March.
2010: From Healing Practice to Relaxation Technique: The Transnational Reconfiguration of Shirodhara in Indian Ayurvedic Resorts. Paper given at the International Workshop "Transnational Healthcare in Asia", Karl Jasper Center for Advanced Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg, 04-05 July.
2010: Relax! Refresh! Rejuvenate! Ayurvedic Treatment for Stressed Europeans in South India. Poster presented at the International Conference "The Flow of Concepts and Institutions", 2010 Annual Conference of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia & Europe in a Global Context’, Karl Jasper Center for Advanced Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg, 06-08 October.
2010: Shirodhara: Ayurveda’s Remedy for Stressed Europeans. Paper given in the Medical Anthropology Lecture Series, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg, 08 December.
2009: Practice, Images, and Processes of ‘Cultural Translation’ in an Ayurvedic Health Resort in Kerala. Paper given in the Lecture Series on Medical Tourism at the French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry, 09 February.
2009: At the intersection of Medical and Wellness Tourism: Ayurvedic Resorts in Kerala, South India. Paper given at the International Workshop "Historical and Anthropological Enquiries on Cross-border Health Care", Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia & Europe in a Global Context’, Karl Jasper Center for Advanced Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg, 14-15 June.
2009: Practicing ‘Precise’ Ayurveda: The Interplay of Ayurveda, Biomedicine and Psychology in an Ayurvedic Hospital in Kerala, South India. Paper given at the International Workshop "Asymmetrical Translations", Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia & Europe in a Global Context’, Karl Jasper Center for Advanced Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg, 18-19 June.
2009: The Scope of Ayurveda in a Global Scenario. Paper given at the 2nd State Conference of the Ayurveda Hospital Managements Association, Kollam, 29 October.
Short biography
Christoph Cyranski studied Anthropology, Psychology and Religious Studies at the Universities of Munich and Heidelberg. He received his M.A. from Heidelberg University in July 2008. In his M.A. thesis he analyzed dynamics of the local use of Siddha medicine in south India in the context of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. Since September 2008, Christoph Cyranski is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the South Asia Institute and the Cluster of Excellence 'Asia and Europe in a Global Context' at Heidelberg University. His dissertation investigates the transformation of Ayurvedic practice through intercultural encounters in a south Indian Ayurvedic health resort.
