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Lectures and Events in 2016

Titel: Diversity and the Construction of a Healthy Child
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Alex, Universität Tübingen, Asien-Orient-Institut
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum Z10
Date: 19. Jan.

Titel: Ethics, Epistemology and Ethnography: Ethical Review Committees and the Special Case of Germany
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Dilger, Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum Z10
Date: 26. Jan.

Titel: Wedding History with Anthropology: The Case of Spirit Reciprocity with Rwandan Kingship
Speaker: Prof. Koenraad Stroeken, Universität Gent, Belgien
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum Z10
Date: 19. Apr.

Titel: Ethics, Epistemology and Ethno­graphy: Ethical Review Boards and the Special Case of Germany
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Dilger, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Place: Institute of Anthropology, , “Werkstattgebäude”
Date: 26. Apr.

Titel: Healing the Mind? The Poiesis of Mental Health in Sri Lanka
Speaker: Eva Ambos, Research Fellow, Universität Heidelberg, South Asia Institute
Place: Südasien-Institut, E 11
Date: 27. Apr.

Titel: The War on Disease and the Violence of Clinical trials in India
Speaker: Prof. Roger Jeffery, University of Edinburgh
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum Z10
Date: 03. May

Titel: Lesung von Meena Kandasamy
Speaker: Meena Kandasamy
Place: Interkulturelles Zentrum, Großer Saal
Date: 11. May

Titel: (Syn)(er)gizing Global Mental Health and Anthropology
Speaker: Prof. Joop de Jong, University of Amsterdam
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum Z10
Date: 17. May

Titel: Approaching development in the time of Modi
Speaker: Dr. Douglas Hill
Place: Südasien-Institut, Z10
Date: 30. May

Titel: Annual International Conference of the Research Group on Development Economics
Speaker: ---
Place: Alten und Neuen Universität , verschiedenDate: 03. Jun.

Titel: Die Sant Tradition der Josman in Nepal
Speaker: ---
Place: Die Sant Tradition der Josman in NepalDate: 07. Jun.

Titel: Shamanic Diagnosis in Eastern Nepal: Journey and Possession
Speaker: Shamanic Diagnosis in Eastern Nepal: Journey and Possession
Place: Prof. Martin Gaenszle, University of Vienna, Austria
Date: 07. Jun.

Titel: Ethnische Widerstandsbewegungen in der Rana-Zeit
Speaker: ---
Place: Ethnische Widerstandsbewegungen in der Rana-ZeitDate: 08. Jun.

Titel: Ethnisches Kino in Nepal
Speaker: ---
Place: Ethnisches Kino in NepalDate: 09. Jun.

Titel: Bankim Chandra Chatterji's Anandamath as a Modern Bhagavad Gita Commentary
Speaker: Prof. Ithamar Theodor, Associate Professor of Hindu Studies at Zefat College, Safed, Israel
Place: Südasien-Institut, 317
Date: 10. Jun.

Titel: Film-Diskussion & Gespräch mit Urmila Chaudhary & Man Bahadur Chhetri
Speaker: Urmila Chaudhary, Protagonistin des Dokumentarfilms „Urmila – für die Freiheit“ und Man Bahadur Chhetri, Projekt-Manager, Nepal Youth Foundation
Place: Südasien-Institut, 317
Date: 13. Jun.

Titel: Public Policies, Development and Peace in Sri Lanka
Speaker: Prof. em. Siri Hettige, University of Colombo, Department of Sociology, Sri Lanka
Place: Südasien-Institut, 317
Date: 20. Jun.

Titel: Frozen conflicts: ‘low-level-equilibrium traps’ principled negotiations and India-Pakistan dialogue
Speaker: Prof. em. Subrata K. Mitra, Ph.D., University of Rochester, USA
Place: Südasien-Institut, 316
Date: 22. Jun.

Titel: The Politics of the Past and the Poetics of the Present in Medieval Kashmir
Speaker: Dr. Luther Obrock, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Place: Südasien-Institut, E11
Date: 22. Jun.

Titel: Tagore - Mensch und Künstler / Tagore – The Man and His Art
Speaker: Prof. Amiya Sen, Universität Heidelberg, Südasien-Institut, Dr. Georg Lechner, München, und Ursula Bickelmann, Draupadi-Verlag, Heidelberg
Place: Südasien-Institut, Bibliothek
Date: 22. Jun.

Titel: Saving the Dead: Rituals for Liberation or Better Rebirth in a Newari-Sanskrit Funerary Manual
Speaker: Kris Anderson , PhD. Candidate, University of California, USA
Place: Südasien-Institut, Z 10
Date: 23. Jun.

Titel: ‘Humanitarian’ Thresholds of the Fundamental Feminist Ideologies: Evidence from Surrogacy Arrangements in India
Speaker: Dr. Sheela Saravanan, Heidelberg University
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum Z10
Date: 28. Jun.

Titel: Poetry as Resistance: Islam and Ethnicity in Postcolonial Pakistan
Speaker: Dr. Nukhbah Langah, Associate Professor, Department of English, Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan
Place: Südasien-Institut, E11
Date: 29. Jun.

Titel: After Eurocentrism, Beyond Decentring: Themes and Methodologies for an Interdisciplinary History of Ideas,
Speaker: Coordinators: Benjamin Zachariah (University of Trier), Hans Harder (Heidelberg University)
Place: Südasien-Institut, Bibliothek
Date: 01. Jul.

Titel: Abschiedsvorlesung von Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels
Speaker: Prof. Axel Michaels, Leiter der Abteilung Kultur- und Religionsgeschichte Südasiens, SAI
Place: Universität Heidelberg, Alte Aula
Date: 20. Jul.

Titel: ‘Culture’ in Psychiatric Research and Diagnosis after DSM-5
Speaker: Dr. Stefan Ecks, University of Edinburgh
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum Z10
Date: 26. Jul.

Titel: Summer Schools 2016 - Spoken Sanskrit
Speaker: Dr. Sadananda Das
Place: Südasien-Institut, tba
Date: 01. Aug.

Titel: Summer Schools 2016 - Nepali Intensive Course
Speaker: Laxmi Nath Shrestha
Place: Südasien-Institut, tba
Date: 01. Aug.

Titel: Searching for the South Asian collective via transcendence, the cow and the tiger
Speaker: Annu Jalais, Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore
Place: Südasien-Institut, 316
Date: 05. Oct.

Titel: Poets translating Poets
Speaker: ---
Place: TheaterwerkstattDate: 12. Oct.

Titel: Poetry and Social/Political Activism: My life experience
Speaker: Jameela Nishat, Autorin, Indien
Place: Südasien-Institut, E11
Date: 25. Oct.

Titel: Lesung: „Der Gefangene”
Speaker: Omar Shahid Hamid, Autor
Place: Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, DAI
Date: 25. Oct.

Titel: Buchpräsentation “Gandhi‘s Outstanding Leadership”
Speaker: Pascal Alan Nazareth, Diplomat, Indien
Place: Südasien-Institut, SAI-Bibliothek
Date: 27. Oct.

Titel: Dalit movement in India – recent trends and dilemmas
Speaker: Dr. Pavel Hons, Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Place: Südasien-Institut, Z10
Date: 03. Nov.

Titel: “Cinema Noir”
Speaker: Dr. Sarunas Paunksnis, Kaunas University of Technology, Litauen
Place: Südasien-Institut, E11
Date: 08. Nov.

Titel: A Methodological Approach to Indian Cinema. Discussing Foucault’s ‘Different Spaces’
Speaker: Dr. Sarunas Paunksnis, Kaunas University of Technology, Litauen
Place: Südasien-Institut, E11
Date: 08. Nov.

Titel: Cinema and Neoliberalism in India
Speaker: Dr. Sarunas Paunksnis, Kaunas University of Technology, Litauen
Place: Karl Jaspers Zentrum, Gebäude 4400, R 212
Date: 09. Nov.

Titel: „Meiner Eltern Welt - geerbte Erinnerung“
Speaker: ---
Place: Südasien-Institut, Heinrich-Zimmer-LesesaalDate: 09. Nov.

Titel: Discussion on Indian Film
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hans Harder, Südasien-Institut
Place: Südasien-Institut, 214
Date: 11. Nov.

Titel: Inside and Outside the »Caring Ideal«: Perspectives on Women as Mothers, Workers, Migrants, and Second Wives in Tajikistan
Speaker: Swetlana Torno, Universität Heidelberg, Exzellenzcluster »Asien und Europa im globalen Kontext«
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum Z10
Date: 14. Nov.

Titel: Conceptions of Religion in India: An Analysis of the Discourses of Bhakti and Modern Indian Political Thought
Speaker: Dr. Rinku Lamba, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Indien
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum 316
Date: 14. Nov.

Titel: Die frühe Urbanisierung und Staatenbildung in der Buddhazeit
Speaker: Prof. Dr. em. Hermann Kulke, Universität Kiel
Place: Südasien-Institut, Z 10
Date: 14. Nov.

Titel: Cultivating Knowledge: Risk and Reward in Telangana Cotton Agriculture
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Flachs, Washington University, St. Louis, Department of Anthropology, USA
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum 316
Date: 21. Nov.

Titel: Doing Sex – Sexual Networks and Their Implications for the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Botswana
Speaker: Karin Pfister, Universität Tübingen, Sonderforschungsbereich RessourcenKulturen
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum Z10
Date: 28. Nov.

Titel: Film Screening - Thrust into Heaven
Speaker: Regie: Jürgen Schaflechner, Sarah Ewald
Place: Karlstorbahnhof , Karlstorkino
Date: 29. Nov.

Titel: Religion and Democratic Politics in Contemporary India
Speaker: Prof. Gurharpal Singh, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, Großbritannien
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum 317
Date: 01. Dec.

Titel: Meter and metal: Visvakarma's Bengal, past and present.
Speaker: Dr. Abhijeet Paul, Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Middlebury College, Vermont, USA
Place: Südasien-Institut, 316
Date: 06. Dec.

Titel: Scheduled tribes on the way to modernity
Speaker: Dr. Soňa Bendíková
Place: Südasien-Institut, E11
Date: 07. Dec.

Titel: Of Sacraments, Sacramentals and Anthropology: Is Anthropological Explanation a Form of Sacramentalism?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Harish Naraindas, Jawaharlal Nehru University (Indien), Centre for the Study of Social System
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum Z10
Date: 12. Dec.

Titel: Bharatiya Janata Party under Narendra Modi's Leadership: A Second Transformation?
Speaker: Prof. K.C. Suri, University of Hyderabad, Department of Political Science, Indien
Place: Südasien-Institut, Raum 316
Date: 13. Dec.

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