SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK
Higher Seminars and Publications on South Asian Religion, at Uppsala University
Seminars Spring 2003:
20
May:
Title: Caivam among Tamil Immigrants
in Sweden
The seminar is also a preparation before a visit to the Tamil
Hindu temple at Tallkrogen, Enskede, a few days later, and includes a
special study of the God called ”the Remover” (Vinayaka)
or ”Master of the Horde” (Ganesa), to whom the Stockholm
temple is consecrated.
Lecturer: Prof Peter Schalk from the Dept
of Theology; History of Religions at Uppsala University
Venue and time: Room VIII, Universitetshuset, at 16.15
Seminars in the Fall 2002
27 November:
Title: Breaking up Stereotypes
in Tamil Caivam and Simhala-Bauddha Ethnonationalism: The Emergence of
Buddhism among Tamils
Lecturer: Prof Peter Schalk from the Dept
of Theology; History of Religions at Uppsala University
Venue and time: Room VIII, Universitetshuset, at 16.15
Three Seminars on 2 December:
Title: Murukak Katavul Valipatu.
A Study of Continuity and Change of the Worship of God Murukan in Malaiyakam
in the Encounter with Religions and Sociopolitics in Ilam and Tamilakam
PhD candidate T
L Amirtalinkam Cellaiya presents his coming dissertation in a final
seminar.
Opponent is Dr. (habil.) Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam,
South Asia Institute, Heidelberg. The seminar is chaired by Professor
Peter Schalk. Synopsis
of the dissertation. Copies can be acquired by participants at Vaktmästeriet,
Regnell, from 11 November.
Venue and time: Room 0018, Department of
Cultural Anthropology, Trädgårdsgatan 18, at 10.15.
Title: Tamil Caivas in Sweden.
A Vanishing Community of Sufferers
Lecturer: Prof Peter Schalk
Venue and time: Room XI, Universitetshuset, at 14.15.
Title: Hindus in Malaysia and Singapore:
Creating their Identities in Islam and Chinese Societies
Lecturer: Professor Dr. Manfred
Hutter from the Institute of Religious Studies in Bonn, Germany
Venue and time: Room XI, Universitetshuset, at 16.15.
Two Seminars on 3 December:
Title: Reflections on Death in
the Poetry of the Liberation Movement in North Sri Lanka
Lecturer: Dr. habil. Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam
from the South Asia Institute in Heidelberg
Venue and time: Room XI, Universitetshuset, at 14.15.
Title: Who is a 'martyr'? The Answer
Given by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE)
Lecturer: Professor Peter Schalk
Venue and time: Room XI, Universitetshuset, at 16.15.
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Recent publications by Peter Schalk
Published by Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis (AUU), Historia Religionum
No 19: Peter Schalk (editor-in-chief): ”Buddhism among Tamils in Pre-Colonial Tamilakam and Ilam. Part 1. Prologue. The Pre-Pallava and the Pallava Period”. 2002
No 20: Peter Schalk (editor-in-chief: ”Buddhism among Tamils in Pre-Colonial Tamilakam and Ilam. Part 2. The Period of the Imperial Colar”. 2002.
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2007-06-08