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Tuesday | 04:15 PM | Department Colloquium Buddhist Nationalism and Islamophobia Department Colloquium
Co-organized with the Chair for Buddhist Studies, HCTS Prof. Dr. Iselin Frydenlund, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society This lecture deals with the last decade’s rise of anti-Muslim sentiment and violence against Muslim communities in Buddhist majority communities such as Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Such campaigns involve several aspects familiar from European or North-American Islamophobic discourses, such as the securitization of Islam and Muslims; theories of the “Great Replacement” and demographic changes; but also, aspects more specific to Asia, such as Buddhist-Muslim economic competition, and anti-halal and anti-slaughter campaigns. Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, we also see a new form of Islamophobia, one that links the coronavirus to Muslim religious practices, such as burials. By looking at temporal as well as spatial variations, I will explore differences and similarities in Islamophobic tropes and anti-Muslim policies in the two Buddhist majority countries. Address Gebäude 4130 Voßstrasse 2 69115 Heidelberg Homepage Event https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/index.php Organizer Südasien-Institut Homepage Organizer https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/index.php Contact Department of Cultural and Religious History of South Asia Contact URL https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/index.php Alle Termine der Veranstaltung 'Department Colloquium': Tuesday 11th May 2021, 04:15 PM Jurisprudence and Geography in the Making of Hindu Majoritarianism: The Cases of Ayodhya and Banaras • Prof. Dr. Knut A. Jacobson, University of Bergen, Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion
• Dr. Vera Lazzaretti, Heidelberg University, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg Centre for Cultural Heritage
Tuesday 18th May 2021, 04:15 PM Religious Girls’ Education in Colonial Sri Lanka: Creating Motherhood and Womanhood Jessica Albrecht, Ph.D. Canditate, Heidelberg University, Department for the Study of Religions Tuesday 01st June 2021, 04:15 PM The Holy Garbage of the Temple and the Idea of Holiness Dr. Hillel Mali, New York University, NYU School of Law Tuesday 22nd June 2021, 04:15 PM Buddhist Nationalism and Islamophobia Prof. Dr. Iselin Frydenlund, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society Friday 02nd July 2021, 09:15 AM Prof. Dr. Shobha Rani Dash, Heidelberg University, South Asia Institute and Dr. Suchada Srisetthaworakul, Otani University Friday 09th July 2021, 09:15 AM The Project: Buddhist Manuscripts from Gandhara Dr. Stefan Baums, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich and Stephen White M.Sc., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich Friday 16th July 2021, 09:15 AM Digital Edition of the Nyāyabhāṣya PD Dr. Phillip A. Maas, Leipzig University, Institute of Indology and Central Asian Studies Tuesday 30th November 2021, 04:15 PM Terror and Grace: Saturn Worship in India Across the Ages Dr. Ofer PERES |