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This paper attempts to highlight the complications of segregating material culture under religious headings in premodern and early modern Kerala as their identities were quite entangled with that of the co-existing religious communities... more
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    • Traditional Kerala Architecture
The aim of this workshop is to examine the interaction between Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism and cults associated to nāgas (snake deities) and yakshas (nature spirits) at Mathurā (Uttar Pradesh, India) during Antiquity and Late Antiquity... more
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      Ancient Indian ArchaeologyInterreligious Relations
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      International RelationsInterreligious StudiesJewish-Christian-Muslim Relations
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    • Material Culture Studies
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      Religion and ColonialismPost-Soviet StudiesRussian Imperial HistoryInterreligious Studies
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      Kerala HistoryTraditional Kerala ArchitectureJewish-Christian-Muslim Relations
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      Religion and PoliticsAlexander the GreatAncient Biography
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      ChristianityHistory of ReligionEarly ChristianityHistory of Roman Catholicism
Sacred spaces in the Indian subcontinent have been predominantly classified according to religious affiliations, whereby, Brahmanical (Hindu), Buddhist and Jaina spaces are considered ‘Indic’ whilst mosques, churches, and synagogues, are... more
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      Material culture of religionReligion and PoliticsIndian Ocean HistoryIndian Ocean World
On March 10, 2018, Desh Ratan Nigam, a lawyer, and RSS thinker went viral on Indian media for his passionate argument that the Taj Mahal was a Hindu temple, built in 1000 CE, which according to him could be proved by "symbols of Hinduism... more
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      Religious PluralismArchitectural HistoryIndian Ocean WorldHistory of Malabar
Paper presented at the 12th EAJS Congress 2023, "Branching Out: Diversity of Jewish Studies", at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (16th-20th July).
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      Jewish StudiesEarly Modern HistoryEarly Modern ArchitectureIndian Ocean World
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      Science and ReligionReligious PracticeReligion and Culture
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      Architectural HistoryKerala HistoryHistory of MalabarHistorical architecture
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      Architectural HistoryIndian Ocean WorldKerala HistoryHistory of architecture
In this session, we would like to give voice to the usually silent witness – the material evidence – of the trade and maritime connections between South Asia and Europe. The focus will be on the medieval and modern periods where it is... more
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      ArchaeologyMedieval ArchaeologySouth Asian ArchaeologyUnderwater Archaeology
This paper examines the cultural and architectural history of Kerala’s sacred spaces, focusing on how religious identities and spaces have been shaped and intertwined over time. The study critiques traditional historiography that... more
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      Architectural HistoryKerala HistoryHistory of MalabarTraditional Kerala Architecture
Conventional narratives have traditionally depicted a significant rupture in architectural traditions across Malabar, South India, with the advent of Portuguese influence in the 16th century. While acknowledging the era’s marked... more
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      Architectural HistoryIndian Ocean WorldKerala HistorySacred Architecture
Wenngleich sich jede/-r lehrende Religionswissenschaftler/-in in der einen oder anderen Form mit Fragen der Didaktik auseinandersetzt, so befindet sich die schriftliche Reflexion hochschuldidaktischer Fragen in der Religionswissenschaft... more
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Wenngleich sich jede/-r lehrende Religionswissenschaftler/-in in der einen oder anderen Form mit Fragen der Didaktik auseinandersetzt, so befindet sich die schriftliche Reflexion hochschuldidaktischer Fragen in der Religionswissenschaft... more
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    • Study of Religions
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