Monasticisms | Empire, Caste, Gender, Law & Labor in South Asia | Buddhism, Virtuality & Death-tech | Familiality & Fascism | PhD @Stanford | Asst. Prof.
University of San Diego: https://sandiego.academia.edu/NicholasWitkowski
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March 9 - New deadline for AAR Buddhism and Caste Seminar - for friends whose work overlaps with these topics, please disseminate in your networks!
New monograph in production on comparative mantric practices (e.g., in Vedic rituals, Tibetan Buddhist rites, early Christian invocations, modern manifestation practices), empowered speech acts, and relationships between humans and divinities: www.bloomsbury.com/us/social-li...
Nicholas Witkowski
josephkimmel.bsky.social
On March 6th, I'll be speaking at Harvard about recent upheavals in Japan and why we must attend to religion to fully comprehend realignments now taking shape within Japanese politics. Thanks to Paula Kolata for making this event happen:
rijs.fas.harvard.edu/events/relig...
New deadline for AAR Buddhism and Caste Seminar - for friends whose work overlaps with these topics, please disseminate in your networks!
Friends, Feb 6, 1PM PST please join Prof. Jessica Zu @jessicaxzu.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of her recently published _Just Awakening_ (purchase here: cup.columbia.edu/book/just-aw...)
Sign up for virtual conversation with Prof. Zu below!
March 6 - Proposals for AAR Buddhism and Caste Seminar due on PAPERS system here (scroll to seminar link for CFP): tinyurl.com/3t9tfpvc. Instructions for submission are provided here: tinyurl.com/7fsbxx6a
March 6 - Proposals for AAR Buddhism and Caste Seminar due on PAPERS system here (scroll to seminar link for CFP): tinyurl.com/3t9tfpvc. Instructions for submission are provided here: tinyurl.com/7fsbxx6a
Levi McLaughlin
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I co-wrote a book on a popular #Jain #textile #art form…and now it’s out!
Visualizing #Devotion: Jain Embroidered Shrine Hangings.
Order via the University of Washington Press, and now through Jan 2, it is 40% off with free domestic shipping with code: Winter25
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780998...
Humans: A Monstrous History is a year old today! Here’s a 🧵 of some spinoff writings and interviews.
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🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
rijs.fas.harvard.edu
Faced with political upheaval, aging support bases, rising regional security concerns, and harsh economic realities, how are influential religion-linked activists now seeking to shape Japan? What are ...
March 6 - Proposals for AAR Buddhism and Caste Seminar due on PAPERS system here (scroll to seminar link for CFP): tinyurl.com/3t9tfpvc. Instructions for submission are provided here: tinyurl.com/7fsbxx6a
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)
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March 6 - Proposals for AAR Buddhism and Caste Seminar due on PAPERS system here (scroll to seminar link for CFP): tinyurl.com/3t9tfpvc. Instructions for submission are provided here: tinyurl.com/7fsbxx6a
Nicholas Witkowski
Challenging the Orientalist exoticisation of mantras and their restriction to 'Eastern religions', Joseph L. Kimmel traces the understanding, practice, and purp…
