Religious Studies
Wednesdays, 4.10-5.30pm, in the Elizabeth Templeton Lecture Theatre (*unless otherwise stated)
Please direct any queries to the convenor, Alysa Ghose: alysa.ghose@ed.ac.uk
Semester 2: Spring 2023
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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18 January |
Jin Rusha (PhD Candidate, Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh) |
Department Social 'The Citations in Zhanran’s Commentary Zhiguan Fuxing Chuanhongjue' |
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Cancelled |
Dr Theo Wildcroft (Open University and Centre for Yoga Studies, SOAS) with Marissa Clarke as discussant, chaired by Samuel Horsley |
'“The yoga police are real”: recent reforms in the institutionalisation of yoga teaching |
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Cancelled |
Mary Briggs, (PhD Candidate, Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh)
Ishita Mahajan (PhD Candidate, Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh) |
'Politics, Protestantism, and “Pseudoreligion”: How the Shincheonji Church of Jesus Unsettles Mainstream Protestantism in South Korea'
Title TBC |
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Postponed |
Dr Sneha Roy (Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh) |
‘Rewriting agency using representations of Buddhist nuns in contemporary Myanmar’ |
| Tuesday 14 March | Professor Joanildo Albuquerque Burity (Joaquim Nabuco Foundation) |
‘Populism, the conservative wave and religion in Brazil: the last ten years’ Joint seminar with World Christianity, Theology and Ethics, and Religious Studies |
| Postponed | Professor Rachel Muers' Inaugural | |
| 29 March | Dr Rita Langer (Senior Lecturer in Buddhist Studies, University of Bristol) | The Khyentse Lecture in Buddhist Studies 2023: ‘Managing demons: The Bahirava puja in Sri Lanka’ (talk and film screening) |
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5 April Althaus -Reid Room |
Mary Briggs (PhD Candidate, Religious Studies, University of Edinburgh) | 'Protestantism, Political Power, and the threat of “Pseudo-Religion”: A Brief Exploration of the Narrative that The Shincheonji Church of Jesus Harms South Korean Protestantism.' |
Semester 1: Autumn 2022
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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21 September |
Dr. Arkotong Longkumer (University of Edinburgh) |
Department Social The Sonic Guru: Rewben Mashangva sings the Blues |
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12 October |
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Book Launch 'A Phenomenology of Indigenous Religions: Theory and Practice' by Professor James Cox, discussants Dr. Suzanne Owen (Leeds Trinity University), Professor Bettina Schmidt (Wales Trinity St David) and Professor Bjørn Ola Tafjord (Professor in the Study of Religion, University of Bergen) Chaired by Dr Steven Sutcliffe |
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14 October |
Dr. Ankur Barua (University of Cambridge) |
The Muslim Self and its Hindu Neighbours: Bengali Borderlines of Belonging Join seminar with Islam and Christian Muslim-Relations |
| 26 October |
Drs Paul Fuller, Bethany Sollereder, and Claire Wanless Chair: Dr Suzanna Millar |
Panel discussion on environment, religion and eco religiosity; participants |
| 2 November | No Seminar; School Forum | |
| 16 November | Dayal Paleri | From social reformism to communal harmony: Shifting articulations of interreligious coexistence among Muslims in Kerala, South India |
| 30 November | Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University | Gunning Lecture |