Exhibition video “India. Life around Water”
We have just published a video visit of the exhibition “India. Life around Water”!
We have just published a video visit of the exhibition “India. Life around Water”!
From the 24th to the 26th of November 2021 the research group “Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations” welcomed international researchers at Ettersburg castle for the conference “Blurring Boundaries”. Organised by Jörg Rüpke and Emiliano R. Urciuoli, the conference aimed to investigate the diffusion of urban religion beyond urban space. Susanne Rau and Martin Fuchs summarise their observations on the previous two days’ programme…
The KFG’s database “Religion and Urbanity Online” continues to be filled with new research and overview articles. All articles are open access and have been peer reviewed…
When Hindus travel on pilgrimage or yatrā, as they do by the millions each month of the year, it if for the darśan of its famous deities. They travel to the sacred city of Ujjain not as ‘sightseers’ but have an interest in the powerful places where darśan may be had…
The photo exhibition “INDIA. Life around Water” / “INDIEN. Leben am Wasser”, curated by KFG post-doc Sara Keller is still available to view free of charge in the Augustinerkloster, Erfurt…
In pandemic times, some people call on pharmaceutical labs to rapidly defeat the virus, others directly address the disease. In India, informal devotional practices for a female deity called “Corona Mātā”…