Veranstaltungen der Abteilung für religiöse Vielfalt (in absteigender Reihenfolge)

Vortragender: David Gellner (University of Oxford)

"Building Theravada Buddhist networks in Nepal and Beyond"

  • Datum: 16.06.2010
  • Uhrzeit: 14:00 - 16:00
  • Vortragender: David Gellner (University of Oxford)
  • David Gellner is Professor of Social Anthropology, a Fellow of All Souls, and Head of the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnogra­phy. His doctoral research (1982-4) was on the traditional, Vaj­ra­yana Buddhism of the Newars and on Newar social organization, in the Kath­mandu Valley, Nepal. He has carried out fieldwork in the Kathmandu Valley on many subsequent occasions, broadening his interests to include politics and ethnicity, healers, mediums, and popular approaches to misfortune, religious change, activism, and democratization. His current research is on reli­gion in the Nepali diaspora in the UK.
  • Ort: MPI-MMG, Hermann-Föge-Weg 11, Göttingen
  • Raum: Library Hall
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