MPI-MMG@Conferences

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"Between Spiritual Care and Forensic Care: Situating the Remains of War Dead in Contemporary Vietnam"

  • Date: Apr 13, 2021
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Tam Ngo (MPI-MMG/NIOD)
  • TAM NGO works half-time at the MPI and half-time at the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD) in Amsterdam.
  • Location: Zoom Event
A lecture as part of the colloquium series "Understanding Asia: Bridging Margins" at Bielefeld University. [more]

"Under the Banner of Islam (Oxford University Press)"

Workshops, conferences 2021
Gülay Türkmen is a sociologist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Graz. Her work examines how macro-scale historical and political developments inform questions of belonging and identity-formation in multi-cultural societies. [more]

"Heritage out of Control: Inheriting Waste, Spirits and Energies"

Workshops, conferences 2021
  • Start: May 17, 2021 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
  • End: May 19, 2021 05:00 PM
  • Location: Zoom Event

Peter van der Veer: "Rituals and Revolutions"

Disputes over rituals have given rise to major revolutionary movements in human history. This is true for the Protestant Revolution of 16th century Europe, perhaps the most important revolution in the making of the modern world, but also for the failed Mutiny and Taiping risings of 19th century in India and China, as well as for the various atheistic Communist revolutions in Asia. These disputes over rituals are often interpreted as “sideshows” of the real political struggles or as “the hidden registers of resistance”, but in fact, they are really about the efficacy, rationality, or “sincerity” of certain rituals. Such controversies have immense impact on the values and political orientations of people, as is shown by the rise of vegetarianism and non-violent politics in India. In China and Vietnam, the anti-superstition and anti-cult aspects of repressive authoritarianism have had huge consequences. The repression of certain rituals does not result in the abolition of all ritual. In fact, Protestantism and Communism have come up with their own rituals. This talk will discuss the dynamic of ritual and anti-ritual from an anthropological viewpoint in general, theoretical terms, but will take its examples from India, China, and Vietnam. [more]
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