Research

Project Director

Ferdinando Sardella

Project Outline

This project undertakes the mapping, collection, translation and investigation of literature and any other relevant material related to or dealing with the modern development of Caitanya Vaisnavism in Bengal from the late 18th century to the present. It aims at facilitating research in a number of areas such as theology, sociology, history of ideas, philosophy, gender studies and anthropology.

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Photos from the Shivdasani Conference 2009.

Project Leaders

Ravi M. Gupta, The College of William and Mary, USA

Kenneth R. Valpey, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and Chinese University of Hong Kong

Thinking Inside the Box: The Concept of a Category in Indian Philosophy

10–11 October 2009,
Somerville College, Oxford

Project leaders

Project Director: Gavin Flood

Project Manager: Jessica Frazier

Project leaders

Project Directors: Gavin Flood, Bjarne Olesen

Project Manager: Bjarne Olesen

Led by Himanshu Prabha Ray, this project aims to contribute to an understanding of how sacred spaces came to be defined in the archaeological record from around the latter half of the first millennium BC onwards.

Archaeology and Text: The Temple in South Asia

Danson Room, Trinity College, Oxford

Guideline for project proposals:

Researchers interesting in proposing a project for inclusion within the OCHS research programme should send a pre-proposal to the OCHS including the following:

1. Lead names with short biodata
2. Project summary, addressing:
• research question,
• sources and methods
• research methods,
• research goals,
• research context,
• implications for the broader development of research in the field
3. Intended research output (seminars, symposia, publication, etc.)
4. Schedule and time-frame for outputs and completion
5. Projected needs for implementing the project

Procedure for establishing OCHS research projects:

The proposal will be considered by the Academic Planning Committee of the OCHS, and if it fits well with the rubric of the research streams then this will be discussed in greater detail with the researcher, and a full proposal invited. If this is accepted then a letter of agreement will be sent, termly reports on the project will be reviewed, a website created and maintained to share the ongoing products of the project (reports, recordings of presentations, proceedings of symposia and conferences, reference to articles, publications, etc.)

Queries and proposals can be addressed to:

The Academic Administrator
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
15 Magdalen Street
Oxford OX1 3AE

Tel: 01865 304300
Fax: 01865 304301

or email us

Project leaders

Project Directors: Gavin Flood, Jessica Frazier

Project Manager: Jessica Frazier