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Prof. Gavin Flood 11/03/2010 Readings in Phenomenology: Session Seven
Prof. Gavin Flood 11/03/2010 Hindu Theology: Session Seven - Theological Reasoning Across Traditions
Prof. Gavin Flood 10/03/2010 Hinduism II: Session Eight
Prof. Guy Stroumsa 05/03/2010 Mystical Traditions in Comparative Perspective: Session Five - The Jewish Roots of Christian Mysticism
Prof. Gavin Flood 05/03/2010 Readings in the Jayākhyasaṃhitā: Session Seven
Prof. Gavin Flood 05/03/2010 Elementary Sanskrit: Session Seven
Prof. Gavin Flood 04/03/2010 Readings in Phenomenology: Session Six
Prof. Gavin Flood 04/03/2010 Hindu Theology: Session Six - The ≈öaiva commentarial tradition 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 03/03/2010 Hinduism II: Session Seven
Prof. Gavin Flood 26/02/2010 Readings in the Jayākhyasaṃhitā: Session Six
Prof. Gavin Flood 26/02/2010 Elementary Sanskrit: Session Six
Prof. Gavin Flood 25/02/2010 Readings in Phenomenology: Session Five
Prof. Gavin Flood 25/02/2010 Hindu Theology: Session Five - The ≈öaiva commentarial tradition 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 24/02/2010 Hinduism II: Session Six
Dr Diwakar Acharya 22/02/2010 Negative Flashes of Néti Néti and Realisation of Brahman
Prof. George Pattison 19/02/2010 Mystical Traditions in Comparative Perspective: Session Four - Christian mystical traditions 2 – Understanding Apophaticism
Prof. Gavin Flood 19/02/2010 Readings in the Jayākhyasaṃhitā: Session Five
Prof. Gavin Flood 19/02/2010 Elementary Sanskrit: Session Five
Prof. Gavin Flood 18/02/2010 Readings in Phenomenology: Session Four
Prof. Gavin Flood 18/02/2010 Hindu Theology: Session Four - The ≈öaiva commentarial tradition 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 17/02/2010 Hinduism II: Session Five
Dr Peter Flügel 16/02/2010 Jaina-Hindu Syncretism in Gujarat: The Trimūrti-Temple of the Akram Vijñān Mārg
Dr Diwakar Acharya 15/02/2010 Readings in the Jayottaratantra: Session Two
Prof. Oliver Davies 12/02/2010 Mystical Traditions in Comparative Perspective: Session Three - Christian mystical traditions 1 – The Relevance of Christian Mysticism
Prof. Gavin Flood 12/02/2010 Readings in the Jayākhyasaṃhitā: Session Four
Prof. Gavin Flood 12/02/2010 Elementary Sanskrit: Session Four
Prof. Gavin Flood 11/02/2010 Readings in Phenomenology: Session Three
Prof. Gavin Flood 11/02/2010 Hindu Theology: Session Three - The Vedānta commentarial tradition 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 10/02/2010 Hinduism II: Session Four
Dr Graham Schweig 08/02/2010 Three Worlds of the Heart: Theological and Literary Dimensions of the Bhakti Sutra
Dr Sarah Shaw 05/02/2010 Mystical Traditions in Comparative Perspective: Session Two - Buddhist Meditation
Prof. Gavin Flood 05/02/2010 Readings in the Jayākhyasaṃhitā: Session Three
Prof. Gavin Flood 05/02/2010 Elementary Sanskrit: Session Three
Prof. Gavin Flood 04/02/2010 Readings in Phenomenology: Session Two
Prof. Gavin Flood 04/02/2010 Hindu Theology: Session Two - The Vedānta commentarial tradition 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 03/02/2010 Hinduism II: Session Three
HE Nalin Surie 01/02/2010 Indian Foreign Policy: Shifting Roles and Challenges in the New Decade
Dr Diwakar Acharya 01/02/2010 Readings in the Jayottaratantra: Session One
Dr Talib Muhammad 29/01/2010 Mystical Traditions in Comparative Perspective: Session One - Islamic mystical traditions – Sufis in India
Prof. Gavin Flood 29/01/2010 Readings in the Jayākhyasaṃhitā: Session Two
Prof. Gavin Flood 29/01/2010 Elementary Sanskrit: Session Two
Prof. Gavin Flood 28/01/2010 Readings in Phenomenology: Session One
Prof. Gavin Flood 28/01/2010 Hindu Theology: Session One - Introduction and Scriptural Authority in Hindu Traditions
Prof. Gavin Flood 27/01/2010 Hinduism II: Session Two
Prof. Gavin Flood 22/01/2010 Readings in the Jayākhyasaṃhitā: Session One
Prof. Gavin Flood 22/01/2010 Elementary Sanskrit: Session One
Prof. Gavin Flood 20/01/2010 Hinduism II: Session One
Dr Diwakar Acharya 18/01/2010 Early Vai·π£·πáava Texts from Nepal
Prof. Gavin Flood 03/12/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya Samhita 7
Prof. Gavin Flood 03/12/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 7
Prof. Gavin Flood 02/12/2009 Hinduism I: Themes and Textual Sources – Lecture 8 Hinduism and Modernity
Dr. Makarand Paranjape 30/11/2009 Mahatma Gandhi at the OCHS 4: Gandhigiri vs. Gandhiism: The Afterlife of the Mahatma in Lage Raho Munna Bhai (seminar)
Dr. Makarand Paranjape 30/11/2009 Mahatma Gandhi at the OCHS: Film Lage Raho Munna Bhai
Prof. Gavin Flood 26/11/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya Samhita 6
Prof. Gavin Flood 26/11/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 6
Prof. Gavin Flood 25/11/2009 Hinduism I: Themes and Textual Sources – Lecture 7 Philosophical Traditions II
Prof. Gavin Flood 19/11/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya Samhita 5
Prof. Gavin Flood 19/11/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 5
Prof. Gavin Flood 18/11/2009 Hinduism I: Themes and Textual Sources – Lecture 6 Philosophical Traditions I
Dr. Makarand Paranjape 16/11/2009 Mahatma Gandhi at the OCHS 3: The "Sanatani" Mahatma (lecture)
Prof. Gavin Flood 12/11/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya Samhita 4
Prof. Gavin Flood 12/11/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 4
Prof. Gavin Flood 11/11/2009 Hinduism I: Themes and Textual Sources – Lecture 5 Indian Theism
Prof. Gavin Flood 05/11/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya Samhita 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 05/11/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 04/11/2009 Hinduism I: Themes and Textual Sources – Lecture 4 Ascetic Traditions
Dr. Makarand Paranjape 02/11/2009 Mahatma Gandhi at the OCHS 2: Hind Swaraj in Our Times (seminar)
Dr Simon Brodbeck 29/10/2009 Towards an Existential Textology of the so-called 'Sanskrit epics'
Prof. Gavin Flood 29/10/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya Samhita 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 29/10/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 28/10/2009 Hinduism I: Themes and Textual Sources – Lecture 3 Dharma, Society and Gender
Prof. Gavin Flood 22/10/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya Samhita 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 22/10/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 21/10/2009 Hinduism I: Themes and Textual Sources – Lecture 2 The Veda and Vedic traditions
Dr. Makarand Paranjape 19/10/2009 Mahatma Gandhi at the OCHS 1: The Death of Gandhi (lecture)
Prof. Gavin Flood 14/10/2009 Hinduism I: Themes and Textual Sources – Lecture 1: Introduction
Will Johnson 11/10/2009 From Ontology to Taxonomy: the Jaina Colonisation of the Universe
Shashiprabha Kumar 11/10/2009 The Concept of a Category in Vaisesika Philosophy
Jan Westerhoff 11/10/2009 Madhyamakas and Ontological Categories
Mikel Burley 11/10/2009 The Analysis of Experience in Classical Samkhya
Stephen Phillips 10/10/2009 Nyaya's pramana (Knowledge-Generators) as Natural Kinds
Eivind Kahrs 10/10/2009 On bhava – the ultimate category
Johannes Bronkhorst 10/10/2009 Ontological Categories in Early Indian Philosophy
Jonardon Ganeri 10/10/2009 The Seven Category Ontology Reaffirmed
Prof. Gavin Flood 18/06/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 7
Prof. Gavin Flood 18/06/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 7
Prof. Gavin Flood 11/06/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 6
Prof. Gavin Flood 11/06/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 6
Prof. Gavin Flood 04/06/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 5
Prof. Gavin Flood 04/06/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 5
Dr James Mallinson 28/05/2009 Earrings and Horns: Locating the first Naths
Prof. Gavin Flood 28/05/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 4
Prof. Gavin Flood 28/05/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 4
Prof. Patrick Olivelle 25/05/2009 Forming a Canon: The Literary and Political History of Dharmasastra
Bjarne Wernicke Olesen 21/05/2009 The origins and development of Shaktism
Prof. Gavin Flood 21/05/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 21/05/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 3
Prof. Patrick Olivelle 20/05/2009 Readings in the Upanishads Part 4 of 4
Dr James Mallinson 19/05/2009 Siddhas, Munis and Yogins but no Naths: The Early History of Hathayoga
Prof. Patrick Olivelle 15/05/2009 Readings in the Upanishads Part 3 of 4
Prof. Gavin Flood 14/05/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 14/05/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 07/05/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 07/05/2009 Readings in Phenomenology 1
Prof. Patrick Olivelle 04/05/2009 Readings in the Upanishads Part 2 of 4
Prof. Patrick Olivelle 29/04/2009 Readings in the Upanishads Part 1 of 4
Prof. Gavin Flood 12/03/2009 Hindu understandings of God 4: The theology of Utpaladeva and the monistic Shaivas
Prof. Gavin Flood 12/03/2009 Readings in phenomenology 7
Prof. Gavin Flood 11/03/2009 Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 8: Monistic Saivism
Prof. Gavin Flood 09/03/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 7
Dr Jessica Frazier 06/03/2009 Religious experience in psychology, anthropology and sociology Lecture 3: Sociology of religion and the force of the individual
Prof. Gavin Flood 05/03/2009 Readings in phenomenology 6
Prof. Gavin Flood 04/03/2009 Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 7: The Pancaratra
Prof. Gavin Flood 02/03/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 6
Dr Jessica Frazier 27/02/2009 Religious experience in psychology, anthropology and sociology Lecture 2: Psychology of religion and the cartography of belief
Rembert Lutjeharms 26/02/2009 Hindu understandings of God 3: The theology of Jiva Gosvami
Prof. Gavin Flood 26/02/2009 Readings in phenomenology 5
Prof. Gavin Flood 25/02/2009 Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 6: The Sant tradition: Kabir
Prof. Gavin Flood 23/02/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 5
Prof. Gavin Flood 19/02/2009 Readings in phenomenology 4
Prof. Gavin Flood 18/02/2009 Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 5: Bhakti literatures and ritual texts
Dr Maya Warrier 16/02/2009 Majewski Lecture: Bovine slaughter
Prof. Gavin Flood 16/02/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 4
Dr Maya Warrier 16/02/2009 Bovine slaughter, media representations, and the construction of Hindu identity in Britain
Dr Jessica Frazier 13/02/2009 Religious experience in psychology, anthropology and sociology Lecture 1: Anthropology of religion and the religious imagination
Prof. Keith Ward 12/02/2009 Hindu understandings of God 2: The theology of Ramanuja
Prof. Gavin Flood 12/02/2009 Readings in phenomenology 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 11/02/2009 Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 4: Bhakti and Yoga in the Bhagavad-gita and its interpreters
Prof. Gavin Flood 09/02/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 06/02/2009 The importance of religion Lecture 3: Religion and music
Dr Thomas Daffern 05/02/2009 Hinduism, non-violence and the costs of terrorism: towards an Indian mediation service?
Prof. Gavin Flood 05/02/2009 Readings in phenomenology 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 04/02/2009 Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 3: Yoga-sutras of Patanjali
Prof. Gavin Flood 02/02/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 30/01/2009 The importance of religion Lecture 2: Religion and literature
Dr Jessica Frazier 29/01/2009 Hindu understandings of God 1: Ideas of God in Hinduism
Prof. Gavin Flood 29/01/2009 Readings in phenomenology 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 28/01/2009 Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 2: The Samkhya and Yoga
Prof. Gavin Flood 26/01/2009 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 23/01/2009 The importance of religion Lecture 1: Religion and spirituality
Prof. Gavin Flood 21/01/2009 Hinduism II: Hindu ideas of liberation Lecture 1: Introduction: the question of soteriology in India
Prof. Gavin Flood 03/12/2008 Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 8
Prof. Gavin Flood 26/11/2008 Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 7
Dr Piyali Palit 20/11/2008 Ontology of Bhartrhari
Prof. Gavin Flood 20/11/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 5
Prof. Gavin Flood 19/11/2008 Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 6
Prof. Gavin Flood 17/11/2008 The importance of religion 5: Religion and art
Dr Piyali Palit 13/11/2008 Shivdasani Fellow Seminars: Ontological Issues in Samhita
Dr Whitney Cox 13/11/2008 Two Kashmiri lives in the Calulkya Deccan
Prof. Gavin Flood 12/11/2008 Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 5
Prof. Gavin Flood 10/11/2008 The importance of religion 4: Religion and politics
Dr Piyali Palit 06/11/2008 Shivdasani Lectures: Cognition and Knowledge
Prof. Gavin Flood 06/11/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 06/11/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 4
Prof. Gavin Flood 05/11/2008 Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 4
Prof. Gavin Flood 03/11/2008 The importance of religion 3: Religion, text, and subjectivity
Dr Jim Robinson 30/10/2008 The Lion of Durga
Prof. Gavin Flood 30/10/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 29/10/2008 Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 27/10/2008 The importance of religion 2: Towards a theory of religious action
Dr Piyali Palit 23/10/2008 Shivdasani Lectures: Navya Nyaya language and methodology: Padartha
Prof. Gavin Flood 23/10/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 22/10/2008 Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 20/10/2008 The importance of religion 1: Religion and reductionism
Prof. Gavin Flood 15/10/2008 Hinduism I: Themes and textual sources Part 1
Prof. Sumathi Ramaswamy 15/05/2008 The "Hindu" Goddess and Indian modernity
Prof. Gavin Flood 15/05/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 4
Prof. Gavin Flood 14/05/2008 Readings in the Jayakhya Samhita 4
Dr Rich Freeman 13/05/2008 Majewski Lecture: Tantric traditions of Kerala
Prof. Gaya Charan Tripathi 12/05/2008 Introduction to Sanskrit metrics and correct recitation of Sanskrit verses: Session three
Prof. Gaya Charan Tripathi 12/05/2008 An Introduction of ritual and philosophy of the Vaishnavas based especially on the Pancaratra system
Prof. Sumathi Ramaswamy 08/05/2008 Of gods and globes: The territorialisation of Hindu deities in popular visual culture
Prof. Gavin Flood 08/05/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 3
Dr Jessica Frazier 07/05/2008 Writing essays in exams
Prof. Gavin Flood 07/05/2008 Readings in the Jayakhya Samhita 3
Dr Jessica Frazier 06/05/2008 Hinduism in contemporary Indian cinema: Popular travesty or new theology?
Prof. Gaya Charan Tripathi 05/05/2008 Introduction to Sanskrit metrics and correct recitation of Sanskrit verses: Session two
Prof. Sumathi Ramaswamy 01/05/2008 Visual piety and bazaar Hinduism
Prof. Gavin Flood 01/05/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 30/04/2008 Readings in the Jayakhya Samhita 2
Dr Jessica Frazier 30/04/2008 Writing essays and dissertations
Prof. Gaya Charan Tripathi 28/04/2008 Introduction to Sanskrit metrics and correct recitation of Sanskrit verses: Session one
Prof. Sumathi Ramaswamy 24/04/2008 Maps, mother goddess, and martyrdom in modern India
Prof. Gavin Flood 24/04/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 23/04/2008 Readings in the Jayakhya Samhita 1
Prof. Gaya Charan Tripathi 21/04/2008 Methods of chanting various Vedic metrical and prose texts with their phonetic variations
Prof. Gavin Flood 06/03/2008 Hinduism II: Yoga, Bhakti, and Tantra: Part 8
Prof. Gavin Flood 06/03/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 7
Prof. Gavin Flood 05/03/2008 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 7
Dr Ithamar Theodor 28/02/2008 The Parinama Aesthetics as Underlying the Bhagavata Purana
Prof. Gavin Flood 28/02/2008 Hinduism II: Yoga, Bhakti, and Tantra: Part 7
Prof. Gavin Flood 28/02/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 6
Prof. Gavin Flood 27/02/2008 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 6
Dr Alessandra Lopez y Royo 21/02/2008 Performing Hirapur: Dancing the Shakti Rupa Yogini
Prof. Gavin Flood 21/02/2008 Hinduism II: Yoga, Bhakti, and Tantra: Part 6
Prof. Gavin Flood 21/02/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 5
Prof. Gavin Flood 20/02/2008 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 5
Ferdinando Sardella 14/02/2008 The Contributions of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati to Modern Hinduism 1900?37
Prof. Gavin Flood 14/02/2008 Hinduism II: Yoga, Bhakti, and Tantra: Part 5
Prof. Gavin Flood 14/02/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 4
Prof. Gavin Flood 13/02/2008 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 4
Prof. Polly O?Hanlon 12/02/2008 Pandits, Service People, and Caste Debates in the Early Maratha State
Prof. Gavin Flood 07/02/2008 Hinduism II: Yoga, Bhakti, and Tantra: Part 4
Prof. Gavin Flood 07/02/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 06/02/2008 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 31/01/2008 Hinduism II: Yoga, Bhakti, and Tantra: Part 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 31/01/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 30/01/2008 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 2
Prof. Julius Lipner 24/01/2008 Prof. Lipner Talk
Prof. Keith Ward 24/01/2008 Prof. Ward Talk
Dr Yahya Michot 24/01/2008 Dr Michot Talk
Prof. Julius Lipner 24/01/2008 Discussion
Prof. Keith Ward 24/01/2008 Discussion
Dr Yahya Michot 24/01/2008 Discussion
Prof. Gavin Flood 24/01/2008 Hinduism II: Yoga, Bhakti, and Tantra: Part 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 24/01/2008 Readings in Phenomenology 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 23/01/2008 Readings in the Jayakhya-samhita 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 17/01/2008 Hinduism II: Yoga, Bhakti, and Tantra: Part 1
Dr Jessica Frazier 30/11/2007 Key thinkers in the study of religion Part 8
Prof. Gavin Flood 29/11/2007 Hinduism One, Part 7
Dr Jessica Frazier 23/11/2007 Key thinkers in the study of religion Part 7
Dr Jessica Frazier 16/11/2007 Key thinkers in the study of religion Part 6
Prof. Gavin Flood 15/11/2007 Hinduism One, Part 6
Dr Jessica Frazier 09/11/2007 Key thinkers in the study of religion Part 5
Prof. Gavin Flood 08/11/2007 Hinduism One, Part 5
Dr Peter Bisschop 06/11/2007 Pancartha and Pasupata: Notes on the historical development of the Pasupatas
Dr Jessica Frazier 02/11/2007 Key thinkers in the study of religion Part 4
Dr Jessica Frazier 26/10/2007 Key thinkers in the study of religion Part 3
Prof. Gavin Flood 25/10/2007 Hinduism One, Part 4
Prof. Patrick Olivelle 21/10/2007 The Temple in Sanskrit Legal Literature
Prof. T.S. Rukmani 21/10/2007 Hindu Samnyasins in the Temple Context
Prof. John Stratton Hawley 21/10/2007 Seeing the Bhakti Movement
Prof. John E. Cort 21/10/2007 The Ritual Culture Of Temples And Icons in Jainism
Dr Lisa Nadine Owen 21/10/2007 Absence and Presence: Worshipping the Jina at Ellora
Dr Adam Hardy 21/10/2007 The Dance Performed by the Temple: the Dynamics of Hindu Temple Architecture
Dr Avanthi Meduri 21/10/2007 Temple Texts and Cultural Performances in South Asia
Dr Alessandra Lopez y Royo 21/10/2007 Performing Konarak, Performing Hirapur
Dr Davesh Soneji 21/10/2007 Colonial Modernity, Memory and the Devadasi Dance Tradition of the Viralmalai Murukan Temple
Prof. Mandakranta Bose 21/10/2007 Sastra and Proyoga: Building Bridges Between Text and Performance in the Sanskritic Tradition
Prof. Gavin Flood 20/10/2007 Welcome Address
Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray 20/10/2007 Creating Religious Identity: The Archaeology of Early Temples in the Malaprabha Valley
Dr Shailendra Bhandare 20/10/2007 Temple Sponsorship and Money Use in Early Medieval Deccan
Dr Parul PandyañDhar 20/10/2007 The Ambika Temple at Jagat: A Biographical Sketch
Dr Sandrine Gill 20/10/2007 The Social Impact of Hindu Temples in East Bengal under the Mughals
Dr Sanjay Garg 20/10/2007 Money of the Gods: The Religious Tokens of India
Dr Indra Sengupta 20/10/2007 Sacred Space and the Making of Monuments in Colonial Orissa
Dr Natalia R. Lidova 20/10/2007 YajÒa and Puja: A Comparison of the Ritual Archetypes
Dr Devangana Desai 20/10/2007 Textual Tradition and the Temples of Khajuraho
Dr David Smith 20/10/2007 The Style and Aesthetics of Indian Erotic Temple Sculpture
Dr Adam Hardy 20/10/2007 The Indian Temple: Production, Place, Patronage
Dr Jessica Frazier 19/10/2007 Key thinkers in the study of religion Part 2
Prof. Gavin Flood 18/10/2007 Hinduism One, Part 2
Dr Jessica Frazier 12/10/2007 Key thinkers in the study of religion Part 1
Prof. Gavin Flood 11/10/2007 Hinduism One, Part 1
Dr Nilima Chitgopekar 31/05/2007 The power of divine beauty: A study of the Saundaryalahari
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 18/05/2007 Making room for the goddess: A theology of Sri in fourteenth-century South India
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 17/05/2007 Comparative theology as intellectual and spiritual practice
Dr Shashiprabha Kumar 14/05/2007 Twentieth-century Sanskrit commentaries on the Vaisesikasutras
Dr Sangeetha Menon 14/05/2007 The concept of Hindu philosophy
Prof. T. S. Rukmani 11/05/2007 How much of yoga did Shankara accept in his formulation of Advaita Vedanta
Dr Shashiprabha Kumar 10/05/2007 Sabda as pramana in Vaisesika
Dr Anne-Marie Gaston 07/05/2007 The dancing Shiva as a focus for teaching cultural diversity
Dr Sangeetha Menon 07/05/2007 The dance of emotions
Dr Sangeetha Menon 03/05/2007 Beyond love and love beyond: Hindu and Western ideas of love
Prof. Gavin Flood 01/05/2007 An introduction to Hindu tantrism (four lectures)
Dr Shashiprabha Kumar 30/04/2007 The concept of dharma in Vaisesika
Pulane Lizzie Motswapong 30/04/2007 A super-gift or a conduit: The place of a daughter in the Indian marriage exchange
Dr Sangeetha Menon 27/04/2007 Neurons, experience, and being: A discussion on consciousness
Dr Shashiprabha Kumar 26/04/2007 Consciousness and cognition in Vaisesika
Dr Daud Ali 27/02/2007 The Subhasita as a social artifact
Nicholas Bamford 27/02/2007 Towards a comparative theology of the person
Dr Alex Watson 08/02/2007 What did Ramakantha contribute to the Buddhist-Brahmanical atman debate?
Prof. Gavin Flood 25/01/2007 Hinduism II series (eight lectures)
Dr Matthew Steenberg 25/01/2007 Icon and murti (four seminars)
Dr Kenneth Valpey 25/01/2007 Icon and murti
Prof. Gavin Flood 30/11/2006 Understanding the Pancaratra
Prof. M. N. Narasimhacary 30/11/2006 Understanding the Pancaratra
Christopher Wood 23/11/2006 The teleology of meditation
Dr Dermott Killingley 09/11/2006 Desire in Christianity and Indian religions
Dr Ulrike Roesler 09/11/2006 Desire in Christianity and Indian religions
Prof. Keith Ward 09/11/2006 Desire in Christianity and Indian religions
Dr Angelika Malinar 30/10/2006 It's a kind of magic: The powers of yoga and their interpretation
Dr Prarthana Purkayastha 26/10/2006 Beyond the classical: Tagore and modern dance in Bengal
Prof. Gavin Flood 20/10/2006 Theories of the text series (four lectures)
Prof. M. N. Narasimhachary 20/10/2006 Sanskrit reading group
Prof. Gavin Flood 20/10/2006 Hinduism I series (eight lectures)
Kiyokazu Okita 12/10/2006 Baladeva vidyabhusana's Premeya-ratnavali and the issue of lineage
Shaunaka Rishi Das 30/05/2006 Beyond the image: Hinduism in the media
Prof. Graham M. Schweig 30/05/2006 The Bhagavad-gita: Innovations and challenges in its translation
Prof. Mandakranta Bose 19/05/2006 Texts of Hindu sacred law and the construction of women's lives (as part of 'Towards equality: writing/reading gender in texts of Hinduism' workshop)
Dr Sanjukta Gupta 19/05/2006 Towards equality: Women neither as goddess nor as victim (as part of 'Towards equality: writing/reading gender in texts of Hinduism' workshop)
Prof. T. S. Rukmani 19/05/2006 The concept of nivrtti as translated in the lives of women in Hinduism: A survey (as part of 'Towards equality: writing/reading gender in texts of Hinduism' workshop)
Dr William Johnson 18/05/2006 Playing around with Sakuntala: Translating Sanskrit drama for performance
Rembert Lutjeharms 16/05/2006 A cherished gem or a bitter fruit? Renunciation in Kavikarnapura's Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka
Prof. Mandakranta Bose 09/05/2006 Women poets of Hinduism
Jean-Marie Schmitt 08/05/2006 The place of devotion and grace in Shankara's soteriology
Prof. T. S. Rukmani 04/05/2006 Value ethics in the early Upanishads: A hermeneutic exercise
Prof. Mandakranta Bose 02/05/2006 Images and ideas of the goddess in the Hindu tradition
Jonathan Edelmann 25/04/2006 A way to relate Hinduism and science
Jessica Hines 06/03/2006 Shouting at Shiva: Religion in the films of Amitabh Bachchan
Dr Angelika Malinar 02/03/2006 Interconnecting parallel times: Notions of time in the Caitanya tradition of Hinduism
Prof. George Pattison 27/02/2006 The mediator: The priest in film
Dr T. Proferes 17/02/2006 The poetics of sovereignty in early Vedic liturgies
Dr Walter Armbrust 06/02/2006 The neo-Islamicisation of public space in Egyptian cinema and television
Prof. Gavin Flood 25/01/2006 Theories of the text seminar series (four lectures)
Jessica Frazier 23/01/2006 Action movies and American ideals: The growth of Buddhism in Hollywood
Dr Himanshu Prabha Ray 17/11/2005 The biography of temple complexes
Dr David Washbrook 16/11/2005 Rationalism, atheism and Hinduism in dravidian India, c.1920-90
Dr Himanshu Prabha Ray 08/11/2005 The shrine in early Hinduism: The changing sacred landscape
Dr Himanshu Prabha Ray 01/11/2005 Colonial knowledge, archaeological reconstructions: The discovery of the Hindu temple in 19th-20th century India
Dr Himanshu Prabha Ray 27/10/2005 Narratives in stone: The Ramayana in early deccan
Prof. Gavin Flood 20/10/2005 Hinduism I series: Themes and textual sources (eight lectures)
Dr Nilima Chitgopekar 02/06/2005 The devotion to and puissance of beauty: The case of the Saundaryalahari
Dr Nilima Chitgopekar 19/05/2005 Dextrous deity, diffident devotee: A study of the Shivanadalahari
Prof. Ashok Aklujkar 12/05/2005 Yoga and vyaakarana
Prof. Ashok Aklujkar 12/05/2005 Philosophy's linguistic turn
Prof. Pratap Kumar 01/05/2005 Hinduism II: Bhakti through vernacular traditions (eight lectures)
Prof. Ashok Aklujkar 01/05/2005 Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky and Sanskrit
Prof. Ashok Aklujkar 28/04/2005 Semantic history of Vedanta and its implications for the study of Indian philosophy
Remy Delage 10/03/2005 Pilgrimage as a geographic ritual in South Indian Hinduism
Jessica Frazier 08/03/2005 OCHS consciousness seminar: Conclusions: Mapping the mind in India and the West
Prof. K. Maheswaran Nair 07/03/2005 Advaita-tattvam (delivered in Sanskrit)
Dr Brian Black 03/03/2005 Female speakers in the Upanishads and Mahabharata
Dr J. S. Hirst 02/03/2005 The adequacy of language: Re-evaluating Shankara's understanding of the Veda
Prof. Richard Gombrich 01/03/2005 Buddhist views on consciousness
Prof. K. Maheswaran Nair 24/02/2005 Advaita Vedanta and the Kerala renaissance of the 19th century
Jean-Marie Schmitt 22/02/2005 Advaita views on consciousness
Prof. K. Maheswaran Nair 15/02/2005 Shivdasani Lecture: The dvaita-advaita controversy
Prof. John Marshall 15/02/2005 Neurological views on consciousness
Prof. K. Maheswaran Nair 08/02/2005 Advaita: Vedantic and materialistic
Christopher Wallis 08/02/2005 Saivite views on consciousness
Prof. Ursula King 07/02/2005 Hinduism and women
Jonathan Edelmann 01/02/2005 Vaishnava views on consciousness in dialogue with the west
Prof. Pratap Kumar 25/01/2005 Hinduism I: Introduction
Prof. Gavin Flood 25/01/2005 Hinduism II lecture series: Yoga, bhakti, tantra (eight lectures)
Dr Sepehr Hafizi 25/01/2005 Psychiatric views on consciousness
Jonathan Edelmann 18/01/2005 Indian and Western approaches to the mystery of consciousness
Jessica Frazier 18/01/2005 Indian and Western approaches to the mystery of consciousness
Jean-Marie Schmitt 18/01/2005 Indian and Western approaches to the mystery of consciousness
Prof. Vasantha Rangachar 18/11/2004 In Hindu tradition is gaming and gambling fun or a sin?
Prof. Vasantha Rangachar 11/11/2004 Consulting God through boards and gaming pieces
Prof. Vasantha Rangachar 04/11/2004 Do games and play have a religious character?
Prof. Vasantha Rangachar 28/10/2004 Board games a metaphor for spiritual growth
Prof. Vasudha Naryanan 21/10/2004 A poet and a philosopher: Two women in the Sri Vaishnava tradition
Prof. Pratap Kumar 20/10/2004 Hindus in the diaspora: Their histories and traditions (six lectures)
Prof. Vasudha Narayanan 19/10/2004 Transnational religion: Hindu traditions in Cambodia, 5th-12th centuries
Dr Deepak Sarma 15/10/2004 Modernity and Madhva Vedanta: The beginning or the end of an esoteric tradition?
Rev. Dr Murray Rogers 11/06/2004 Fifty years of ashram life: Reminiscences from jyotiniketan
Jessica Frazier 03/06/2004 Continental philosophy and Hindu devotion: Towards a metaphysics of passion
Savita Bhanot 28/05/2004 Second generation Hindus: Foreign diplomats in the everyday melas of the multiculture
Prof. George Pattison 27/05/2004 A Christian understanding of monotheism: In conversation with Hindu perspectives
Dr Brian Goodwin 26/05/2004 Science and religion seminar: Cultural myths, biological forms, and subjective qualities: Western and Hindu views on the philosophy of biology
Dr Madhuvanti Ghose 21/05/2004 De-mystifying the divine: The early Brahmanical pantheon
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 20/05/2004 A conversation on Western and Indian perspectives on reading a Hindu text: The case of the Bhagavad-gita.
Prof. S. Ramaratnam 20/05/2004 A conversation on Western and Indian perspectives on reading a Hindu text: The case of the Bhagavad-gita.
Dr Sanjukta Gupta 19/05/2004 What do we learn from the iconography of the goddess
Madhavi Nevader 18/05/2004 A Jewish understanding of monotheism in the Hebrew bible: In conversation with Hindu perspectives
Dr Anne-Marie Gaston 14/05/2004 Siva in sculpture, painting, and dance
Prof. Christopher Melchert 13/05/2004 Islamic monotheism and Islamic piety: In conversation with Hindu perspectives
Dr James Benson 07/05/2004 Indian texts in historical context seminar: Pandits and Sanskrit grammarians in 16th and 17th century north India
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 07/05/2004 Indian texts in historical context seminar: Community, text, and context in Vedanta Desika's 14th century Srimadrahasyatrayasara
Dr Nile Green 07/05/2004 Indian texts in historical context seminar: Azam Al-karamat: Making Muslim saints in early twentieth-century Hyderabad state
Dr Stephanie Jamison 07/05/2004 On the new translation of the Rig Veda
Prof. Patrick Olivelle 07/05/2004 Indian texts in historical context seminar: Textual history and social reality in the Manavadharmasastra
Prof. Sanjay Subrahmanyam 07/05/2004 Indian texts in historical context seminar: Rethinking Niti texts in medieval and early modern South India
Dr Nick Allen 06/05/2004 The importance of Bhishma for Indo-European cultural comparativism
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 06/05/2004 Fin de siecle seminar: Two South Indian Hindu comparativists: J. M. Nallaswamy Pillai (Saiva) and Algonda Govindacharya (Vaishnava)
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 01/05/2004 Is there a Hindu monotheism? (five lectures)
Prof. S. Ramaratnam 01/05/2004 Sanskrit readings
Jan Olof Bengtsson 30/04/2004 Person' as an intellectual category in the West, and as applied to India
Prof. S. Ramaratnam 29/04/2004 Funerals and life after death: Some Hindu perspectives
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 10/03/2004 Reviewing Hilary Term
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 05/03/2004 The Apirami Antati and Mataracamman Antati: Hindu and Christian theological hymns in a Tamil style
Dr Nilima Chitgopekar 03/03/2004 The abundance and vicissitudes of multiplicity: The case of chaunsatha yoginis
Savita Bhanot 26/02/2004 Second generation Hindus: Foreign diplomats in the everyday melas of the multiculture
Dr Savita Vij 26/02/2004 Hindus and Hinduism in contemporary Britain (part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series)
Dr Daniela Rossella 25/02/2004 Christian nuptial mysticism and parallels with Indian mystical trends
Rev. Dr Michael Barnes 19/02/2004 Christian theological responses to Hinduism (part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series)
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 19/02/2004 Jesuits and brahmins in 16th-18th century India
Ravi Gupta 19/02/2004 Christian theological responses to Hinduism (part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series)
Dr Julius Lipner 19/02/2004 The truth(s) of translation
Dr Norman Solomon 19/02/2004 The truth(s) of translation
Dr Nilima Chitgopekar 18/02/2004 Devised lineages and pliant biographies: A study of Shiva and his retinue
Dr Julius Lipner 18/02/2004 On defining Hinduism
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 12/02/2004 Faith and reason in the scholarship of Tamal Krishna Goswami
Rev. Dr Stephen Finamore 12/02/2004 Violence and peacemaking in Hindu and Christian tradition (part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series)
Kenneth Valpey 12/02/2004 Faith and reason in the scholarship of Tamal Krishna Goswami
Kenneth Valpey 12/02/2004 Violence and peacemaking in Hindu and Christian tradition (part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series)
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 05/02/2004 Authority and scripture in Hindu and Christian thought (part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series)
Dr Daniela Rossella 04/02/2004 Kavya, (literature as an art form) and bhakti
Dr Dermot Killingley 29/01/2004 Christian and Indian traditions in historical perspective (part of the 'Relating to the other: Hindu and Christian perspectives' series)
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 28/01/2004 A Hindu theology of revelation, scripture, and tradition: Comments on Vedanta Desika's 14th century Guruparamparasaram
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 25/01/2004 Hinduism I: Primary texts in translation (eight lectures)
Peggy Morgan 22/01/2004 Understanding Hindus as an educational exercise in understanding self and other
Prof. Francis X. Clooney, SJ 21/01/2004 Overview of participants academic projects
Dr David Smith 21/11/2003 The Hindu imagination and imaginary Hinduisms
Dr Deepak Sarma 31/10/2003 Madhvacarya's mitigated monotheism
Dr Godavarisha Mishra 20/10/2003 Sankara's Upadesa Sahasri
Dr Godavarisha Mishra 20/10/2003 Hindu non-dualism (advaita) in theory and practice (eight lectures)
Prof. M. N. Narasimhachary 20/10/2003 Sanskrit readings: Bhagavata purana, skandha x, chapters 29, 31-33
Prof. Gavin Flood 23/05/2003 Experience and tradition in Hindu tantra
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