Chair person

Prof. William Sax

William ('Bo') Sax received his PhD in Anthropology at the University of Chicago in 1987, after which he spent two years at Harvard University in the prestigious Harvard Academy Scholars program. After that he realized a lifelong dream by moving to New Zealand, where he taught Religious Studies at the University of Canterbury for eleven years. He has spent more than ten years in India, focusing his research on the culture of Uttarakhand in the Central Himalayas. Bo has written monographs on ritual and drama, a local goddess cult, and most recently on ritual healing. Since 2000 he has been head of the Department of Anthropology at the South Asia Institute, of which he is currently the director. His current research focuses on ritual healing, modernity, and the oral traditions of the Central Himalayas.

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Panels


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Common activities:

Reception
On Monday, 29 September, we will officially open the conference with a reception from 19.00 to 22.30
Neue Universität, Neue Aula, free admission

Key Note Lecture
Tuesday, 30 September at 19.00:
Key Note Speaker Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jan Assmann
"Magie und Ritual"
Neue Universität, Neue Aula, free admission

Plenary Discussion
Wednesday, 1 October at 18.00 introductory presentation:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Wulf, Freie Universität Berlin
"The Future of the Science of Ritual in a transcultural Context"
Neue Universität, Neue Aula, free admission

Exchange meeting
Thursday, 2 October from 9:00 - 12:00:
Exchange meeting between scientists from the German Archaeological Institute
and the Collaborative Research Center SFB 619
Neue Universität, Alter Senatssaal, free admission

Workshop
Friday, 3 October from 10:00 - 16:00:
"Staging Religion: Traditional Performances in New Public Spheres and Media"
(Cluster of Excellence »Asia and Europe in a Global Context:
Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows« / B7)
Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, Bergheimer Str. 20


P 01 - Debating Ritual in China (Room Nr. 3, Neue Universität)

Chair: Ass. Prof. Gil Raz gil.Raz@Dartmouth.EDU
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P 02 - Grammar and Morphology of Ritual (Room Nr. 14, Neue Universität)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels axel.michaels@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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P 03 - Reflexivity and Discourse on Ritual (Room Nr. 7, Neue Universität)

Chair: Dr. Udo Simon udo.g.simon@t-online.de
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P 04 - Ritual Agency (Room Nr. 8, Neue Universität)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Angelos Chaniotis angelos.chaniotis@classics.ox.ac.uk
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P 05 - Ritual and Media (Room Nr. 9, Neue Universität)

Chair: PD Dr. Christiane Brosius brosius@sai.uni-heidelberg.de
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P 06 - Ritual and Violence (Room Nr. 2, Neue Universität)

Chair: Prof. Margo Kitts mkitts@hpu.edu
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P 07 - Ritual and Visuality (Room Nr. 5, Neue Universität)

Chairs: Dr. Petra Rösch oakroesch@yahoo.de
Dr. Corinna Wessels-Mevissen corinnawessels@yahoo.de
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P 08 - Ritual Design (Room Nr. 8, Neue Universität)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Gregor Ahn gregor.ahn@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de
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P 09 - Ritual Economics (Room Nr. 4, Neue Universität)

Chair: PD Dr. Thomas Widlok thomas.widlok@mpi.nl
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P 10 - Rituals of Healing in the Ancient Near East (Room Nr. 3, Neue Universität)

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Stefan Maul stefan.maul@ori.uni-heidelberg.de
Prof. Dr. Bernd U. Schipper bschipper@uni-bremen.de
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P 11 - Ritual, Performance, and Event (Room Nr. 5, Neue Universität)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold silke.leopold@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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P 12 - Ritual Practices in Japan (Room Nr. 4, Neue Universität)

Chairs: Dr. Katja Triplett triplett@staff.uni-marburg.de
Dr. Lucia Dolce Ld16@soas.ac.uk
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P 13 - Ritualized Space and Objects of Sacrosanctity (Room Nr. 5, Neue Universität)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Nils Holger Petersen nhp@teol.ku.dk
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P 14 - Ritual Transfer (Room Nr. 9, Neue Universität)

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Gita Dharampal-Frick dharampal-frick@sai.uni-heidelberg.de
Dr. Robert Langer robert.langer@ori.uni-heidelberg.de
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P 15 - Rituals, Language and Cognition (Room Nr. 6, Neue Universität)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Berner ulrich.berner@uni-bayreuth.de
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P 16 - Rituals of Power and Consent (Room Nr. 1, Neue Universität)

Chair: Prof. Bernd Schneidmüller bernd.schneidmueller@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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P 17 - Rituals of Science (Room Nr. 10, Neue Universität)

Chair: Prof. Dr. William Sax, PhD william.sax@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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P 18 - The Body and Food in Ritual (Room Nr. 10, Neue Universität)

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Ute Hüsken Ute.Huesken@urz.uni-hd.de
Prof. Dr. Eric Venbrux e.venbrux@maw.ru.nl
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P 19 - The Varieties of Ritual Experience (Room Nr. 6, Neue Universität)

Chairs: Dr. Henrik Jungaberle Henrik_Jungaberle@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Prof. Geoffrey Samuel SamuelG@cardiff.ac.uk
Dipl.-Psych. Jan Weinhold Jan.Weinhold@med.uni-heidelberg.de
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P 20 - Usurping Rituals (Senatssaal, Neue Universität)

Chair: Dr. Gerald Schwedler schwedler@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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P 21 - Rituals and the State in India (Room Nr. 2, Neue Universität)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Hermann Kulke hermannkulke@gmx.de
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P 22 - Open Panel (Room Nr. 7, Neue Universität)

Chair: PD Dr. Jörg Gengnagel joerg.gengnagel@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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