Arquivo de etiquetas: Índia
Gilani e Manmohan
A Índia e o Paquistão parecem decididos a avançar de criquet para outras demonstrações de amizade.
O primeiro ministro paquistanês é convidado da Índia para o jogo de criquet entre as equipas nacionais dos dois países em Mumbai. O primeiro ministro paquistanês falou na câmara alta do parlamento indiano, e manifestou o interesse do seu país em resolver todos os problemas bilateralmente e sem mediação dos EUA.
Cristianismo na História da Índia e Ásia meridional
CHRISTIANITY IN HISTORY:
ENCOUNTERS, ENGAGEMENTS AND EXPERIENCES IN INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA
FEBRUARY 2011
The history of Christianity in India as well as South Asia in general, has long
been the domain of a few ‘religious’ experts. This historiography largely
focused on the origin and nature of mission societies, the personnel that were
involved and the numbers
that had converted. Such histories were far more centered upon the mission
body, rather than the host societies to which they were sent. Moreover, they
tended to portray conversion as a rupture or a radical break from local
culture, rather than as a process shaped or steered by local factors. Such a
historiography often portrayed Christians and Christianity as belonging to a
self-contained world, largely out of touch with local cultural contexts.
More recently, the writing of Christian history in India has sought to keep up
with the broader trends of historical writing. The focus has shifted away from
the European metropole to regional cultures – from the mission body to the
community of converts, and connections thereof and therefrom. Along with this
new orientation came a greater emphasis on continuities rather than change,
heterogeneity in practice rather than monolithic perceptions of the faith
community. Scholars are also examining the internal hierarchies, constraints
and systems of control in which mission societies operated. This has led to
new insights into the role of gender in missionary movements and the stories of
converts. Such shifts have enabled the study of Christianity to be more
inter-disciplinary, rather than strictly historical.
The conference seeks to bring together scholars and researchers who have worked
on such themes to take stock of the present state of research, as well as to
explore new areas/themes of historical writing so the much neglected study of
Christianity in India may be broadened. We hope that contributors will not only
bring in new themes and areas of research to the conference, but will also
contribute to new ways of looking at old themes. A multi-disciplinary approach
will be most welcome.
In the past, the Catholic and Protestant histories of Christianity in India
were clearly demarcated. The conference seeks to bridge that gap by accepting
papers about all denominations. As Christianity has had a long history in the
sub-continent, papers from all periods, including the contemporary will be
accepted. Contributions about other countries in South Asia are also welcome.
The conference will focus on the following themes. However, other themes may
also be considered.
· Biographies of Converts
· Christianity and issues of identity – social and political
· The experience of Christianity – social, spiritual and phenomenological
· Localising Christianity – issues of agency and local interventions;
ideas of ‘folk’ or popular Christianity
· Analysing missionary ‘knowledge production’–grammars, translations,
literary texts, letters, paintings, photographs, etc.
· Women and gendered narratives in the Church
· Christian art in India/South Asia
· Dialogues and interactions among Christian missionaries, teachers, etc.,
the Indian intelligentsia and colonial ethnographers; comparisons of
ethnographic material produced
· Interactions between various missions including the problem of choice
vis-à-vis denominations among potential converts
· Missionaries and peasant movements; Missionaries and projects for social
reconstruction –industrial training, criminal tribes settlements, juvenile
homes, peasant co-operatives, experimental farms etc
· Missionary reflections of their life, work etc. from a post-colonial
situation
We welcome abstracts for papers (300-400 words) in one of the areas listed
above or related fields. Abstracts must be sent by e-mail to Dr. Joy Pachuau
before 1st July 2010 at xty2011@gmail.com. The organizing committee will select
the papers to be presented by 1st August 2010. Completed papers of about 8000
words will be expected on or before 1st December 2010. The Conference will be
held from 2nd to 4th Feb., 2011 at the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU, New
Delhi.
Organisers:
Prof. Tanika Sarkar
Dr. Pius Malekandathil
Dr. Joy Pachuau
Centre for Historical Studies,
JNU, New Delhi
Dr. Paul Hancock
Dr. Mayjee Philip
Institute for Religion and
Society in Asia, Oxford
O governo da Índia recua perante a pressão no parlamento
O governo da Índia decidiu reconsiderar a proposta da lei acerca da compensação em casos de desastres nucleares que possam ocorrer a seguir ao acordo de colaboração nuclear com os EUA. A actual proposta deixava as empresas americanas com responsabilidades mínimas.
Imagens da India 1950-1992 – Colecção de G.D. Sontheimer
Database of G.D. Sontheimer’s images from India 1950-1992
HeidICON image database, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Supplied note:
“Guenther-Dietz Sontheimer (1934-1992), professor of Religious
History of South Asia with a special emphasis on Hinduism at the
South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, made more than 22.000
slides in his thirty years of research. They portray everyday life
and rituals of the common people, the peasants, the pastoral
communities and ethnic minorities in India and in particular in
Maharshtra.
This quite extraordinary collection of pictures – the oldest were
taken in the late 1950s, the latest shortly before his death in 1992-
has been digitized and is now accessible through the image [online]
database HeidICON. This project was funded by the Cluster of
Excellence ‘Asia and Europe in a Global Context – Shifting
Asymmetries in Cultural Flows’. – ssw”
Self-description:
“This rich collection now provided with metadata is freely accessible
at Heidelberg University’s HeidICON database. It is particularly of
interest for Indologists, Anthropologists and scholars of Religious
Studies, but also for anyone interested in traditional Indian
religious and ritual culture. Thanks to the metadata, the collection
can be searched for places, feasts, dates or deity names. [See
http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/news-events/news/detail/m/cluster-digitizes-22000-anthropoly-slides.html
– ed.]”
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