centre d’études - Inde | Asie du Sud centre for South Asian studies DanslecadreduséminaireduCEIASActualitédelarecherchesurl'AsieduSud (resp.MarieFourcade,CaterinaGuenzi,CorinneLefèvre,InesG.Županov) Thoughts on the emergence of philanthropy in early colonial Bengal, emphasizing dynamics ofintimacy and imitation. In the context of early colonial Calcutta, local actors entered into intimate relationships with Europeans and these relationships provided occasions to borrow, translateandretoolarangeofideasandpracticesrelevanttonewmodesofpubliccharity,new normsofassociationalbehaviorandnewvocabulariesofgeneralwelfare. Dans le cadre du séminaire Science,spiritualitéetésotérisme.Approchesanthropologiquesàpartirdel’Inde (resp.CaterinaGuenzi,RaphaëlVoix) The Sanskrit term anuvādahascometomean“translation”inmanymodernIndianvernaculars, butjusthowwasthemodernmeaningofanuvādaproduced?DrawingontheworkofLydiaLiu, we might inquire into the processes of mediation that shaped translational practice in one particular context, namely early colonial Bengal. Attending to the mediated translation of translationpromisestoenrichnotonlyourunderstandingofSouthAsiantranslationalpractices butalsotoopenupnewavenuesforthinkingaboutliterarymodernityinBengal. DanslecadreduséminaireHindouismeetsociétéenInde1865‐1965(resp.CatherineClémentin‐Ojha) Overview of a current project centering on the exploration of factors shaping the expansion ofvernacular religion in modern South Asia, most especially the emplacement of Shiva templesandShaivamonasteriesinsouthwesternBengal.Specialattentionispaidtothenetworks ofreligiousitinerancy,castemobilityandinternalmigrationthatservedtoauthorize,promoteand destabilizenewculticcentersconnectedwiththeshrineofTarakeshwarinHooghlyDistrict. DanslecadreduséminaireHindouismeetsociétéenInde1865‐1965(resp.CatherineClémentin‐Ojha) An attempt to bring into view the fluid religious world of early colonial South Asia, looking atpatterns of renunciation, community‐formation and spatialization in Hindu, Sikh and other traditions.DrawsonrecentworkbyscholarssuchasThomasTweedandManuelVásquezinorder totheorizereligiousexperienceandreligiousidentitywhileseekingtoavoidboththereification ofreligioustraditionsandtheoperationofimplicitnationalistteleologies.