Affiche conférences de Brian A Hatcher

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.