Affiche conférences de Brian A Hatcher

DanslecadreduséminaireduCEIASActualitédelarecherchesurl'AsieduSud
(resp.MarieFourcade,CaterinaGuenzi,CorinneLefèvre,InesG.Županov)
Thoughts on the emergence of philanthropy in early colonial Bengal,emphasizingdynamics
ofintimacy and imitation. In the context of early colonial Calcutta, local actors entered into
intimate relationships with Europeans and these relationships provided occasions to borrow,
translateandretoolarangeofideasandpracticesrelevanttonewmodesofpubliccharity,new
normsofassociationalbehaviorandnewvocabulariesofgeneralwelfare.
DanslecadreduséminaireScience,spiritualitéetésotérisme.Approchesanthropologiquesàpartirdel’Inde
(resp.CaterinaGuenzi,RaphaëlVoix)
TheSanskrittermanuvādahascometomean“translation”inmanymodernIndianvernaculars,
butjusthowwasthemodernmeaningofanuvādaproduced?DrawingontheworkofLydiaLiu,
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
translationpromisestoenrichnotonlyourunderstandingofSouthAsiantranslationalpractices
butalsotoopenupnewavenuesforthinkingaboutliterarymodernityinBengal.
DanslecadreduséminaireHindouismeetsociétéenInde1865‐1965(resp.CatherineClémentin‐Ojha)
Overview of a current project centering on the exploration of factorsshapingtheexpansion
ofvernacularreligioninmodernSouthAsia,mostespeciallythe emplacement of Shiva
templesandShaivamonasteriesinsouthwesternBengal.Specialattentionispaidtothenetworks
ofreligiousitinerancy,castemobilityandinternalmigrationthatservedtoauthorize,promoteand
destabilizenewculticcentersconnectedwiththeshrineofTarakeshwarinHooghlyDistrict.
DanslecadreduséminaireHindouismeetsociétéenInde1865‐1965(resp.CatherineClémentin‐Ojha)
AnattempttobringintoviewthefluidreligiousworldofearlycolonialSouthAsia,looking
atpatterns of renunciation, community‐formation and spatializationinHindu,Sikhandother
traditions.DrawsonrecentworkbyscholarssuchasThomasTweedandManuelVásquezinorder
totheorizereligiousexperienceandreligiousidentitywhileseekingtoavoidboththereification
ofreligioustraditionsandtheoperationofimplicitnationalistteleologies.
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