Chair person
Prof. Axel Michaels
Axel Michaels, born 1949, is both a scholar of Indology and Religious Studies. He worked as a research assistant at the universities of Münster und Kiel. From 1981-83 he was Director of the Nepal Research Centre (Kathmandu), 1986 Spalding Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College Oxford, 1992-96 Professor of Religious Studies (University of Bern), and since 1996 he is Professor of Classical Indology, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg. 2001 he was elected as the Spokesman of the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 619) "The Dynamics of Ritual”.
Panels
Download preliminary daily schedule here (pdf)
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Common activities:
Reception
On Monday, 29 September, we will officially open the conference with a
reception from 19.30 to 22.00
Key Note Lecture
Tuesday, 30 September:
Key Note Speaker Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
"Magie und Ritual"
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"
Exchange meeting
Thursday, 2 October from 9:00 - 11:00:
Exchange meeting between scientists from
the German Archaeological Institute
and the Collaborative Research
Center SFB 619
Debating Ritual in China
Chair: Ass. Prof. Gil Raz
gil.Raz@Dartmouth.EDU
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Grammar and Morphology of Ritual
Chair: Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels
axel.michaels@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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Reflexivity and Discourse on Ritual
Chair: Dr. Udo Simon
udo.g.simon@t-online.de
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Ritual Agency
Chair: Prof. Dr. Angelos Chaniotis
angelos.chaniotis@classics.ox.ac.uk
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Ritual and Media
Chair: PD Dr. Christiane Brosius
brosius@sai.uni-heidelberg.de
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Ritual and Violence
Chair: Prof. Margo Kitts
mkitts@hpu.edu
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Ritual and Visuality
Chairs: Dr. Petra Rösch
oakroesch@yahoo.de
Dr. Corinna Wessels-Mevissen
tcmevissen@surfeu.de
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Ritual Design
Chair: Prof. Dr. Gregor Ahn
gregor.ahn@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de
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Ritual Economics
Chair: PD Dr. Thomas Widlok
thomas.widlok@mpi.nl
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Rituals of Healing in the Ancient Near East
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Stefan Maul
stefan.maul@ori.uni-heidelberg.de
Prof. Dr. Bernd U. Schipper
bschipper@uni-bremen.de
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Ritual, Performance, and Event
Chair: Prof. Dr. Silke Leopold
silke.leopold@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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Ritual Practices in Japan
Chairs: Dr. Katja Triplett
triplett@staff.uni-marburg.de
Dr. Lucia Dolce
Ld16@soas.ac.uk
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Ritualized Space and Objects of Sacrosanctity
Chair: Prof. Dr. Nils Holger Petersen
nhp@teol.ku.dk
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Ritual Transfer
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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Rituals, Language and Cognition
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Berner
ulrich.berner@uni-bayreuth.de
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Rituals of Power and Consensus
Chair: Prof. Bernd Schneidmüller
bernd.schneidmueller@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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Rituals of Science
Chair: Prof. Dr. William Sax, PhD
william.sax@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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The Body and Food in Ritual
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Ute Hüsken
Ute.Huesken@urz.uni-hd.de
Prof. Dr. Eric Venbrux
e.venbrux@maw.ru.nl
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The Varieties of Ritual Experience
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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Usurping Rituals
Chair: Dr. Gerald Schwedler
schwedler@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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State and Ritual in India
Chair: Prof. Dr. Hermann Kulke
hermannkulke@gmx.de
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Open Panel
Chair: PD Dr. Jörg Gengnagel
joerg.gengnagel@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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