Manager SFB 619

Alexandra Heidle, M.A.

Alexandra Heidle

For further information please contact Alexandra Heidle (contact@rituals-2008.com).

Conference coordinator

Sabine Urbach, M.A.

Sabine Urbach, M.A.

For further information concerning abstracts and panels please contact Sabine Urbach (urbach@uni-heidelberg.de).

Programme Overview


Download preliminary daily schedule here (pdf)
(for better readability kindly print it out)

The order of the panelists in our daily schedule is preliminary! For further questions please contact the Panel Leaders or contact@rituals-2008.com

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. Jan Assmann
"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

Day 1 – Monday, 29 September 2008


>> Debating Ritual in China
Gil Raz


>> Ritual and Media
Christiane Brosius


>> Ritual and Violence
Margo Kitts


>> Ritual and Visuality
Petra Rösch / Corinna Wessels-Mevissen


>> Ritual Practices in Japan
Katja Triplett / Lucia Dolce


>> Rituals, Language and Cognition
Ulrich Berner


>> Rituals of Power and Consensus
Bernd Schneidmüller


>> Rituals of Science
William Sax


>> Ritual and Agency
Angelos Chaniotis

 

>> Open Panel

 

Welcome

Axel Michaels

 

Day 2 – Tuesday, 30 September 2008



>> Grammar and Morphology of Ritual
Axel Michaels


>> Usurping Rituals
Gerald Schwedler


>> Ritual and Violence
Margo Kitts


>>Ritualized Space and Objects of Sacrosanctity
Nils Holger Peterson


>> Rituals of Healing in the Ancient Near East
Stefan Maul / Bernd Schipper


>> Ritual Transfer
Gita Dharampal-Frick / Robert Langer


>> The Varieties of Ritual Experience
Henrik Jungaberle / Geoffrey Samuel / Jan Weinhold


>> Rituals of Science
William Sax


>> Ritual Agency

Angelos Chaniotis

 

>> Open Panel

 

Key Note Lecture

Jan Assmann

 

Day 3 – Wednesday, 1 October 2008



>> Grammar and Morphology of Ritual
Axel Michaels


>> Reflexivity and Discourse on Ritual
Udo Simon


>> Ritual Design
Gregor Ahn


>> Ritual Economics
Thomas Widlok


>> State and Ritual in India
Hermann Kulke

>> Ritual Transfer

Gita Dharampal-Frick / Robert Langer


>> Ritual, Performance and Event
Silke Leopold


>> The Varieties of Ritual Experience
Henrik Jungaberle / Geoffrey Samuel / Jan Weinhold


>> The Body and Food in Ritual
Ute Hüsken / Eric Venbrux


>> Usurping Rituals
Gerald Schwedler

 

Day 4 – Thursday, 2 October 2008



>> Grammar and Morphology of Ritual
Axel Michaels


>> Ritual Design
Gregor Ahn


>> Ritual Economics
Thomas Widlok


>> State and Ritual in India
Hermann Kulke

>> Ritual Transfer

Gita Dharampal-Frick / Robert Langer


>> Ritual, Performance and Event
Silke Leopold


>> The Varieties of Ritual Experience
Henrik Jungaberle / Geoffrey Samuel / Jan Weinhold


>> The Body and Food in Ritual
Ute Hüsken / Eric Venbrux