Manager SFB 619

Alexandra Heidle, M.A.

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

Conference coordinator

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 19.00 to 22.30

Key Note Lecture
Tuesday, 30 September at 19.00:
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 - 12:00:
Exchange meeting between scientists from the German Archaeological Institute
and the Collaborative Research Center SFB 619

Workshop
Friday, 3 October from 10:00 - 16:00:
"Staging Religion: Traditional Performances in New Public Spheres and Media"
(Cluster of Excellence »Asia and Europe in a Global Context:
Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows« / B7)

Day 1 – Monday, 29 September 2008

>> Debating Ritual in China (Room Nr. 3, Neue Universität)
Gil Raz

>> Ritual and Media (Room Nr. 9, Neue Universität)
Christiane Brosius

>> Ritual and Violence (Room Nr. 2, Neue Universität)
Margo Kitts

>> Ritual and Visuality (Room Nr. 5, Neue Universität)
Petra Rösch / Corinna Wessels-Mevissen

>> Ritual Practices in Japan (Room Nr. 4, Neue Universität)
Katja Triplett / Lucia Dolce

>> Rituals, Language and Cognition (Room Nr. 6, Neue Universität)
Ulrich Berner

>> Rituals of Power and Consent (Room Nr. 1, Neue Universität)
Bernd Schneidmüller

>> Rituals of Science (Room Nr. 10, Neue Universität)
William Sax

>> Ritual and Agency (Room Nr. 8, Neue Universität)
Angelos Chaniotis

 

>> Open Panel (Room Nr. 7, Neue Universität)

Jörg Gengnagel

Welcome

Axel Michaels

 

Day 2 – Tuesday, 30 September 2008

>> Grammar and Morphology of Ritual (Room Nr. 14, Neue Universität)
Axel Michaels

>> Usurping Rituals (Senatssaal, Neue Universität)
Gerald Schwedler

>> Ritual and Violence (Room Nr. 2, Neue Universität)
Margo Kitts

>>Ritualized Space and Objects of Sacrosanctity (Room Nr. 5, Neue Universität)
Nils Holger Peterson

>> Rituals of Healing in the Ancient Near East (Room Nr. 3, Neue Universität)
Stefan Maul / Bernd Schipper

>> Ritual Transfer (Room Nr. 9, Neue Universität)
Gita Dharampal-Frick / Robert Langer

>> The Varieties of Ritual Experience (Room Nr. 6, Neue Universität)
Henrik Jungaberle / Geoffrey Samuel / Jan Weinhold

>> Rituals of Science (Room Nr. 10, Neue Universität)
William Sax

>> Ritual Agency (Room Nr. 8, Neue Universität)

Angelos Chaniotis

>> Rituals of Power and Consent (Room Nr. 1, Neue Universität)
Bernd Schneidmüller

 

>> Open Panel (Room Nr. 7, Neue Universität)

Jörg Gengnagel

Key Note Lecture

Jan Assmann

 

Day 3 – Wednesday, 1 October 2008

>> Grammar and Morphology of Ritual (Room Nr. 14, Neue Universität)
Axel Michaels

>> Reflexivity and Discourse on Ritual (Room Nr. 7, Neue Universität)
Udo Simon

>> Ritual Design (Room Nr. 8, Neue Universität)
Gregor Ahn

>> Ritual Economics (Room Nr. 4, Neue Universität)
Thomas Widlok

>> State and Ritual in India (Room Nr. 2, Neue Universität)
Hermann Kulke

>> Ritual Transfer (Room Nr. 9, Neue Universität)

Gita Dharampal-Frick / Robert Langer

>> Ritual, Performance and Event (Room Nr. 5, Neue Universität)
Silke Leopold

>> The Varieties of Ritual Experience (Room Nr. 6, Neue Universität)
Henrik Jungaberle / Geoffrey Samuel / Jan Weinhold

>> The Body and Food in Ritual (Room Nr. 10, Neue Universität)
Ute Hüsken / Eric Venbrux

>> Usurping Rituals (Senatssaal, Neue Universität)
Gerald Schwedler

 

Day 4 – Thursday, 2 October 2008

>> Ritual Design (Room Nr. 8, Neue Universität)
Gregor Ahn

>> Ritual Economics (Room Nr. 4, Neue Universität)
Thomas Widlok

>> State and Ritual in India (Room Nr. 2, Neue Universität)
Hermann Kulke

 

>> Ritual, Performance and Event (Room Nr. 5, Neue Universität)
Silke Leopold

>> The Varieties of Ritual Experience (Room Nr. 6, Neue Universität)
Henrik Jungaberle / Geoffrey Samuel / Jan Weinhold

>> The Body and Food in Ritual (Room Nr. 10, Neue Universität)
Ute Hüsken / Eric Venbrux