A Short Video Portrait of the Research Unit is Available
We are pleased to present you a newly prepared short video portrait of the research unit "Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal".
It is available here at: https://youtu.be/UtJDtjTZxik.
Neue Publikationen der Reihe "Documenta Nepalica"
Documenta Nepalica Band 3Bajracharya, Manik (Hrsg.), Slavery and Unfree Labour in Nepal: Documents from the 18th to Early 20th Century, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2022 (Documenta Nepalica – Book Series, Vol. 3), DOI: 10.17885/heiup.1003. |
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Documenta Nepalica Band 5Bijay Basukala, Niels Gutschow, Nutandhar Sharma, Patan-Vãbāhā : History and Inventory of a Newar Buddhist Monastery, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2022 (Documenta Nepalica – Book Series, Band 5), DOI: 10.17885/heiup.1116. |
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Nepal Day 2022 at the Heidelberg University
A two-days long event ‘Nepal Day’ was organised during by the South Asia Institute (SAI) on the 21st and 22nd of July 2022 to celebrate 35 years of academic cooperation between SAI and Nepal as well as 60 years of the SAI.
The event began with signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Heidelberg and the Tribhuvan University by Rector Prof. Bernhard Eitel and Rector Prof. Shiva Lal Bhusal. This was followed by an introduction of the Nepal delegation as well as welcome addresses by Prof. Rahul Mukherji, Director of SAI, Rector Prof. Bhusal and Prof. Christiane Brosius. The first day of this event also included a conversation between Prof. Niels Gutschow and Prof. Axel Michaels titled ‘What have we learnt from Nepal?’ Both of them first travelled to Nepal in 1962 and 1972 respectively, and headed numerous projects for several years that explored rituals and historical connections.
The Nepal day also created an opportunity for ongoing projects on Nepal to present their work. These included: ‘Nepal Heritage Documentation Project’ (presented by Rajan Khatiwoda and Bharat Maharjan), ‘Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal’ of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (presented by Dr. Manik Bajracharya and Dr. Astrid Zotter), ‘Urban Transformation and Placemaking’ (presented by Prof. Christiane Brosius and Sujan Chitrakar) and ‘Himalyan Socio-Hydrology: Evidence from Nepal’ (presented by Prof. Marcus Nüsser and Dr. Susanne Schmidt).
This was followed by lectures of Prof. Sagar Raj Sharma (Kathmandu University) titled ‘Dilemmas of a Nation in Transition’ dealing with the socio-economic and environmental challenges of Nepal, and by Prof. Martin Gaenszle (University of Vienna) titled ‘Ethnic Traditions and Global Archives: Changing Research Conditions in Nepal’. Prof. Gaenszle’s lecture highlighted some of the evolving potentials of ethnographic documentation by means of digital archives and reflected on the challenges accompanying them.
On 22nd July, Prof. Brosius moderated a roundtable on future cooperation between Heidelberg Univeristy, Tribhuvan University and Kathmandu University.
Conference "Studies on Dharma in the Himalayan Region" in Naples
A two-days long (27—28 April 2022) conference ‘Studies on Dharma in the Himalayan Region’ was organized in Naples by the project ‘Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal’ of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in collaboration with the ‘The Śivadharma Project’ and the Institute of Asian Studies of the University of Turin. The conference was participated by several scholars and professors from a variety of disciplines, such as philology, jurisprudence, anthropology, and history of South Asia. The aim of the conference was to discuss and enrich the multifarious understandings of the concept of dharma with a special focus on the area of Nepal from medieval up to the modern times. During the conference, from the Heidelberg side, Manik Bajracharya and Rajan Khatiwoda discussed the concept of slavery in the first Nepalese legal code (Ain) of 1854 in comparison with the Hindu legal scriptures, dharmasastras. Simon Cubelic presented on caste and tribute exaction regulated in the Ain of 1854. Axel Michaels’ paper focused on King Rana Bahadur Shah’s (ruled 1777—99) manipulating of dharmasastric principles in order to legitimize his illegitimate actions. Ramhari Timalsina highlighted echoes of dharmasastras in the late 18th- to 19th-century Nepalese legal testimonies. Similarly, Astrid Zotter presented on the tradition of writing Hindu legal tomes (dharma-nibandha) in late medieval and early modern Nepal.
Nepal als ein Schwerpunkt der Heidelberger Asienforschung
Südasien-Institut der Universität Heidelberg unterhält seit 35 Jahren eine Außenstelle in Kathmandu.
Wie der Geschäftsführende Direktor des Südasien-Instituts, Prof. Dr. Rahul Mukherji, betont, ist Nepal zu einem Schwerpunkt der Asienforschung an der Universität Heidelberg geworden. „Weltweit gibt es keine derartige Konzentration an disziplinären und regionalspezifischen Kompetenzen, Forschungen und Projekten.“ ...
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Neue Publikation
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Ute Hüsken, Vasudha Narayanan, Astrid Zotter (Hrsg.), Nine Nights of Power. Durgā, Dolls, and Darbārs, SUNY series in Hindu Studies, 2021, ISBN13: 978-1-4384-8407-5 (erhältlich als Hardcover, Google eBook und Kindle Edition, s. hier). |
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Neue Publikation der Reihe "Documenta Nepalica"
Documenta Nepalica Band 2Rajan Khatowoda, Simon Cubelic, Axel Michaels (Hrsg.), The Mulukī Ain of 1854. Nepal's First Legal Code, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2021 (Documenta Nepalica – Book Series, Band 2), DOI: 10.17885/heiup.769. |
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Konferenz “Workshop on Resources and Technologies for Indigenous, Endangered and Lesser-resourced Languages in Eurasia (EURALI)”
Im Rahmen der LREC 2022 fand am 20.06.2022 in Marseille der "Workshop on Resources and Technologies for Indigenous, Endangered and Lesser-resourced Languages in Eurasia (EURALI)" statt. Sabine Tittel stellte dort in Form eines Posters und Vortrags, "Towards an Ontology for Toponyms in Nepalese Historical Documents", Arbeiten an einer Ortsnamenontologie zu den Documenta Nepalica vor.
Vortragsreihe
Im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe "Asian Religions and the Politics of Heritage", veranstaltet vom Südasien-Institut & Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (Website der Veranstaltungsreihe: https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/en/index.php), fanden im Juni und Juli die folgenden Vorträge statt:
"Heritage Politics at the Paśupatinātha Temple in Nepal",
Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels,
Donnerstag, 24. Juni 2021, 11:15 Uhr, siehe hier.
"Places of Value: Inscriptions as Valorisation Practices at Cultural Heritage Sites in Kathmandu Valley",
Dr. Simon Cubelic,
Donnerstag, 08. Juli 2021, 11:15 Uhr, siehe hier.
Integration der ersten 137 Inschriften aus DANAM in die Documenta Nepalica
Im Rahmen des Pilotprojekts "Anthropologie der Inschriften: Memory and Cultural Heritage in the Public Sphere" (HCTS/Flagship Initiative "Transforming Cultural Heritage") wurden die ersten Katalogeinträge von Inschriften aus dem Digital Archive of Nepalese Arts and Monuments (DANAM) erfolgreich in die Datenbank der Documenta Nepalica integriert. Der Datensatz mit 137 Inschriften von rund 60 Monumenten (markiert mit der Kennung "NHDP") kann nun innerhalb des Katalogs der Documenta Nepalica, der mehr als 60.000 Einträge aus öffentlichen und privaten Archiven Nepals enthält, recherchiert werden. Zukünftig werden regelmäßig neue Einträge des Inschriftenkatalogs von DANAM in die Datenbank überspielt. Der Transfer ist Teil der Bestrebungen, die Datenbanken beider Projekte miteinander zu verknüpfen und ermöglicht weiterführende, interdisziplinäre Untersuchungen zu Nepals textlichem, kunsthistorischem und immateriellem Kulturerbe. Die Katalogsuche der Documenta Nepalica kann hier aufgerufen werden.
Symposium "The Digital Preservation of Asian Manuscripts and Documents" (26. Februar 2021)
Am 26. Februar 2021, 10:00 - 12:00 CET, fand das virtuelle, internationale Symposium "The Digital Preservation of Asian Manuscripts and Documents" statt. Das Symposium wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit der Abteilung "Digital Archiving and Research" der Otani University, Kyoto, durchgeführt. Das Programm finden Sie über den unten stehenden Link.