This paper deals with the political ideology of late pre-imperial and early imperial China as documented by remnants of an under-explored genre known in English as weft (wei 緯) writings or “Confucian Apocrypha”. It focuses on the transcendence of hierarchy and sovereignty, the transfer of dynastic legitimacy, and the pragmatic vehicle of “tang…[Read more]

In this chapter I investigate the coercive relationship between authorship and copyright from the perspective of intersectional feminist and de-colonial knowledge practices. Examining three artistic strategies (Richard Prince, Cady Noland and the Piracy Project) which all try to challenge the close ties between copyright and authorship – a…[Read more]

Master Thesis / Masterarbeit 2010

Ambrósíus saga og Rósamunda is a post-medieval Icelandic romance which belongs to a group of Scandinavian narratives utilizing the pound of flesh motif. It survives in 19 paper manuscripts from the 18th and 19th centuries, and it has never before been edited. The aim of the present edition is of an introductory nature, primarily to make the sa…[Read more]

Introduction to special issue of IJHS: The Gift in India in Theory and Practice

During nonemergency appointments at traditional sites of āyurvedic healthcare in Kerala, South India, classically trained Brāhmaṇa physicians and their patients seldom exchange anything of substance (whether medicinal or monetary). The physician-patient interface instead routinely involves an exchange of knowledge. Interactions between phy…[Read more]

Article exploring Jewish or Judean groups in the context of associations at Hierapolis.

Article on banqueting within associations.

This is the complete second, fully revised edition of the book with links to inscriptions on the AGRW website. (First edition was published by Fortress in 2003).

Book that explores processes of identification within various small group situations in the Greco-Roman world.

Article that explores stories of wild banquets within the context of ethnographic discourses.

Der Beitrag liest die mt Erzählung über die Tempelreinigung Jesu in Mt 21,12-16 vor dem Hintergrund des mt Raumkonzepts. In Auseinandersetzung mit Mt 11,1-16,20; Mt 8f. und Mt 10 werden dabei Raumstrukturen ebenso in Grundzügen erhellt wie spezifische Konnotationen räumlicher Terminologie (vgl. etwa Stadt, Synagoge und Haus). Zusammen mit Mt 12,…[Read more]

A peek into the psychology and trends of Indian youth.

Exploring the retelling of Vedanta by Swami Vivekananda

Explores Swami Vivekananda’s concept of religion in the context of scientific and agnostic thinkers.

A brief summary of the ICT based education conducted by the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University

Life of former President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, who was also the author of the Indian missile program.

An Unpublished Lecture of Swami Vivekananda at the Barber’s—Vedanta: The Soul

Tripura Upanishad is a minor Shakta or Tantra Upanishad explaining the structure of and meditation on Sri Chakra or Sri Yantra—a diagrammatic representation of the universe through nine interlocking triangles coming out of a central point.
To date, there are two English translations of this Upanishad. The first and the earliest, by A G Krishna W…[Read more]

The history of the association of Sri Ramakrishna and the Ramakrishna Mission with Shyampukur Bati, Kolkata.