BAHAR Seminar, Wednesday May 2, 2012: Dr David Smith

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Blogs Admin

To conclude our seminar series for the 2012 Spring Semester, Dr David Smith, a well-known scholar on Indian religion and art, recently retired from the Department of Religious Studies (now Politics, Philosophy, and religion) at Cardiff University, will present an illustrated talk based on the opening chapters of a book he is currently completing on
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BAHAR Seminar, Wednesday April 25, 2012: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky II

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Blogs Admin

This discussion seminar, on Wednesday April 25th, 2012, is the second of two meetings in which we will discuss the work of the distinguished Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986). Tarkovsky’s films problematise and provoke reflection on many key aspects of human experience, including identity, memory and the nature of art. This second of the two
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BAHAR Seminar, Wednesday March 28, 2012: Prof. Geoffrey Samuel

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Blogs Admin

Geoffrey Samuel will present a seminar, “Tibetan ritual dance as public performance and state ceremony: the evolution of the Tsechu in Bhutan and the 2011 Dochu La festival,” deriving from a recent BAHAR research visit to Bhutan. The seminar will be held in the Humanities Building, Cardiff University, Room 3.48, from 5 to 7.30 p.m.
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BAHAR Seminar, Wednesday March 14, 2012: The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky I

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Blogs Admin

This discussion seminar, on Wednesday March 14th, 2012, is the first of two meetings in which we will discuss the work of the distinguished Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986). Tarkovsky’s films problematise and provoke reflection on many key aspects of human experience, including identity, memory and the nature of art. This first of the two
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BAHAR Seminar, Wednesday February 22, 2012: Sheldrake’s Science Delusion

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Blogs Admin

Rupert Sheldrake’s new book The Science Delusion (Coronet, 2012) is a frontal attack on many of the core assumptions of simplistic scientific materialisms. Sheldrake’s title is an ironic reminder of Richard Dawkins’ own God Delusion, and Dawkins is undoubtedly one of the intended targets. Unlike many of the writers on this theme, however, Sheldrake is
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BAHAR Seminar, Wednesday February 29, 2011: Prof. Nicola Tannenbaum

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Blogs Admin

Nicola (Nikki) Tannenbaum, Professor of Anthropology at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, will present a seminar, ‘Flying his soul to heaven: the funeral for the abbot of the Naaplaatsaat temple, Maehongson, Thailand’ to the BAHAR group on Wednesday February 29, 2011, from 5 to 6.30 p.m. The seminar will take place in the Humanities Building, Cardiff University,
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BAHAR Seminar Series on Adam Curtis Films

Posted on 5 October 2011 by Blogs Admin

BAHAR is holding a series of three seminars this autumn to discuss some of the themes raised by Adam Curtis in his provocative series All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace broadcast earlier this year on BBC2 (see the Wikipedia page on the film series and also this interview with Adam Curtis). Unlike traditional
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BAHAR Seminar, Thursday October 20, 2011: Léon van Gulik

Posted on 28 September 2011 by Blogs Admin

Drs Léon van Gulik of Radboud University, Nijmegen will give a seminar, ‘Making sense of talking to trees and barking at the moon: Explorations of the ritualized exchange of self and cosmos in the Greencraft tradition’ on Thursday October 20, 2011. Humanities Building, Cardiff University from 5.10 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. All welcome. Room 3.48,
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BAHAR Seminar, Thursday November 10, 2011: Ann David

Posted on 28 September 2011 by Blogs Admin

Dr Ann David (Principal Lecturer, Dance Department, University of Roehampton) will give a seminar, ‘Boundaries of the body: extreme bodily ritual practices in Tamil Hindu communities in Britain’ on Thursday November 10, 2011. Humanities Building, Cardiff University from 5.10 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. All welcome. Room 3.48, Humanities Building. Extreme bodily ritual practices, an essential
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BAHAR Seminar, Thursday November 24, 2011: Kath McPhillips

Posted on 28 September 2011 by Blogs Admin

Kath McPhillips (Sociology and Anthropology, School of Humanities and Social sciences, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia) will give a seminar on ‘Sainthood in Modern Australia: Contradiction or Possibility?’ on Thursday November 24, 2011. Humanities Building, Cardiff University from 5.10 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. All welcome. Room 3.48, Humanities Building. In October 2010, Australia celebrated the
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