Douglas Ober
@cascadechild
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Historian of Asia & Buddhism. Visiting Prof in Durango. Hon. Research Associate at @UBC. Teaching global history, India, colonialism. Always thinking mountains
Durango, Colorado
Joined January 2013
Self-promotion on Twitter has never been my strong suit but I'm excited to announce the publication of my book, Dust on the Throne: The Search for Buddhism in Modern India with @navayanabooks and @stanfordpress
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Very late to the game on this one (seems to be my MO on X!) but I couldn't agree more that it would be a great episode for @EmpirePodUK: what say you, @DalrympleWill? My argument on Buddhism in India post-1500 remains the most contested part of my book but is also a good story.
@DalrympleWill While this article has problems (but not Sinclair's essay it references), none comes as surprise. Just read Douglas Ober's Dust on the Throne for thorough discussion of Buddhism's afterlives in post-1500s India, including Buddhaguptanatha. Need an episode with him on @EmpirePodUK.
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Love the new cover--thank you @navayanabooks for all your work in getting Dust on the Throne into a paperback edition.
Learn all about the history of the contested ownership of the Mahabodhi Temple in this Cundill Prize shortlisted account of the history of Buddhist 'revival' in India. Buy:
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For those interested in the background to T.V. Wylie, creator of the Wylie transliteration system and founder of the first Tibetan studies program in the US, check out my recent piece for the @Durangoherald
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The entrance to Greenmount Cemetery, just west of Durango’s Overend Park, offers no indication that one of America’s most influential scholars rests here. But walk a little deeper through the rows of...
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Thank you @JigmeYesheLama for the review! Very happy to hear you found the book to be illuminating.
My review of @cascadechild’s wonderful book, ‘Dust on the Throne: The Search For Buddhism in Modern India’ has been published.
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RT @RadioFreeAsia: 🧵 Radio Free Asia was born after Tiananmen to report where dictators silence truth. In Burmese, Uyghur, Mandarin, and mo….
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RT @thewire_in: 'Hindu–Buddhist Bhai Bhai'? The Politics Behind the RSS-Buddhist Alliance at the Kumbh Mela. Douglas Ober✍️..
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The grand spectacle of Hindu-Buddhist unity at the Kumbh Mela is thus less an eternal truth than a political performance – one with deep historical precedents and contradictions.
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Very honored to be on this list! That is some stiff competition! Thank you @karwaanheritage!.
Big congratulations to all the brilliant authors long-listed for the Karwaan Book Award 2024! Your works inspire and illuminate. The shortlist drops soon, and the winner will be revealed shortly after. Stay tuned as we celebrate the finest voices in literature!
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RT @karwaanheritage: Big congratulations to all the brilliant authors long-listed for the Karwaan Book Award 2024! Your works inspire and i….
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RT @npwitkowski: Dear Friends, Prof. Adeana McNicholl @AdeanaMcN and I are co-coordinating a NEW project: . The Buddhism and Caste Initiati….
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Thank you @mauracunningham & @AASAsianStudies for your delightful questions and interview about my book, Dust on the Throne! Your support has been as enriching as it is enduring. I am grateful for the many years of intellectual nourishment provided by AAS #AsianStudies #AsiaNow.
New #AsiaNow post: editor @mauracunningham interviews historian Douglas Ober @cascadechild about his @stanfordpress book, DUST ON THE THRONE: THE SEARCH FOR BUDDHISM IN MODERN INDIA, which was shortlisted for the 2023 @CundillPrize.
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RT @AASAsianStudies: New #AsiaNow post: editor @mauracunningham interviews historian Douglas Ober @cascadechild about his @stanfordpress b….
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“Many scholars, colleagues, and friends told me that Indian Buddhism was dead,” Douglas Ober notes, “so I had better seek out a different subject.” Undeterred, Ober continued working on his dissert...
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when I read this review of Dust on the Throne, I felt a huge sense of relief to see someone reading the book in this manner. Kudos to Upayadhi Luraschi for her generous words and sharp insights, conveyed with a beauty that far exceeds my own literary talents.
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RT @navayanabooks: @cascadechild 's "Dust on the Throne" was reviewed in the Journal of Global Buddhism. Read: ht….
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Thank you Chandrabhan Yadav and @TheIndiaForum for this kind review of Dust on the Throne. Glad to see it continue generating conversations across different domains. @navayanabooks @stanfordpress.
Reports of the death of Buddhism in precolonial India were greatly exaggerated. The many Buddhisms promoted by ideologies across the spectrum in modern times came to distinctively shape South Asia. Chandrabhan Yadav on @cascadechild's book @stanfordpress.
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RT @TheIndiaForum: Reports of the death of Buddhism in precolonial India were greatly exaggerated. The many Buddhisms promoted by ideologie….
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These are all great sources on the subject (although I’m obviously very bias regarding my own contributions). So much of the scholarship is scattered in bits and pieces but I’d also add DC Ahir, Eleanor Zelliot, G. Aloysius who have classic essays/books. A reading list is needed!.
I’m developing my reading list of must read books on Buddhism in modern India. Looking at Upinder Singh, Lal Man Joshi, Douglas Ober, Gitanjali Surendran, David Geary. Anyone know these scholars? Worthwhile? Recommendations? Or warnings?.
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Excited to be in my old home Seattle for @AASAsianStudies. If interested in India or Buddhism, please join tonight’s roundtable for my book where I’ll be joined by an intimidating panel of experts on all periods of South Asian history, politics, religion, and literature #AAS2024
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RT @GaiusCaesarOct1: @cascadechild Douglas Ober's Dust on the Throne is a must read for Indian Buddhists.
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RT @Journal_RH: Bhadrajee S. Hewage reviews Douglas Ober, Dust on the Throne: The Search for Buddhism in Modern India .
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RT @GroseTimothy: It's still the season of Losar, so I'm trying to translate a few more songs. This ditty is catchy, the lyrics are simple….
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