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Empire, Caste, Gender, Law & Labor in South Asia | Buddhism & Deathtech | Religion, Familiality & Fascism | PhD @Stanford | Prof. @uofsandiego

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JOB: Assistant Professor in South/Southeast Asian Religions (w/ focus on Hindu Traditions, defined BROADLY) in my department at the University of San Diego (PLEASE SHARE WIDELY). Apply here:
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RT @npwitkowski: JOB: Assistant Professor in South/Southeast Asian Religions (w/ focus on Hindu Traditions, defined BROADLY) in my departme….
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RT @tobunken: 【ご案内】 東文研セミナー Customary Legalism: Rules of Law in Early India, Java, and Bali (A Lecture by Prof. Timothy Lubin) のお知らせ https:….
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RT @KRManoharan: We were honored that our coedited volume The Cambridge Companion to Periyar was released by The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister….
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RT @KRManoharan: And here it is - The Cambridge Companion to Periyar! Delighted to have coedited the volume with @ARV_Chalapathy. We have a….
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For Friends in Kolkata Aug 25th - @moubanerjee28 will be speaking on her fantastic book, _The Disinherited_
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RT @npwitkowski: Friends in #BuddhistStudies, do read Oliver Freiberger's fabulous new piece, "Qualities of Distinction," a fundamental rec….
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Friends in #BuddhistStudies, do read Oliver Freiberger's fabulous new piece, "Qualities of Distinction," a fundamental reconsideration of early #Indian #Buddhist identity. Free for download here:.
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Friends in #BuddhistStudies, do read Oliver Freiberger's fabulous new piece, "Qualities of Distinction," here, the author argues that we need to seriously reconsider what practices were foundational to early Indian Buddhism. Free for download here:.
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This essay explores the so-called dhutaṅgas (or dhutaguṇas), which are commonly understood as a group of optional ascetic practices for Buddhist monastics. Richard Gombrich expresses a widely...
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RT @jennfrey: I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that student….
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Students want to study the humanities and liberal arts. But university administrators keep getting in the way.
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RT @jennfrey: University of Tulsa students have started a petition to save their Honors College and have asked me to share with my follower….
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Stop the Defunding and Rapid Reduction of the Honors College at the University of Tulsa
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RT @AparnaAgarwal91: I am pleased to share my article 'The Visibility and Invisiblity of Caste(d) Waste Management Infrastructures in Delhi….
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Friends - do read @mukesh8krishna's fantastic new piece in #JAAR that challenges our conceptions of what is #Hindu, what is #Muslim, and how #caste is used in #Indian religious categories!.
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ABSTRACT. Muslim Jogis constitute a unique community that straddles the boundaries of Islam, Hinduism, and the Nath Yogi (Jogi) order dwelling at the margi
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RT @BaxterWilliams_: Helen De Cruz has passed. In her final days, she was frank about her gratitude but also her devastation. She called he….
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The Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna is advertising a three-year 50% Postdoc Position in the field of Indology and Himalayan Studies. The current application deadline is 26th June 2025.
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2025b. "Constructing Identity through Monastic Legislation: Rules Intended to Differentiate Buddhists from Jainas and Ājīvikas in Vinaya Literature," 28 pages, forthcoming in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, vol. 88 via @academia.
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This article investigates the rules that were put into the mouth of the Buddha by Indian Buddhist jurists in order to differentiate monks from non-Buddhist (particularly Jaina and Ājīvika) ascetics...
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RT @onneshaghosh: New open access article @CSSHJournal where I write about India's city improvement trusts of early 20th century and how th….
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The Improvement Regime: Public Trusts, Real Estates, and India’s Urban Futurities
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RT @KRManoharan: New publication: The Routledge Handbook of Subalterns across History is out. I am happy be in the midst of amazing contrib….
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RT @AparnaAgarwal91: Excited to present my work at @StAntsCollege, University of Oxford.
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