Fahmida Shaikh and Suneela Ahmed, two Pakistani scholars from NEDUET University, introduce their research on Hyderabad and Karachi. Osmar Kasmani (Berlin Free Unviersity) and Rémy Delage (CNRS-CEIAS) are discussants.
Soufisme et danse ou la dévotion dans sous ses états
2 avril 2019 | 15h30 – 18h30 EHESS, Salle 737, 54 boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris
MICHEL BOIVIN (CNRS, CEIAS)
Soufisme et danse en Asie du sud : les révélations du dhamal Le soufisme en Asie du sud demeure un sujet très étudié. Les spécialistes se sont intéressés à sa fonction sociale, à son histoire et aux grandes figures qui en ont été les emblèmes mais certains domaines restent peu explorés : c’est le cas de la danse soufie, qui est souvent traitée comme un adjuvant à la musique. Cette présentation propose un bref état des lieux en se concentrant sur la pratique du dhamal.
This conference is jointly organized by the Alliance Française de Karachi, the Centre for South Asian Studies (CNRS-EHESS, Paris) and the Centre for Social Sciences Karachi.
2nd International Conference on Sindh Studies “Indus Valley Cultural Heritage: New Researches and Perspectives” Organized by: Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro Dates: 19-21 November 2018
Cultural Heritage is an emerging interdisciplinary field of study, and its inquiry has increasingly been recognized as an important arena by scholars, practitioners, and institutions. The scholarship recognizes that cultural heritage – in its many different forms and alternative expressions – constitutes an influential force in the socio-cultural and political, economic and religious dynamics of state and society. In academic and policy narratives, cultural heritage is now getting a great deal of attention worldwide. In recent years, the new theoretical and methodological approaches have helped to introduce and reshape the diverse scholarly narratives, policy and activist practices in the emerging interdisciplinary field of critical heritage studies.
Organised by: Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
From prehistoric, historic to contemporary period, Sindh always maintained its regional cultural identity in South Asia and attracted national and international scholars to unearth the early human settlements and artefacts buried beneath the cultural deposits of Amri, Kot Diji and Mohan jo Daro and the contemporary socio- political aspects.
ECSAS will celebrate its 25th edition in Paris, hosted at the EHESS (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales—School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences). The main institutional organizer is the CEIAS (Centre d’Études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud—Center for South Asian Studies, UMR 8564 CNRS/EHESS), which is the largest French research institute in the social sciences dealing with the Indian subcontinent. Created in the mid-1950s by Louis Dumont, the Center’s original aim was to renew the study of South Asia by combining social science-based methods and findings with those of classical Indology.