Research

In 2010 the nascent Hindu-Christian Forum won funding from the Department of Communities and Local Government to undertake a research project in the form of a 'listening exercise' exploring the relations between Hindu and Christian communities in the UK. This report is intended to guide the way for the future direction that the Hindu Christian Forum will take.

Jabbal Village in Himachal Pradesh, India, is approx 100 miles east of Shimla in the Pabbar Valley. It is in the foothills of the Himalayas at about 8,000 feet. 

There are approx 500 people living in Rajput and Mistry and Koli sections of the village.

In 1974 Peter Sutherland, Eva Skalla, Francis Pettitt, Romilly Gregory visited the village in August 1974 to make a film about village life.

Project Director

Ferdinando Sardella

Project Outline

This project undertakes the mapping, collection, translation and investigation of literature and any other relevant material related to or dealing with the modern development of Caitanya Vaisnavism in Bengal from the late 18th century to the present. It aims at facilitating research in a number of areas such as theology, sociology, history of ideas, philosophy, gender studies and anthropology.

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Photos from the Shivdasani Conference 2009.

Project Leaders

Ravi M. Gupta, The College of William and Mary, USA

Kenneth R. Valpey, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and Chinese University of Hong Kong

Thinking Inside the Box: The Concept of a Category in Indian Philosophy

10–11 October 2009,
Somerville College, Oxford

Project leaders

Project Director: Gavin Flood

Project Manager: Jessica Frazier

Project leaders

Project Directors: Gavin Flood, Bjarne W. Olesen

Project Manager: Bjarne W. Olesen

Project outline

Led by Himanshu Prabha Ray, this project aims to contribute to an understanding of how sacred spaces came to be defined in the archaeological record from around the latter half of the first millennium BC onwards.

Archaeology and Text: The Temple in South Asia

Danson Room, Trinity College, Oxford
Saturday 20 – Sunday 21 October 2007

This conference helped create an understanding of how sacred spaces came to be defined in the archaeological record from around the latter half of the first millennium BC onwards. It bridged the gap that exists between textual studies and archaeology with focus on the Hindu temple.