Different Perspectives on the Yogic Body: Kundalini’s Thousand Guises
A workshop by Dr. hab. Bernd-Christian Otto, Permanent Fellow, CAS-E, and Dr. Monika Hirmer, Postdoc Research Coordinator, CAS-E
Reflections on Picturing Aura
Jeremy Stolow On 28 October, I was fortunate to be able to give a talk to CAS-E about my recently published book, Picturing Aura: A Visual Biography (MIT Press, 2025): a historical, anthropological, and philosophical study of modern efforts to visualize that hidden radiant force encompassing the living body known as ‘the aura’. My book […]
Religion & New Religious Movements in Contemporary Crises
CAS-E Permanent Fellow Kelly Hayes hosts podcast with CAS-E Permanent Fellow Knut Graw, Daria Hartmann and Benjamin Zeller. This episode of Religion & delves into how contemporary religious movements address urgent political, cultural, and environmental crises, from technological transformation to ecological collapse. Looking across a wide array of new religious movements, participants will investigate how […]
Call for Applications: Research Assistant (Part-Time)
The research project Translating the Ineffable: Sino-Muslim Engagement with Esoteric Knowledge across Han Kitab and Menhuan Networks, supported by a grant from Templeton Religion Trust and awarded via the Program in the Study of Mysticism (PRISM) at Tampere University, invites applications for the position of Research Assistant (part-time, 20 hours per week) for a fixed term of 12 months, […]
Rethinking Methodology: Sensory Modalities in Ethnographic Research
With: Prof. Dr. Andrew Gilbert – andrewgilbert.com (10:30–12:00) Dr. Zeynep Bulut – Queen’s University Belfast Profile (13:30–15:00) Limited places! For registration please contact maryam.abbasi@fau.de
Lecture Series Winter 2025/26
Buddhist Psychology as Esoteric Activism?
By Albrecht, Jessica A “Buddhist psychology” is a naming of a specific understanding of Buddhist teachings (such as mindfulness) and practices (such as meditation) that came up first in the late 19th century. Back then, it was one of the main interests of orientalist scholarship. The most prominent producer of such scholarship in the realm […]
The Mind in Hand: Introducing the Knowing Hands Project
Marta Hanson The opportunity to speak on May 27th (2025) in the CAS-E summer semester lecture series, turned out to be a timely and appropriate milieu to introduce the “Knowing Hands” project.1 The Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) will jointly fund this project for three years (6.2025-5.2028). On the ANR […]
Warum lieben wir Magie, Dr. Bernd Christian Otto?
Montag, 26. Mai 2025. Die beliebtesten Traumreisen auf Entspannung wirkt tragen magische Titel: Der Magische Wintergarten, Magie der Erde, Der Magische Wunderladen. Aber warum ist das so? Warum zieht uns das Wort Magie so sehr an – auch als Erwachsene? Und warum hatte ich als Journalistin gleichzeitig oft das Bedürfnis, mich davon abzugrenzen? Weiter zum Interview hier.
CAS-E Newsletter 2025/02
