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Dr. Ulrike Schröder

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Position

2005-2013 Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center 619 "Ritual Dynamics",

Subproject A6 "The Discourse on Non-Brahman Rituals and their Transformation in the South Indian Religious History Since the 18th Century"

located at the Department of History of Religions and Mission Studies

from April 2014 onwards: Lecturer for Religious Studies at the University of Applied Sciences for Intercultural Theology (FIT) Hermannsburg (see Weblink for more information and updates)

Contact Details:

E-Mail:  u.schroeder@fh-hermannsburg.de

 

Teaching:

Information about courses 2010-2013 (in German only)

 

 Academic Career

  • born in 1978
  • 1997-2005 Studies in Ev. Theology and Religious Studies
  • 2005-2013 Research Fellovv at the Collaborative Research Centre 619 "Ritual Dynamics", Subproject A6
  • 2009 Doctor in Theology, Title of Dissertation: "Religion, Kaste und Ritual: Christliche Mission und tamilischer Hinduismus in SĂĽdindien im 19. Jahrhundert, am Beispiel des Missionars Robert Caldwell" (English translation: "Religion, Caste, and Ritual: Christian Mission and Tamil Hinduism in South India in the 19th century. The Missionary Robert Caldwell as an example")
  • Since 2009 Research project about Hinduism in South India and South Africa, focussing on Saiva Siddhanta
  • 2014 onwards: Lecturer for Religious Studies at the University of Applied Sciences for Intercultural Theology (FIT) Hermannsburg (see link for more information)

 

Publications

 

  • Schröder, Ulrike (2009). Religion, Kaste und Ritual: Christliche Mission und tamilischer Hinduismus in SĂĽdindien im 19. Jahrhundert. Neue Hallesche Berichte vol. 8. Halle (Saale), Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen.
  • Bergunder, Michael, Heiko Frese and Ulrike Schröder, Eds. (2010). Ritual, Caste, and Religion in Colonial South India. Neue Hallesche Berichte vol. 9. Halle (Saale), Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen.
  • Schröder, Ulrike (2010). No Religion, But Ritual? Robert Caldwell and the "Tinnevelly Shanars". In: Ritual, Caste, and Religion in Colonial South India. Michael Bergunder, Heiko Frese and Ulrike Schröder, Eds. Neue Hallesche Berichte vol. 9. Halle (Saale), Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen: 131-160.
  • Schröder, Ulrike (2012). Hook-Swinging in South India: Negotiating the Subaltern Space within a Colonial Society. In: Negotiating Rites. U. HĂĽsken und F. Neubert (Hrsg.). New York, Oxford University Press, S. 215-236.
  •  Schröder, Ulrike (2013). Hindu Communities in Chatsworth. In: Chatsworth: The Making of a South African Township. A. Desai und G. Vahed, Hrsg. Durban, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.

    • Fields of Interest

    • History of Religions in Europe, South Africa and Asia
    • History of Christianity in Asia
    • History of Christian Missions
    • Hinduism /Saiva Siddhanta
    • South India /Tamil Nadu /Tirunelveli
    • South Africa /Durban
    • Theory and Method in Religious Studies

     

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