Cornelia Sorabji: Jowett's protégée in Oxford 1889-1893

Anya P. Foxen, "Inhaling Spirit: Harmonialism, Orientalism, and the Western Roots of Modern Yoga" (Oxford UP, 2020)

Release Date: 06/19/2020

Description: In her new book Inhaling Spirit: Harmonialism, Orientalism, and the Western Roots of Modern Yoga (Oxford University Press, 2020), Anya Foxen traces several disparate yet entangled roots of modern yoga practice to show that much of what we call yoga in the West stems not only from pre-modern Indian yoga traditions, but also from Hellenistic theories of the subtle body, Western esotericism and magic, pre-modern European medicine, and late-nineteenth-century women's wellness programs. As such, this book richly contributes to the discussion of cultural appropriation as pertains to modern Western yoga. Anya Foxen is Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University. For information on your host Raj Balkaran’s background, see rajbalkaran.com.

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Matthew Robertson, "Puruṣa: Personhood in Ancient India" (Oxford UP, 2024)

Release Date: 04/09/2024

Description: The concept of the puruṣa, or person, is implicated in a wide range of ancient texts throughout the Indian subcontinent. In Puruṣa: Personhood in Ancient India, published in 2024 by Oxford University Press, Matthew I. Robertson traces the development of this concept from 1500 BCE to 400 CE: in the Ṛg Veda, the Brāhmaṇas, the Upaniṣads, Buddhist Pāli suttas, the Caraka and Suśruta Saṃhitā, and the Mahābhārata. Pushing back against the interpretation of personhood as a cosmological microcosm, Robertson argues instead that, in these texts, personhood and the “world” (loka) are interrelated concepts. He investigates how persons were understood to expand to the fill the horizons of their world, attending to ritual-political, aesthetic, yogic, and medicinal techniques deployed for this purpose.

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Nancy M. Martin, "Mirabai: The Making of a Saint" (Oxford UP, 2023)

Release Date: 05/02/2024

Description: Mirabai, an iconic sixteenth-century Indian poet-saint, is renowned for her unwavering love of God, her disregard for social hierarchies and gendered notions of honor and shame, and her challenge to familial, feudal, and religious authorities. Defying attempts to constrain and even kill her, she could not be silenced. Though verifiable facts regarding her life are few, her fame spread across social, linguistic, and religious boundaries, and stories about her multiplied across the subcontinent and the centuries. In Mirabai: The Making of a Saint (Oxford UP, 2023), Nancy M. Martin traces the story of this immensely popular Indian saint from the earliest manuscript references to her through colonial and nationalist developments to scholarly and popular portrayals in the decades leading up to Indian independence. This book examines Mirabai's place as both insider and outsider to the developing strands of devotional Hinduism and her role in contested terrain of debates around the education and independence of women and the crafting of Indian and Hindu identities. Mirabai offers a comprehensive and multi-layered portrait of this remarkable and still controversial woman, who continues to be a source of inspiration and catalyst for self-actualization for spiritual seekers, artists, activists, and so many others in India and around the world today.

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Indian imperial crossings and the Oxford hub

Release Date: 03/02/2010

Description: Professor Elleke Boehmer (Oxford) - 'Indian imperial crossings and the Oxford hub'.

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Traces Of Modern Indian History

Release Date: 05/08/2021

Authors: Pallavi Kashid

Description: Podcast by pallavi Kashid on history chapter 1 traces of modern Indian history it tell s about struggle took by Indian leaders

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Oxford-India Day

Release Date: 08/12/2020

Authors: Oxford University

Description: The inaugural Oxford-India Day took place on 17 June 2011. The event aimed to celebrate the longstanding and varied links between the University and India, and to reinvigorate and strengthen those links.Over 80 external guests, representing Indian business, Indian government, UK government, Indian civil society, journalism, law and academia came to Oxford, exploring cutting-edge collaborative research; the students and staff who have come to Oxford from India; and the outstanding collections of Indian manuscripts, art and artefacts in the University's libraries and museums. Almost 200 members of the University, including 75 mostly Indian students, were also present.

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Dr Nayanika Mathur - 23 November 2018 - Is it Climate Change or a Conspiracy Theory? Big Cats and Humans in the Indian Anthropocene

Release Date: 07/28/2021

Description: Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)Is it Climate Change or a Conspiracy Theory? Big Cats and Humans in the Indian Anthropocene

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Dharma Seed - dharmaseed.org: John Peacock's entire set of Dharma talks

Release Date: 01/06/2022

Authors: dharmaseed.org

Description: John Peacock, an academic and meditation teacher for 25 years, currently teaches Buddhist studies and Indian religions at the University of Bristol, UK. He is an Associate Director of The Oxford Mindfulness Centre, recognized by Oxford University.

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Traces

Release Date: 08/28/2020

Authors: Jay Demetillo

Description: Tracing the impact of design and tech

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Traces

Release Date: 09/04/2020

Authors: Traces

Description: Il y a quelques années j'ai réalisé une série de reportages et d'entretiens sur les questions de l'intégration et du multiculturalisme. Et leur actualité n'a jamais été aussi grande.Je me propose de les livrer à l'écoute des plus curieux. Ces anciennes productions seront complétées par de nouvelles. 

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Oxford Baptist Chapel

Release Date: 01/10/2022

Authors: Oxford Baptist Chapel

Description: All the Sermons from Oxford Baptist Chapel. All broadcast from our tent in a field in Oxford, UK.

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La Subversividad de las Cosas

Release Date: 08/08/2021

Authors: Enrique Muñoz

Description: Biography;Questions, search for values, reflections on the world, life, being there, drifts, explorations, immersions, overflowing flows; words, schemes, images, relationships, they are traces, sketches, fragments, traces, traces; event expression ...Bohemian and playwright, instead of repressing or hiding what I feel / think, I find happiness in you.

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Oxford Bible Church - Living in the Last Days (audio)

Release Date: 09/01/2020

Authors: The Oxford Bible Church

Description: In-depth Bible Teaching from Derek & Hilary Walker, Pastors of Oxford Bible Church, Oxford, England.

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Oxford Bible Church - Living in the Last Days

Release Date: 09/01/2020

Authors: The Oxford Bible Church

Description: In-depth Bible Teaching from Derek & Hilary Walker, Pastors of Oxford Bible Church, Oxford, England.

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Oxford Vineyard Church

Release Date: 08/12/2020

Authors: Andrew Myatt

Description: A Vineyard Church in Oxford for the Oxford area planted in April '92. Love God - Love People - Love Life.

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