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Tango, Emotion, and Transculturality in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (2024)
Book Chapter
Asaba, Y. (2024). Tango, Emotion, and Transculturality in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries. In K. Wendland, & K. Link (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Tango (314-330). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108974936.019

Maṇḍalas and Landscape in Maritime Asia (2024)
Book Chapter
Sharrock, P. (2024). Maṇḍalas and Landscape in Maritime Asia. In R. K. Payne, & G. A. Hayes (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Tantric Studies (557-580). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197549889.013.47

Fierce Herukas, emitted by the supreme buddhas of the Vajrayāna “thunderbolt vehicle,” emerged toward the end of the first millennium CE to bolster Buddhist kings outside India with supernatural powers to defend their territory, repel their enemies,... Read More about Maṇḍalas and Landscape in Maritime Asia.

Mandalas Intertwined: Why Minor Goddesses in the Tabo Main Temple Matter (2023)
Book Chapter
Luczanits, C. (2023). Mandalas Intertwined: Why Minor Goddesses in the Tabo Main Temple Matter. In V. Eltschinger, J. Kramer, P. Patil, & C. Yoshimizu (Eds.), Burlesque of the Philosophers. Indian and Buddhist Studies in Memory of Helmut Krasser (363-393). Projektverlag

'There is no modesty or shame in this city': what Bengali Muslims heard in colonial Rangoon, c.1900 (2023)
Book Chapter
Williams, R. D. (2023). 'There is no modesty or shame in this city': what Bengali Muslims heard in colonial Rangoon, c.1900. In J. Sykes, & J. Byl (Eds.), Sounding the Indian Ocean: Musical Circulations in the Afro-Asiatic Seascape (33-53). University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.160.b

Wu Changshi (吳昌碩 1844–1927) (2023)
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McCausland, S. (2023). Wu Changshi (吳昌碩 1844–1927). In J. Lovell, & J. Harrison-Hall (Eds.), Creators of Modern China: 100 Lives - From Empire to Republic, 1796-1912. Thames and Hudson

“Èsù Láàlú Ọmọkùnrin Òde”: The Being in/between Aesthetic-Ethical Entanglements (2023)
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Bello, S. A. “Èsù Láàlú Ọmọkùnrin Òde”: The Being in/between Aesthetic-Ethical Entanglements. In P. Oloko, M. Ott, P. Simatei, & C. Vierke (Eds.), Decolonial Aesthetics II: Modes of Relating (155-161). J.B. Metzler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66222-9_14

This paper aims to discuss the being of Èsù in/between the undercurrents of aesthetic-ethical entanglements in the contemporary artworld. It draws its critical tools from Ọ̀rúnmìlà/Yorùbá oral philosophy and explores various manifestations of Èsù in... Read More about “Èsù Láàlú Ọmọkùnrin Òde”: The Being in/between Aesthetic-Ethical Entanglements.

Visual Sources (2023)
Book Chapter
Blair, S., & McCausland, S. (2023). Visual Sources. In M. Biran, & H. Kim (Eds.), Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire (1349-1398). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316337424.045

An integrated essay, co-authored with Sheila Blair, on visual sources for all the regions of the Mongol empire. This chapter provides an overview of the copious material production that occurred during the centuries when the Mongols dominated much of... Read More about Visual Sources.

Mainland Southeast Asia after Angkor: On the Legacies of Jayavarman VII (2023)
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Thompson, A. (2023). Mainland Southeast Asia after Angkor: On the Legacies of Jayavarman VII. In M. Hendrickson, M. T. Stark, & D. Evans (Eds.), The Angkorian World. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351128940-39

The reach of Angkor will always exceed the territorial and temporal delimitation which historians and politicians alike seek to give it; indeed, attempts to pin down dates and borders shed light on the uncontainability of empire which defines empire,... Read More about Mainland Southeast Asia after Angkor: On the Legacies of Jayavarman VII.

The Iconographic Program of a Mid-eleventh Century Monument. Goddess Dharmameghabhumi in the Tabo Main Temple, Tabo Monastery, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India, ca. 1040 (2023)
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Luczanits, C. (2023). The Iconographic Program of a Mid-eleventh Century Monument. Goddess Dharmameghabhumi in the Tabo Main Temple, Tabo Monastery, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India, ca. 1040. In K. Debreczeny, & E. Pakhoutova (Eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects (21). Scala

The Distinct Artistic Tradition of Kashmir and Its Impact in Tibet. Buddha on the Cosmic Mountain, Kashmir, India, ca. 720 (2023)
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Luczanits, C. (2023). The Distinct Artistic Tradition of Kashmir and Its Impact in Tibet. Buddha on the Cosmic Mountain, Kashmir, India, ca. 720. In Himalayan Art in 108 Objects (10). Scala

Papier-Mâché Sculpture and the Nyingma School at the Periphery. Portrait of Ngadak Puntsok Rigdzin Lo Gekhar, Mustang, Nepal, mid-17th century (2023)
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Luczanits, C. (2023). Papier-Mâché Sculpture and the Nyingma School at the Periphery. Portrait of Ngadak Puntsok Rigdzin Lo Gekhar, Mustang, Nepal, mid-17th century. In K. Debreczeny, & E. Pakhoutova (Eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects (70). Scala

Intriguing Relations between India, China, and Tibet. Crowned Buddha, Nalanda Monastery, northeastern India, 10th century (2023)
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Luczanits, C. (2023). Intriguing Relations between India, China, and Tibet. Crowned Buddha, Nalanda Monastery, northeastern India, 10th century. In K. Debreczeny, & E. Pakhoutova (Eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects (16). Scala

Commemorative Monument for a Charismatic Teacher. The Chorten Cave of Luri, present-day Mustang District, Nepal, ca. 1300 (2023)
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Luczanits, C. (2023). Commemorative Monument for a Charismatic Teacher. The Chorten Cave of Luri, present-day Mustang District, Nepal, ca. 1300. In K. Debreczeny, & E. Pakhoutova (Eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects (44). Scala

An Example of Court Patronage to Honor a Religious Master. Mandala of Manjuvajra of the Vajravali Set Commissioned in Memory of Lama Dampa Central Tibet, 1375–1380 (2023)
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Jackson, D. P., & Luczanits, C. (2023). An Example of Court Patronage to Honor a Religious Master. Mandala of Manjuvajra of the Vajravali Set Commissioned in Memory of Lama Dampa Central Tibet, 1375–1380. In K. Debreczeny, & E. Pakhoutova (Eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects (50). Scala

Alchi at the Threshold of a New Era in Tibetan Buddhist Art. Monumental Manjushri with Mahasiddha-Adorned Robe, Alchi Sumtsek, Ladakh, India, ca. 1220 (2023)
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Luczanits, C. (2023). Alchi at the Threshold of a New Era in Tibetan Buddhist Art. Monumental Manjushri with Mahasiddha-Adorned Robe, Alchi Sumtsek, Ladakh, India, ca. 1220. In K. Debreczeny, & E. Pakhoutova (Eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects (35). Scala

A Royal Teacher and an Artist. Portrait of Lowo Khenchen Sonam Lhundrub, Mustang, Nepal, first half of the 16th century (2023)
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Kramer, J., & Luczanits, C. (2023). A Royal Teacher and an Artist. Portrait of Lowo Khenchen Sonam Lhundrub, Mustang, Nepal, first half of the 16th century. In K. Debreczeny, & E. Pakhoutova (Eds.), Himalayan Art in 108 Objects (63). Scala

Mecca and other Cosmological Centres in the Sufi Universe (2023)
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O'Meara, S. (2023). Mecca and other Cosmological Centres in the Sufi Universe. In C. Lange, & A. D. Knysh (Eds.), Handbook of Sufi Studies. Vol. 2: Sufi Cosmology (205-233). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004392618_012

Cosmological centres are places where different levels of cosmic reality are said to converge and become accessible to the human being. In the Sufi universe, Mecca is the principal place of convergence, but others exist, too, including Medina and Jer... Read More about Mecca and other Cosmological Centres in the Sufi Universe.

Toward Decolonized Film Festival Worlds (2023)
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Dovey, L., & Sendra Fernandez, E. (2023). Toward Decolonized Film Festival Worlds. In M. de Valck, & A. Damiens (Eds.), Rethinking Film Festivals in the Pandemic Era and After (269-289). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14171-3_14

This chapter is in part a manifesto and in part an engagement with the thinking and practice already re-shaping film festivals in this era of decolonization and Covid-19. We take as a starting point and analyze the provocative docu-fiction film title... Read More about Toward Decolonized Film Festival Worlds.

Mannered Moods: Sound and Sense in Mewar Painting and Poetry (2022)
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Williams, R. D. (2022). Mannered Moods: Sound and Sense in Mewar Painting and Poetry. In D. Diamond, & D. Khera (Eds.), A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur (41-51). Hirmer and Chicago University Press

Pilgrimage and Sacred Landscape in Hindu Architecture (2022)
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Branfoot, C. (2022). Pilgrimage and Sacred Landscape in Hindu Architecture. In C. A. Cummings (Ed.), A History of Hindu Architecture in India (79-94). EB-Verlag