lectures and talks

12th July 2026 

"Performing Episteme in Danda Nata Ritual of Southern Odisha"  

Folklore Foundation, Bhubaneswar (IN) 

Talk delivered online for Folklore Foundation, Bhubaneswar (IN), 12th July 2026 (Sunday) at 11:00 IST. Prof. Anand Mahanand and Padma Shri Dr Mahendra Mishra convened the talk.

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19th June 2026 

"Performance as Episteme: A Phenomenology of Danda Nata Ritual of Southern Odisha" 

Online Public Lecture, Forum for Contemporary Theory, Vadodara (Gujarat, IN) 

Online lecture delivered at Forum for Contemporary Theory, Vadodara (Gujarat, IN), 19th June 2026 (Saturday) at 16:00 IST. The talk was chaired by Dr Elizabeth Rohlman, Associate Professor, University of Calgary, Canada.

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18th February 2026 

"Meaning in Ritual - Phenomenological Perspectives" 

Senior Seminars in Indian Philosophy, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, 13-15 Magdalen Street, Oxford (UK)

Talk delivered at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, 13-15 Magdalen Street, Oxford (UK) 18th February 2026 (Wednesday) at 16:30 GMT as part of Senior Seminars in Indian Philosophy, alongside Dr. Alan Herbert (who spoke on "Caitanya's Vedanta as Process Philosophy")

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20th January 2026

"The “I” of Ritual: A Phenomenological Perspective on the Formation(s) of Ritual Self" 

Graduate Indology Seminar, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford (UK) 

Talk delivered at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford (UK) 20th January 2026 (Tuesday) at 16:00 GMT.

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24th September 2025 

"(Re)Visiting Inheritances: A Phenomenological Anthropology of a South-East Indian Reflexive-Performative Epistemic Tradition" 

PG Department of English, Khallikote Unitary University, Berhampur (IN)

Delivered the inaugural Alumni talk of the PG Department of English on "(Re)Visiting Inheritances: A Phenomenological Anthropology of a South-East Indian Reflexive-Performative Epistemic Tradition" at Khallikote Unitary University.

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