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Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna and Tibet
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On the Earliest Depictions of Padmasambhava in Tibet: Emergence and Variation

Christian Luczanits presents some of the earliest depictions of Padmasambhava and explores their historical and religious contexts.
Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna and Tibet
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Uḍḍiyāna in the Krama Literature

Uḍḍiyāna looms large in early Krama scriptures, as does its karavīra charnel ground. Ben Williams investigates.
Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna and Tibet
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Kashmir and Śaivism in and Around the Late Eighth Century

An overview of the histories of Kashmir and Uḍḍiyāna, and their relations with Tibet in the late 8th century.
Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna and Tibet
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Padmasambhava’s Tibet

Brandon Dotson examines what can be said about the social and religious context of Tibet in the late-8th and early 9th centuries, that is, the period during which Padmasambhava would have been active.
Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna and Tibet

Were Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra de facto Sarvadharmāpratiṣṭhānavādins?

Dorji Wangchuk discerns underlying similarities in the philosophical views of Padmasambhava, Vimalamita, and Rong-zom-pa.
Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna and Tibet
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Padmasambhava and Nubchen Sangye Yeshe: Legend, Lineage, Legacy

Dylan Esler explores the nexus of links—both legendary and historical—that connect Nubchen Sangye Yeshe with Padmasambhava.
Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna and Tibet

The spells attributed to Padmasambhava in the Ba ri be'u 'bum

Sam van Schaik examines the magic spells attributed to Padmasambhava in a grimoire compiled by Bari Lotsawa (1040-1112).
Israel Studies Seminar

The Ethics of the Mothers: Field notes on Mizrahi women's religion of care

This talk explores the notion of obligation towards others at the intersection of Jewish feminist thought and the lived religious practices of Sephardi women in Israel.
Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna and Tibet
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Tripartite Lineages and Cremation Ground Revelations: Crossovers Between Early rDzogs chen and Kaula Śaivism

Paul Thomas presents evidence that Indian Tantric Śaivism exerted a direct influence on Tibetan Dzogchen in the 11th and 12th centuries.
Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna and Tibet
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O rgyan Tshe dpag med traditions: Glimpse of an Ocean

Cathy Cantwell traces the tradition of Padmasambhava in the form of Amitāyus from Guru Chowang in the 14th century.
The Migration Oxford Podcast

Mapping Missionary Work: Migrant Youth and Religious Movements in Northeast India

What does migration have to do with missionary work? We explore how Baptist and Presbyterian missionary work as socioreligious institutions have impacted and influenced mobility in Northeast India, both pre- and post-colonialism.
Middle East Centre Booktalk

Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition

In this Contemporary Islamic Studies seminar, Dr Haroon Bashir discusses his new book ‘Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition’ published in January 2025 by Oxford University Press
Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna and Tibet
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On Padmasambhava’s Names, Himalayan Syncretism, and the Apotheosis of the Fierce Guru

Dan Hirshberg describes the origins of the famous 'Eight Names' of Padmasambhava, and also of his fierce form as 'Guru Dragpo'.
Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar

Nidhi (treasure) in the Jayadrathayāmala, a 10th century tantric compendium from Kashmir (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series)

Olga Serbaeva describes how the Jayadrathayāmala envisaged magically discovered nidhi (treasure) as an integral part of its soteriological program.
Middle East Centre Booktalk

The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Turkey

A launch event for ‘The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Turkey’ (OUP), jointly convened by the MEC and SEESOX, with panellists Caroline Tee, Fabio Vicini, Sertaç Sehlikoğlu, and Stefan Williamson Fa.
Middle East Centre Booktalk
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Writing Middle Eastern Lives: Biography in Modern Arab History

Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, author of ‘An Impossible Friendship’, Marilyn Booth, author of ‘The Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz’, and Peter Hill, author of ‘Prophet of Reason’, discuss the writing of biography in modern Middle Eastern history.
Conversations on Kafka
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The Brazilian Kafka: Clarice Lispector

Dubbed "the Brazilian Kafka", the writer Clarice Lispector wrote an experimental text that seems to echo the "Metamorphosis" in a number of ways.
Photos of Radcliffe Camera with Oxford banner above
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'The hooly blisful martir for to seke' Manuscripts with Chaucer’s pilgrims

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales tell the story of pilgrims 'from every shires ende / Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende’. Experience these journeys, both real and imagined, through medieval manuscripts from the Bodleian collection live under the visualiser.
The Provcast
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Helen Parish

Meet Worcester's Senior Tutor.
Middle East Centre
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Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism

Professor Mohammad Khalil scrutinises the claim by New Atheists like Richard Dawkins that Islam is a fundamentally violent religion

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