Deva Nandan Harikrishna

Doctoral Research Fellow - Study of Religion
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Visiting address Niels Henrik Abels vei 36 P. A. Munchs hus 0371 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1010 Blindern 0315 Oslo
Other affiliations Faculty of Humanities (Student) The International Summer School (Student)

Academic interests

I have a background in English Studies, Development Studies and Cultural Studies. I have interests in politics and religious studies with a focus on Hinduism and Hindu nationalism in India, especially with a focus on the interactions between religion, modernity, and globalisation; caste contestations, popular religious practices, and religious festivals. I also have interests in film and literature studies, with a focus on Taiwanese cinema and modern Malayalam literature. My PhD project is on the interplay between religion and politics in the context of a very popular 'subaltern' Hindu religious festival in Kerala, the Kodungallur Bharani.

Background

Education.

  • August 2022-present: PhD in the Study of Religion and Politics, University of Oslo.
  • August 2015-July 2020: Integrated MA in English Studies (with a minor in Development Studies), Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India.

Work Experience.

  • September 2021-July2022: Teaching Assistant, Online Degree Programme, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India.
  • July 2018: Research Intern, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India.
  • January 2017-February 2017: Events Co-ordinator, "Traversing the Margins" 2017 (Academic Conference, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India).
  • July 2016: Editorial Intern, The Hindu, Chennai, India.

 

Tags: Religious studies, History of Religions, Religion and politics, Religious festivals, India, Hinduism

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