Research groups - Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

About 20 colourfully dressed women are seated in a circle in a temple room. Photo.

Religious festivals in Asia: Power, aspirations and play

How can we understand the social dynamics of past and present Asian religious festivals?

Fruit wrapped in clear plastic and decorated with a red ribbon. Photo.

Ritual, Ecology, Affect, and Performativity (REAP)

REAP is an innovative, cross-disciplinary research group that focuses on various types of rituals and asks how such practices are shaped by and impact the environments in which they occur.

Left to right: Confucius statue (China), Artemis of Ephesus (Turkey), Vishnu (Thailand) and the Black Nazarene (Philippines).

Scandinavian Network for Research in the Study of Religion

The network brings together researchers in the study of religion affiliated with universities and professional communities in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

A crowd of people in front of a scene outdoors in an asian city. Photo.

South Asian Political Culture

We investigate South Asian political culture by investigating values, concepts, meanings and symbols of power, authority and status.

A man dressed in white walking in a street with arches in a city. Photo.

The land we care for (al-ARD)

In a time with rapid environmental changes, we will explore how people in the Middle East and North Africa respond to these changes in their daily lives.

The politics and aesthetics of everyday life in the Middle East and North Africa (YALLA)

We combine linguistic expertise with an interdisciplinary approach to explore the social, cultural and political significance of everyday practices in the Middle East and North Africa.