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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Gaenszle, M.A.
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Gaenszle, M. (2021). The Limbu Script and the Production of Religious Books in Nepal. In C. Pecchia, J. Buß, & A. A. Chudal (Eds.), Print Cultures in the Making in 19th and 20th-Century South Asia: Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries (Vol. 6, pp. 43-69). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/24519197-bja10014
Gaenszle, M. (2021). Ancestral Voices: Oral Ritual Texts and their Social Contexts among the Mewahang Rai of East Nepal. (2 ed.) Himal Books.
Gaenszle, M. (2021). Satyahangma Rituals: Commemorating Phalgunanda in Eastern Nepal. European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, 57. https://doi.org/https://preo.u-bourgogne.fr/ebhr/index.php?id=444
Gaenszle, M. (2019). Introduction: Ritual speech in the Himalayas: Oral texts and their contexts. In M. Gaenszle (Ed.), Ritual speech in the Himalayas: Oral texts and their contexts (pp. 1-15). Harvard University Press. Harvard Oriental Series Vol. 93
Gaenszle, M. (Ed.) (2019). Ritual speech in the Himalayas: Oral texts and their contexts. Harvard University Press. Harvard Oriental Series Vol. 93
Gaenszle, M. (2019). Singing about Creation: A Puma hopmacham performance. In M. Gaenszle (Ed.), Ritual speech in the Himalayas: Oral texts and their contexts (pp. 41-69). Harvard University Press. Harvard Oriental Series Vol. 93
Gaenszle, M. (Interviewee). (2019). Parlamentswahlen in Indien 2019. Television show
Vandenhelsken, M., & Gaenszle, M. (2019). Limbu Religion and the Remaking of the Community. In Brill's Encyclopedia of the Religions of the Indigenous People of South Asia https://doi.org/10.1163 /2665-9093BEROCOM032248
Gaenszle, M. (2019). Mocko, Anne T. Demoting Vishnu: ritual, politics, and the unraveling of Nepal's Hindu monarchy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. The Journal of Religion, 99(2), 252-254. https://doi.org/10.1086/702025
Gaenszle, M. (Advisor), & Nebenführ, C. (Editorial Journalist). (2019). Mahatma Gandhis Weggefährtin Mirabehn. Radio show
Gaenszle, M. (2019). Utpatti ra ādim basāīsarāī: Pūrvī Nepālko Mevāhāṅ Rāī jātimā raheko nātāsambandha, mithak ra jātīya pahicān. Mewāhāṅ Rāī Yā-Khommā.
Gaenszle, M. (2018). Bhakti and Shamanism: Josmanī Influence on the New Kiranti Religion. European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, 52, 72-93.
Gaenszle, M. (2018). The Nepali Temple in Banaras: From Royal Gift to National Icon. Zeitschrift für Indologie und Südasienstudien, 35, 61-82.
Gaenszle, M., & Gengnagel, J. (Eds.) (2018). Visualizing Space in Banaras: Images, Maps, and the Practice of Representation. Harmony Book Shop.
Gaenszle, M. (2017). "Numafung": Images of Limbu Culture in Ethnic Cinema. In M. Hutt, & P. Onta (Eds.), Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal (pp. 77-98). Cambridge University Press.
Gaenszle, M. (Author), & Widorn, V. (Author). (2016). Dasain-Fest: Audio- und Bilddokumentation zum Dasain-Fest in Tamku, Ostnepal, 1984. Web publication
Gaenszle, M. (2016). Meaning, Intention, and Responsibility in Rai Divinatory Discourse. Oral Tradition, 30(2), 263-280.
Gaenszle, M. (Author), & Widorn, V. (Author). (2016). Objekt des Monats Februar 2016: Audio- und Bilddokumentation zum Dasain-Fest in Tamku, Ostnepal, 1984. Web publication
Gaenszle, M. (2016). Redefining Kiranti Religion in Contemporary Nepal. In D. Gellner, S. Hausner, & C. Letizia (Eds.), Religion, Secularism, and Ethnicity in Contemporary Nepal (pp. 326-352). Oxford University Press.
Gaenszle, M. (2016). The Changing Fortunes of the Ascetic and the King in Nepal: An introduction to Richard Burghart’s "The History of Janakpurdham, A Study of Asceticism and the Hindu Polity". In M. Gaenszle (Ed.), The History of Janakpurdham: A Study of Asceticism and the Hindu Polity (pp. i-xix). Social Science Baha.

Borderland Studies in the Himalayas: Culture Areas and Cultural Transfers

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

20 Oct 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Itinerant religious leaders in the Nepal-India borderland

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

23 Jul 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Satyahangma Rituals: Commemorating Phalgunanda in Eastern Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

5 Nov 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Nebesky-Wojkowitz and Kiranti Studies: A Virtual Relationship

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

15 Nov 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Welcome and Introduction: Exploring Himalayan Textual Heritage

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker), Christian Schicklgruber (Speaker), Birgit Kellner (Speaker) & Ernst Steinkellner (Speaker)

14 Nov 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Documenting Himalayan borderland cultures: CIRDIS and ethnographic archiving

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

24 Oct 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Introduction: Mirabehn After Gandhi

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

3 Jul 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Photos of the Chitrakar Art Foundation and the history of photography in Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

21 Mar 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Current Research on Kiranti Languages and Cultures in Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

21 Nov 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

After the Earthquake of 1934: Historic Photographs of a Transforming Townscape

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

23 Oct 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Limbu Script and the Production of Religious Books in Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

20 Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Uses of the Limbu Script in Contemporary Nepal: The Production of Religious Books

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

24 Jul 2018 → 27 Jul 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Journeys to the Realm of Bad Death in Kiranti Funeral Rites

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

18 Dec 2017 → 21 Dec 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Kiranti in Comparison

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

12 May 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Himalayan Borderlands in Transition

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

18 Jan 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Indian Constitution and the Constituent Assembly Debates

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

25 Nov 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

On the History of Kiranti Studies

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

4 Sep 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Shamanic altars and performance: possibilities of digital archiving

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

7 May 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

The Realm of the Dead: Images of Heterotopia in Eastern Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

19 Nov 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Bhakti and Shamanism: Josmani Influence on the New Kiranti Religion

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

17 Nov 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

The Realm of the Dead: Images of Heterotopia in Eastern Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

10 Oct 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Reinventing Kiranti Religion in Contemporary Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

21 May 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Introduction

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

7 May 2015

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On the Topicality of Gandhi: Recent Reinterpretations

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

2 Oct 2014

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

What is Kiranti Religion?

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

12 Sep 2014

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Cultural Transfer and Translation

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

21 May 2014

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Cultural Transfer and Translation

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

21 May 2014

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The Study of Cultural Transfers Between Europe and Asia: Concepts and Approaches

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

16 May 2014

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The Study of Kiranti Religion as an Emerging Field

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

4 Apr 2014

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Schamanen mit Büchern. Die Reformreligion der Kiranti (Ein Forschungsbericht)

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

31 Jan 2014

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Studying North-East India: Potentials and Challenges

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

4 Jul 2013

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Building a Community: Doctoral Colleges as an Example

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

27 Jun 2013

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Ritual versus Everyday Language

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

6 Jun 2013

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Female Ritualists in Rai tradition: observations among the Puma Rai of east Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

5 May 2013

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Hindi in Vienna: Curricular Transformations

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

15 Dec 2012

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

’Numafung’: Images of Ethnic Culture in Nepali Cinema

Martin Gaenszle (Contributor)

26 Jul 2012

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Redefining Kiranti Religion in Contemporary Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Contributor)

8 Jul 2012

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Meaning, Intention, and Responsibility in Rai Divinatory Discourse

Martin Gaenszle (Contributor)

26 Nov 2011

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Meaning, Intention, and Responsibility in Rai Divinatory Discourse

Martin Gaenszle (Contributor)

26 Nov 2011

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Ethnisches Kino in Nepal : Überlegungen zum Limbu-Film 'Numafung

Martin Gaenszle (Contributor)

16 Sep 2011

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Numafung

Martin Gaenszle (Contributor)

5 Sep 2011

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Grenzen der Vermarktung des immateriellen Kulturerbes in Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Contributor)

28 May 2011

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Benares als Zentrum an der Peripherie

Martin Gaenszle (Contributor)

8 May 2011

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Nepalis in Benares

Martin Gaenszle (Contributor)

8 May 2011

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Der Nepali-Tempel in Benares

Martin Gaenszle (Contributor)

7 May 2011

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Political Culture, Public Sphere and Civil Society in Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

26 Jun 2010

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Benares as a 'centre out there'

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

22 Apr 2010

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Capturing the Historicity of Photographs

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

18 Jan 2010

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Ceremonial Dialogues as Judicial Action : Contracting Mewahang Marriage

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

17 Dec 2009

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Documenting Ceremonial Dialogues in East Nepal : An in vitro Performance and the Problem of Textualisation

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

16 Dec 2009

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

The Satyahangma Movement and the Formation of Kiranti Ethnicity in Nepal

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

22 Oct 2009

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

New Approaches to Popular Visual Art in Postcolonial India

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

23 Sep 2009

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Mahatma Gandhi und die Unabhängigkeit Indiens

Martin Gaenszle (Speaker)

10 Mar 2009

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Contextualizing Ancient Remains: Networks of Buddhist Monasteries in Central Asia

Forte, E. & Gaenszle, M.

1/08/19 → 30/09/21

Project: Research funding

The Scientific Legacy of Rene´ de Nebesky-Wojkowitz

Gaenszle, M.

1/10/18 → 30/09/22

Project: Research funding

Rai in Ostnepal

Gaenszle, M., von Stockhausen, A. & von Stockhausen-Wettstein, M.

14/03/11 → 30/09/16

Project: Research funding

Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

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Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2 (Campus)
1090 Wien
Room: 2C-O1-10

T: +43-1-4277-43512

martin.gaenszle@univie.ac.at