'The River Ganges running red: reversing the divine'

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• Cleo Roberts, Visiting Research Associate, Wolfson College and Visiting student at the centre of South Asian studies
• Wednesday 02 March 2016, 13:00-14:00
• Combination Room, Wolfson College.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Graham Allen.

This talk is open to the public and may be podcast

What happens when you start an Empire on the banks of arguably the world’s most sacred river? When a river’s water is historically linked with ritual purity, eternal health and wellbeing and is part of a region’s daily routine how do you appropriate it to meet imperial and deeply commercial ambition?

This talk will explore colonial encounter in Calcutta and the continued attempts during the nineteenth century to interpret and change spiritual relationships with the Ganges.

This talk is part of the Wolfson College Lunchtime Seminar Series - Wednesdays of Full Term series.

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• Combination Room, Wolfson College
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