It is my pleasure to invite you to a hybrid seminar organized by the REL-HER (Religious Heritage) research group within the
Critical Heritage Studies Hub at the Jagiellonian University.
During the seminar titled “Sacred Space Production, Religious Urbanism, and the Construction of Bengali Heritages: Stories from West Bengal, India, and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets” we will be hosting two scholars:
Prof. Santanu Dey (ICCR Chair, Jagiellonian University) and Prof. John Eade (Roehampton/Toronto).
Presentations:
S. Dey, “Producing Sacred Space: Place-Making and Religious Urbanism in Mayapur–Nabadwip, West Bengal, India”;
J. Eade, “The Sacralisation of Urban Space and Contested Heritage”.
Q&A / open discussion
WHEN: 1 June 2026 (Monday), 5:30 PM - 7.30 PM
WHERE: Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Jagiellonian University
Library, ul. Gołębia 9 / Entrance via: ul. św. Anny 6
On-line streaming via MS TEAMS:
With kind regards,
Detailed descriptions are attached as a PDF file.