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TANAKA Tetsuya: Research Fellow, Center for Transdisciplinary Innovation

Academic Qualifications

B.A. Kansai University 2004
M.A. Kansai University 2006
Ph.D. Kansai University 2014

Research Interest

Temple management in North India
Transformation of religion and law in postcolonial India
Formation of the public and the private in India

Research Keywords

History of Religions, South Asian Studies, Rajasthan, Marwari Merchants, Hindu Temple, Public Trust, Religion and Law

Publications (English Publications Only)

2018	“Family Matters: Marwari Family Festivals in the Homeland of Rajasthan”, in National Seminar on Third Gender, Concubines and Slaves: Question of Identity in Urban Space (A Study in Historical Perspective through the Ages), 19-20, Jodhpur: Mahila P.G. Mahavidyalaya.
2016	“The State and the Transformation of Religion: Marwari Merchants and Hindu Temple Management”, The Center for South Asian Studies (FINDAS), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 1-33.

Presentations

2018	“Family Matters: Marwari Family Festivals in the Homeland of Rajasthan”, National Seminar on Third Gender, Concubines and Slaves: Question of Identity in Urban Space (A Study in Historical Perspective through the Ages), 26 July, Mahila P.G. Mahavidyalaya, Jodhpur: India.
2018	“Family Matters: Marwari Family Festivals in the Homeland of Rajasthan”, 2018 International Workshop “Marwaris in Social and Political Spheres”, 5 January, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata: India.
2017	“Organizing Family Festivals in Public Space in Contemporary North India”, The 10th International Convention of Asian Scholars, 20 July, Chiang Mai International Exhibition and Convention Center, Chiang Mai: Thailand.
2016	“What is Good for the Public: A Marwari Community Association and the Politics of Charities in Calcutta (1913-1962)”, The 45th Annual Conference on South Asia, 21 October, Madison Concourse Hotel, Madison: USA.
2015	“What is Good for the Public: A Marwari Community Association and the Politics of Charities in Calcutta (1913-1962)”, 2015 International Workshop “Representing Marwaris in 1920s -30s India”, 1 November, Osaka International House, Osaka: Japan.
2015	“Regulating Freedom of Worship: Rani Sati Temple Management after Implementation of the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act”, XXI World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, 28 August, University of Erfurt, Erfurt: Germany.
2015	“Indian Merchants and Hindu Temple Management: A Case Study of a Centenary History of the Kedia Sabha ca.1913-ca.2014”, The 9th International Convention of Asia Scholars, 6 July, Adelaide Convention Center, Adelaide: Australia.
2014	“Struggles of Rani Sati Temple Management after Implementation of Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1988”, 2014 MINDAS Third Joint Workshop, 11 October, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka: Japan.