DR. CHRISTIAN JAHODA SCHOLARLY WORKS AND PUBLICATIONS, WORKING PAPERS, CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PUBLIC LECTURES, POSTER PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS (revised Nov. 25, 2014) In preparation Submitted for publication I. Books Quellen zur Kulturgeschichte von Spiti und des oberen Kinnaur im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde). Vienna: Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien Universität Wien. Socio-economic Organisation in a Border Area of Tibetan Culture Tabo - Spiti Valley (Himachal Pradesh, India). (Studies and Materials on Historical Western Tibet, Volume II). Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. Forthcoming with Tsering Gyalpo, Christiane Kalantari and Patrick Sutherland; with contributions by Eva Allinger, Hubert Feiglstorfer and Kurt Tropper Khor chags / Khorchag / Kuojia si wenshi daguan [Kuojia Monastery: An Overview of Its History and Culture]. (Studies and Materials on Historical Western Tibet, Volume I). Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press (second, revised edition). 2012 with Tsering Gyalpo, Christiane Kalantari and Patrick Sutherland; with contributions by Eva Allinger, Hubert Feiglstorfer and Kurt Tropper Khor chags / Khorchag / Kuojia si wenshi daguan [Kuojia Monastery: An Overview of Its History and Culture]. (Studies and Materials on Historical Western Tibet, Volume I). lha sa: Bod ljongs bod yig dpe rnying dpe skrun khang. 1997 with Diemberger, Hildegard, Pasang Wangdu and Marlies Kornfeld Feast of Miracles: The Life and the Tradition of Bodong Chole Namgyal (1375/6-1451 A.D.) According to the Tibetan Texts Feast of Miracles and The Lamp Illuminating the History of Bodong. Clusone (Bergamo): Porong Pema Chöding Editions. II. Edited Books In preparation with Sutherland, Patrick (eds) Oral and Festival Traditions of Historical Western Tibet: Secular and Religious Performance in Spiti, Upper Kinnaur and Purang. (Studies and Materials on Historical Western Tibet, Volume IV). In preparation with Ebert, Jorinde, Grenet, Frantz, Lang, Nina and Vergati, Anne (eds) Proceedings of the Third International SEECHAC Colloquium, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 25-27 Nov. In preparation with Kalantari, Christiane (eds) Early West Tibetan Buddhist Monuments: Architecture, Art, History and Texts. (Studies and Materials on Historical Western Tibet, Volume III). 2012 with Kiliánová, Gabriela and Michaela Ferencová (eds) Ritual, Conflict and Consensus: Case Studies from Asia and Europe. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. 2007 with Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E. and Kurt Tropper (eds) Text, Image and Song in Transdisciplinary Dialogue (Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003. Brill s Tibetan Studies Library, Volume 10/7). Leiden: Brill. 1
III. MA Thesis, Doctoral Thesis 2003 Sozio-ökonomische Organisation in einem Grenzgebiet tibetischer Kultur: Tabo - Spiti Tal (Himachal Pradesh, Indien) Geschichte und Gegenwart. Ein Beitrag zum Konzept der peasant societies. Doctoral thesis, University of Vienna, 2 vols, 473 pp. 1994 Heiratsmuster ausgewählter Gesellschaften tibetischer Kultur und Sprache, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polyandrie und Prinz Peters Forschungsbeitrag. MA thesis, University of Vienna, 525 pp. Submitted for publication IV. Articles and Book Chapters Imparting and (re-)confirming order to the world: authoritative speech traditions and sociopolitical assemblies in Spiti, Upper Kinnaur and Purang in the past and present. In: Oral Tradition (special issue on Words of Truth: Authority and Agency in Ritual and Legal Speeches in the Himalayas). 2012 Introduction [English version of Spyi bshad mdor bsdus by Tsering Gyalpo]. In: Tsering Gyalpo, Christian Jahoda, Christiane Kalantari and Patrick Sutherland; with contributions by Eva Allinger, Hubert Feiglstorfer and Kurt Tropper Khor chags / Khorchag / Kuojia si wenshi daguan [Kuojia Monastery: An Overview of Its History and Culture]. lha sa: Bod ljongs bod yig dpe rnying dpe skrun khang, 6 45. 2012 History. In: Tsering Gyalpo, Christian Jahoda, Christiane Kalantari and Patrick Sutherland; with contributions by Eva Allinger, Hubert Feiglstorfer and Kurt Tropper Khor chags / Khorchag / Kuojia si wenshi daguan [Kuojia Monastery: An Overview of Its History and Culture]. lha sa: Bod ljongs bod yig dpe rnying dpe skrun khang, 46 66. 2012 with Hubert Feiglstorfer: Sacred site. In: Tsering Gyalpo, Christian Jahoda, Christiane Kalantari and Patrick Sutherland; with contributions by Eva Allinger, Hubert Feiglstorfer and Kurt Tropper Khor chags / Khorchag / Kuojia si wenshi daguan [Kuojia Monastery: An Overview of Its History and Culture]. lha sa: Bod ljongs bod yig dpe rnying dpe skrun khang, 70 91. 2012 with Christiane Kalantari: Protectors. In: Tsering Gyalpo, Christian Jahoda, Christiane Kalantari and Patrick Sutherland; with contributions by Eva Allinger, Hubert Feiglstorfer and Kurt Tropper Khor chags / Khorchag / Kuojia si wenshi daguan [Kuojia Monastery: An Overview of Its History and Culture]. lha sa: Bod ljongs bod yig dpe rnying dpe skrun khang, 118 143. 2012 Annual festivals [English version of Nam mthong dus ston gyi skor by Tsering Gyalpo]. In: Tsering Gyalpo, Christian Jahoda, Christiane Kalantari and Patrick Sutherland; with contributions by Eva Allinger, Hubert Feiglstorfer and Kurt Tropper Khor chags / Khorchag / Kuojia si wenshi daguan [Kuojia Monastery: An Overview of Its History and Culture]. lha sa: Bod ljongs bod yig dpe rnying dpe skrun khang, 212 253. 2012 Performances [English version of Khor chags yul gyi lha mo khrab gzhung skor by Tsering Gyalpo]. In: Tsering Gyalpo, Christian Jahoda, Christiane Kalantari and Patrick Sutherland; with contributions by Eva Allinger, Hubert Feiglstorfer and Kurt Tropper Khor chags / Khorchag / Kuojia si wenshi daguan [Kuojia Monastery: An Overview of Its History and Culture]. lha sa: Bod ljongs bod yig dpe rnying dpe skrun khang, 254 275. 2012 The new Buddha Maitreya statue [English version of gsar du bzhengs pa i rgyal ba byams pa i sku skor by Tsering Gyalpo]. In: Tsering Gyalpo, Christian Jahoda, Christiane Kalantari and Patrick Sutherland; with contributions by Eva Allinger, Hubert Feiglstorfer and Kurt 2
Tropper Khor chags / Khorchag / Kuojia si wenshi daguan [Kuojia Monastery: An Overview of Its History and Culture]. lha sa: Bod ljongs bod yig dpe rnying dpe skrun khang, 276 283. 2012 Rituals between conflict and consensus: case studies of village festivals in Upper Kinnaur and Western Tibet. In: Kiliánová, Gabriela, Christian Jahoda and Michaela Ferencová (eds) Ritual, Conflict and Consensus: Case Studies from Asia and Europe. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 31 49. 2011 Úvahy o význame niektorých buddhistických dedinských slávností v oblastiach horný Kinnaur a západný Tibet. [Reflections on the meaning of certain Buddhist village festivals in Upper Kinnaur and Western Tibet]. In: Slovenský národopis [Slovak Ethnology], 59 (4), 385 400. 2011 Das Scherken Fest in Pooh im oberen Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, Indien, 2009. In: Lechleitner, Gerda and Christian Liebl (eds) Jahrbuch des Phonogrammarchivs der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2. Göttingen: Cuvillier, 9 41. 2010 with Papa-Kalantari, Christiane: Early Buddhist culture and ideology in Western Tibet: a new perspective on a stone stele in Cogro, Purang. In: Orientations, 41 (4), 61 68. 2009 Spiti and Ladakh in the 17 th -19 th centuries: views from the periphery. In: Bray, John and Elena De Rossi Filibeck (eds) Mountains, Monasteries and Mosques. Recent Research on Ladakh and the Western Himalaya. Supplement to Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 80 (2), 45 59. 2009 with Papa-Kalantari, Christiane: Eine frühe buddhistische Steinstele (rdo ring) in spu rang, Westtibet: eine Neuuntersuchung. Bericht einer österreichisch-tibetischen Feldforschung. In: Asiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques, LXIII (2), 349 400. 2008 Political space and socio-economic organisation in the Lower Spiti Valley (early nineteenth to late twentieth century). In: Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, no. 4 (December 2008) (In the Shadow of the Leaping Dragon: Demography, Development, and the Environment in Tibetan Areas. Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Bonn / Königswinter, 2006): 1 34. (http://www.thlib.org?tid=t5559; http://www.jiats.org/) 2007 Archival exploration of Western Tibet or what has remained of Francke s and Shuttleworth s Antiquities of Indian Tibet, Vol. IV? In: Kellner, Birgit, Helmut Krasser, Horst Lasic and Torsten Much (eds) Pramāṇakīrtiḥ. Papers dedicated to Ernst Steinkellner on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Part 1. (Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 70.1), Vienna: Arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische Studien Universität Wien, 361 394. 2007 Socio-economic organisation of village communities and monasteries in Spiti, H.P., India: the case of a religious administrative unit (chos gzhis). In: Heller, Amy and Giacomella Orofino (eds) Discoveries in Western Tibet and the Western Himalayas. Essays on History, Literature, Archeology and Art (Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003). Leiden: Brill, 215 240. 2007 Documenting oral traditions: methodological reflections. In: Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E., Kurt Tropper and Christian Jahoda (eds) Text, Image and Song in Transdisciplinary Dialogue (Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003). Leiden: Brill, 229 233. 2007 Tibetischsprachige mündliche Überlieferung in Spiti und im oberen Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, Indien. In: Lechleitner, Gerda and Julia Ahamer (eds) Um-Feld-Forschung. Erfahrungen, Erlebnisse, Ergebnisse. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 121 133. 3
2006 Bemerkungen zur Tradition einer weiblichen Schutzgottheit (srung ma) in Tabo (Spiti Tal, Himachal Pradesh, Indien). In: Gingrich, Andre and Guntram Hazod (eds) Der Rand und die Mitte. Beiträge zur Sozialanthropologie und Kulturgeschichte Tibets und des Himalaya. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 11 54. 1999 Buddhistische Kunst im indo-tibetischen Raum. Ergebnisse eines österreichischen Forschungsprojektes. In: Parnass, 19 (4): 94 100. V. Reviews 2014 Brinker, Helmut, Secrets of the Sacred: Empowering Buddhist Images in Clear, in Code, and in Cache. Lawrence: Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas/Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011. In: Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale, 22 (1): 120 121. 2008 P.K. Sørensen and G. Hazod, in cooperation with Tsering Gyalbo: Thundering Falcon. An Inquiry into the History and Cult of Khra- brug. Tibet s First Buddhist Temple. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2005. In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens / Vienna Journal for South Asian Studies, LI (2007 2008): 239 241. 2004 Wim van Spengen: Tibetan Border Worlds. A Geohistorical Analysis of Trade and Traders. London New York: Kegan Paul International, 2000. In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens / Vienna Journal for South Asian Studies, XLVIII (2004): 240 241. 2002 Anne-Marie Blondeau (ed.): Tibetan Mountain Deities, Their Cults and Representations. Papers Presented at a Panel of the 7th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Graz 1995. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 1998. In: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 152 (1): 234 239. VI. Working Papers 2009 with Tshe ring rgyal po and Papa-Kalantari, Christiane The Buddhist Monuments of Khartse Valley, Western Tibet. Austrian Academy of Sciences / AAS Working Papers in Social Anthropology 2009, Volume 9: 1 28. (http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/wpsa9) VII. Conference Papers and Public Lectures [15./16.12.2014] Systems of land ownership in Spiti and Upper Kinnaur (19 th -20 th c.). Conference on property in Tibetan societies, Paris, 15-16 Dec. 2014. 19.07.2014 with Kalantari, Christiane: Kingship in Western Tibet in the 10 th and 11 th centuries. Conference Ritual + Narrative + Kingship Tibet + Surrounding Cultural Area, 17-19 July 2014, Kingship and Religion in Tibet Research Group, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. 13.06.2013 Geschichte und Volkskultur von Khorchag, Purang, Autonome Region Tibet, VR China. (Book presentation: Tsering Gyalpo, C. Jahoda, C. Kalantari, P. Sutherland et al. Khor chags / Khorchag / Kuojia si wenshi daguan [Kuojia Monastery: An Overview of Its History and Culture]. lha sa: Bod ljongs bod yig dpe rnying dpe skrun khang, 2012.) Institute for Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. 17.01.2013 Cultural heritage and (un)broken traditions in areas of historical Western Tibet (mnga ris skor gsum): the example of Khorchag in Purang. SEECHAC conférence, Musée Cernuschi, Paris. 4
26.11.2011 Authoritative speech traditions and socio-political assemblies in Spiti, Upper Kinnaur and Purang in the past and present. Conference Authoritative speech in the Himalayan region/paroles d autorité dans l aire himalayenne, Maison Suger, Paris, 25-26 November 2011 (organisers: Marie Lecomte-Tilouine and Anne de Sales, CNRS). 11.10.2011 Festival and ritual traditions in key religio-political centres of Historical Western Tibet (mnga ris skor gsum). SEECHAC International Colloquium, Museo Nazionale d Arte Orientale Giuseppe Tucci, Rome, October 10th 12th, 2011. 19.08.2010 Oral and festival traditions of historical Western Tibet: the case of the Sherken Festival in Pooh (spu), Upper Kinnaur. 12th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Vancouver. 06.07.2010 with Feiglstorfer, Hubert: The Buddhist temple complex of Nyarma, Ladakh: new findings from recent architectural and archival research. 20th Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeologists (EASAA), Vienna, University of Vienna. 17.04.2010 Rituals between conflict and consensus: case studies of village festivals in Upper Kinnaur and Western Tibet. Ritual, Conflict and Consensus: Comparing Case Studies in Asia and Europe. An Anthropological Atelier by the Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, and the Institute for Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, April 15th-18th 2010, House of Slovak Writers, Budmerice Castle, Budmerice, Slovakia. 17.07.2009 Oral and festival traditions of Western Tibet and their historical relationship with textual materials: some comparative perspectives. Fourteenth Colloquium, International Association for Ladakh Studies, Leh/Ladakh. 02.07.2009 Introduction: FWF Research Project Oral and Festival Traditions of Western Tibet: Processes of Cultural Memory and Renewal. Veronika Hein, ISA International Guest Lecture, Oral and Festival Traditions of Western Tibet: A first look at some counting and alphabet songs from Spiti. Institute for Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences. 23.04.2009 Mündliche Überlieferungen und Feste Westtibets: Prozesse kultureller Erinnerung und Erneuerung. 5. Tage der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie 23. und 24. April 2009, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna. 14.10.2008 rdo rje chen mo, a female protective deity, and her historical relationship with the royal dynasty of the ancient West Tibetan kingdom. Beijing Seminar on Tibetan Studies, Beijing. 29.08.2008 Religious diversity in the Western Himalayas and in Western Tibet: Tibetan Buddhism, Bon religion and local religious traditions and the function of spirit possession / trancemediums. 10th biennial conference EASA 2008 (Panel W064: Interpreting Religious Diversity: Conversion, Syncretism and Religious Practice), Ljubljana. 09.09.2007 Spiti and Ladakh in the 17 th -19 th centuries: views from the periphery. Thirteenth Colloquium, International Association for Ladakh Studies, Rome. 27.04.2007 Vom Nutzen und der Benützung von Archiven: Erfahrungen in Europa und China. 3. Tage der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie 26. und 27. April 2007, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna. 30.08.2006 Political space and socio-economic organisation in the lower Spiti and upper Sutlej valleys (17th to 20th century). 11th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Bonn. 11.10.2004 Schneeland Tibet: Mythos und Wirklichkeit. Vom Leben auf dem Dach der Welt. Volkshochschule Floridsdorf: Schwerpunkt Tibet (University meets Public), Vienna. 5
22.01.2004 Oraltradition in Spiti und im oberen Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, Indien: Trancemedien und der Kult von Lokal- und Schutzgottheiten buddhistischer Tempel. Phonogrammarchiv der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften/Research Sound Archive, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. 12.09.2003 Socio-economic organisation of village communities and monasteries in Spiti and Upper Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India. 10th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford. 08.09.2003 Methodological reflections: The contributions of cultural anthropology and linguistics to the documentation of oral traditions. 10th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford. 21.05.2003 Peasant communities of Spiti and Upper Kinnaur and the role of Tibetan monastic Buddhism: a historical overview. Oriental Institute, Oxford University. 16.05.2000 Lo-chen Rin-chen-bzang-po s presence in lower Spiti and upper Kinnaur: historical and present perspectives. Université de Paris-X, Nanterre (Laboratoire d éthnologie et de sociologie comparative). 03.12.1999 Remarks on the tradition and function of the Tabo village srung-ma. Workshop on Myth, Territoriality and Ritual in Tibetan Areas. Hotel Springer Schlößl, Vienna. VIII. Poster presentations 08.06.2011 with Feiglstorfer, Hubert and Kalantari, Christiane: FWF Research Project P-21806-G19 Society, Power and Religion in pre-modern Western Tibet and P-20637-G15 Oral and festival traditions of Western Tibet. International evaluation team s on-site visit, Institute for Social Anthropology, Centre for Studies in Asian Cultures and Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. IX. Conferences and Workshops (Organiser and participant) 25.11.-27.11.2013 Third International SEECHAC Colloquium Interaction in the Himalayas and Central Asia: Processes of transfer, translation and transformation in art, archaeology, religion and polity from antiquity to the present day, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. 03.04.-29.04.2011 Workshop History, art history and architecture of the Buddhist Monuments of Khor chags, Western Tibet. FWF Research Project P-21806-G19 Society, Power and Religion in premodern Western Tibet, Institute for Social Anthropology, Centre for Studies in Asian Cultures and Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. 22.11.-17.12.2010 Workshop History, art history and architecture of the Buddhist Monuments of Khor chags Village and mkhar rtse Valley. FWF Research Project P-21806-G19 Society, Power and Religion in pre-modern Western Tibet, Institute for Social Anthropology, Centre for Studies in Asian Cultures and Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. 17.10.-26.10.2008 Workshop Western Tibetan Culture. FWF Research Project P-20637-G15 Oral and festival traditions of Western Tibet, Hotel Tibet, Beijing. 01.05.-04.05.2008 Kick-off workshop FWF Research Project P-20637-G15 Oral and festival traditions of Western Tibet. Forschungsstelle Sozialanthropologie / Social Anthropology Research Unit, Centre for Studies in Asian Cultures and Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. 6