[INDOLOGY] Muslim encounters with yogis in South Asia and beyond

[Fabrizio Speziale]

Muslim encounters with yogis in South Asia and beyond

The Sixth Perso-Indica Workshop

 

 École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Marseille

Thursday 27th, November 2025

 

 

Session 1: South Asian Encounters, salle B.

 

10.00: Introduction by the organisers,

 

Chair: Carmen Spiers (Aix-Marseille Université)

 

10.10–11.00: Jason Birch (SOAS-EHESS), “Yogi-Sufi Interactions: The Textual Evidence for Cross-pollination”

 

11.00–11.20: Coffee-break

 

11.20–12.10: Raffaello De León-Jones Diani (EHESS-CESAH) “Muḥammad ibn Tuġluq and the yogis: courtly engagements and cultural exchanges in 14th century South Asia”

 

            Session 2: Beyond South Asia I, salle B.

 

12.10–13.00: Alberto Fabio Ambrosio (Luxembourg School of Religion & Society, Luxembourg), “Yogic Practices and Spiritualism in Ottoman Sufism”

 

13.00–14.30: Lunch break

 

Session 3: Beyond South Asia II, salle C

 

Chair: Damien Carriere (Aix-Marseille Université)

 

14.30–15.20: Raphaël Voix (CNRS-CESAH), “A Hindu Yogi in Mecca: Tales from Modern India”

 

15.20–16.10: Fabrizio Speziale (EHESS-CESAH), “From criminals to landowners: the Rāwal yogis in the age of transoceanic travels (1860s–1890s)”

 

16.10–16.30: Coffee-break

 

16.30–17.30: Workshop, Jason Birch, “Reading a Yogāsana in Sanskrit.” Monika Boehm-Tettelbach (Heidelberg University) will read the same passage from a Hindi version, and Carl W. Ernst will read from a Persian translation.

 

17.30–18.15: General discussion

 

 

Organizers: Raffaello De León-Jones Diani (EHESS-CESAH) and Fabrizio Speziale (EHESS-CESAH).

 

Venue: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales/School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Centre de la Vieille Charité, 2 rue de la Charité, Marseille, rooms B and C.

 

Webpage: http://www.perso-indica.net/events-news/65

 

With the support of: Centre de recherche sur les circulations, les liens et les échanges (CeRCLEs) - Centre d'études sud-asiatiques et himalayennes (CESAH).






Fabrizio SpezialeDirecteur d’études - Professor
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales - School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

Centre de la Vieille Charité

2, rue de la Charité

13002 Marseille

 

Centre d'études sud-asiatiques et himalayennes

2, cours des Humanités
93322 Aubervilliers cedex
 

CeRCLEs, Centre de recherche sur les circulations, les liens et les échanges

2, rue de la Charité

13002 Marseille

 

https://ehess.academia.edu/FabrizioSpeziale

 

 






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