Hermann Kulke

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Hermann Kulke (born 1938 in Berlin) is a German historian and

Freiburg University in 1967, he taught for 21 years at the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University
(SAI).

He was a founding member of the Orissa Research Project (ORP) of the Southasia Institute (1970–1975), and was coordinator of the second ORP.

Specialization: pre-colonial South and Southeast Asian History; early state formation and historiography; regional cultures of India with emphasis on Orissa; Indianization of Southeast Asia and Indian Ocean Studies.

He was a visiting professor at

University of Singapore
(2007).

Publications

  • Cidambaramahatmya (PhD, Wiesbaden 1970)
  • The Cult of Jagannath and the Regional Tradition of Orissa (Delhi 1978, with A. Eschmann and G.C. Tripathi)
  • The Devaraja Cult (Cornell University 1978)
  • Jagannath Cult and Gajapaati Kingship (Jagannatha-Kult und Gajapati-Königtum. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte religiöser Legitimation hinduistischer Herrscher, D.Litt-Habilitation, Stuttgart 1979, in German)
  • A History of India (together with Dietmar Rothermund, German 1982, 5th Engl. ed. 2010)
  • Hinduism Reconsidered (Delhi 1989, 2nd ed. 1997, with G.D. Sontheimer)
  • Kings and Cults – State Formation and Legitimation in India and Southeast Asia (Delhi 1993)
  • Editor of The State in India 1000–1700 (Delhi 1993, 2nd ed. in preparation).
  • Indian History until 1750 (Indische Geschichte bis 1750, Munich 2005, Engl. ed. in preparation)
  • Co-editor of Nagapatinam to Suvarnadwipa. Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia (Singapore 2009).
  • Co-editor of Centres Out There? Facets of Sub-regional Traditions in Orissa (Delhi 2010)
  • Co-editor of Rituals and the State in India (Wiesbaden 2010).
  • (Co-editor with G. Berkemer, eds.) Centres out There? Facets of Subregional Identities in Orissa. New Delhi: Manohar, 2011.
  • The Katakarajavamsavali: The Colonial Biography of Puri's Sanskrit Chronicle of the Year 1820, in: Indian Historical Review, 38, 2011, pp. 65–76.
  • Hindu Medieval Regional Kingdoms, in: Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. IV, ed. by A. Malinar, Leiden (Brill, 2012), pp. 51–72.
  • Trade and Politics in Eleventh-Century Bay of Bengal, in: The Trading World of the Indian Ocean, 1500–1800, ed. by Om Prakash (History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, gen. ed. D.P. Chattopadhyaya, vol. III, 7). New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilization, 2012, pp. 117–132.
  • (Co-editor with N. Mohanty, G.N. Dash, D. Pathy, eds.) Imaging Odisha. 2 vols., Prafulla (Jagatsinghpur, 2013).
  • Orissa's Regional Tradition and India's Cultural Unity, in: Cultural Unity of India, ed. by S. Bhattacharya, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture (Kolkata 2013), pp. 281–296.
  • Jürgen Lütt (20. September 1940-17. Juli 2012),in: Jahrbuch für Europäische Überseegeschichte, 13, 2013, pp. 220–222.
  • Der Maurya-Staat (4. – 2. Jh. v. Chr.): Gesamtindisches Großreich oder Imperium? in: Imperien und Reiche in der Weltgeschichte. Epochenübergreifende und globalhistorische Vergleiche, ed. by M. Gehler und R. Rollinger. Harrassowitz (Wiesbaden, 2014), pp. 503–514.
  • Co-editor with A. Eschmann and G.C. Tripathi, eds., The Cult of Jagannath and the Regional Tradition of Orissa. Revised and enlarged edition, Manohar, (New Delhi, 2014).
  • From Ashoka to Jayavarman VII: Some Reflections on the Relationship between Buddhism and the State in India and Southeast Asia. in:Buddhism Across Asia: Networks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange, ed. By Tansen Sen, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies: Manohar, (Delhi 2014), pp. 327– 346. (slightly revised version reprinted in 2014 as Occasional Paper 56, by the India International Centre, New Delhi).
  • (Co-editor with George Coedès, Louis-Charles Damais dan Pierre-Yves Manguin), Kedatuan Sriwijaya. Kajian Sumber Prasasti da Arkeologi, Jakarta, École francaise d’Extrême-Orient, Pusat Arkeologi Nasional Komunitas Bambu, 2014.
  • ‘Kadātuan Śrīvijaya’ – Imperium atau Kraton Śrīvijaya? Tinjauan Kewmbali Bukti Epigrafis, in: ibid, pp. 281–314. (Bahasa Indonesia translation of the English article of 1993).
  • The Concept of Cultural Convergence Revisited: Reflections on India's Early Influence in Southeast Asia, in: Asian Encounters: Exploring Connected Histories, eds. Upendra Singh and Parul Pandya Dhar, Oxford University Press (New Delhi, 2014), pp. 1–24.
  • (together with C.P. Nanda) Rethinking Local History and Identity Politics. Locating Kurmi Community in Odisha, Manohar, (Delhi, 2014).
  • (together with B.P. Sahu), eds., Interrogating Political Systems. Integrative Processes and the States in Pre-modern India, Oxford University Press (Delhi, 2014).

In print:

  • The State in India 1000–1700, (ed.), revised and enlarged second edition, Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • History of Pre-colonial India: Issues and Debates, (revised English edition of Indische Geschichte bis 1750, München: Oldenbourg Verlag. München 2003), revised and edited by B.P.Sahu, translated by P. Chirmuley, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
  • State Formation and Social Integration in Pre-Islamic South and Southeast Asia. A Reconsideration of Historiographic Concepts and Archaeological Discoveries (Commentator's Report on Section 2 and 3) Paper of the Second International Symposium of Inter-Asia Research Networks, Tokyo: Toyo Bunko, 8–9 March 2014, in: State Formation and Social Integration in Pre-modern South and Southeast Asia. A Comparative Study of Asian Society, ed. by Karashima and M. Hirosue, Manohar, New Delhi.
  • Invented Histories? Reflections on Medieval Historiography in Orissa and Vijayanagara, in: Prof. B.D. Chattopadhyaya Felicitation Volume, ed. by Suchandra Ghosh.
  • The Development of R.S. Sharma's Concept of Indian Feudalism: Some Historiographic Reflections, in: R.S. Sharma Commemoration Volume, ed. by K.M. Shrimali, Delhi: Tulika Books and Social Scientist (Modern Indian Thinkers Series).
  • Looking for Yayati Kesari: Reflections on Puri's Temple Chronicles, in: History, Culture and Society in Odisha, ed. by N. Mohanty. (Souvenir Volume of the Indian History Congress at Cuttack/Odisha, December 2013, pp. 56–68).

Under preparation:

  • Angkor. Verlag Beck (München)

References

  1. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

Sources

  • S. Conerman, J.Kusber, (eds.) Studia Eurasiatica. Kieler Festschrift für Hermann Kulke (2003)
  • Schnepel, Burkhard; Berkemer, Georg: History of the Model, in: Berkemer, Georg; Frenz, Margret (eds.), Sharing Sovereignty – The Little Kingdom in South Asia, Berlin 2003
  • Berkemer, Georg; Frenz, Margret: The Role of Hermann Kulke, in: Berkemer, Georg; Frenz, Margret (eds.), Sharing Sovereignty – The Little Kingdom in South Asia, Berlin 2003
  • M.Brandtner, S.K.Panda (eds.), Interrogating History. Essays for Hermann Kulke (2006)

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