Joakim Fernando Björkelid

PhD student at Department of Theology; History of Religions and World Christianity

E-mail:
joakim.bjorkelid@teol.uu.se
Visiting address:
Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3 B
Postal address:
Box 511
751 20 UPPSALA

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Short presentation

I am a PhD student in the History of Religion researching Hindunationalism. I have a wide knowledge of the relation between religion and politics in the early modern and modern India. Additionally, I am interested in religion in Asia in general and post-colonial ideas.

Keywords

  • nationalism
  • religion and violence
  • history of religion
  • india
  • early modern india
  • religion in india
  • hinduism

Research

In my dissertation I will study how VHP - Viśva Hindu Parishad, construct a particular narrative on hindu-identity through their journal Hindu Viśva. I will primary focus on the period 1940 until 2014, when Narendra Modi was elected president of India.

Joakim Fernando Björkelid

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