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Sven Markus Bretfeld

Sven Markus Bretfeld

Professor
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

sven.bretfeld@ntnu.no
+4773598315 Låven, Dragvoll
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South and Central Asian Religious History, Buddhism, Systematics of Religious Studies, Intra-Religious Non-Conformity.

Publications

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2022

  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2022) Theravada: Sectarianism and Diversity in Mahavihara Historiography. Routledge
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2021

  • de Simone, Daniela; Bretfeld, Sven; Balogh, Dániel. (2021) The Āsana: Where the Buddha Sat. British Museum Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2020

  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2020) The Later Spread of Buddhism in Tibet.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2019

  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2019) Theravada Buddhism. Oxford University Press
    Chapter
  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2019) Theravada Buddhism. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2018

  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2018) Buddhism Endangered by Hidden Enemies: Conspiracy Narratives in Sri Lankan Buddhist Present and Past. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
    Academic article

2016

  • Bretfeld, Sven; Zander, Helmut. (2016) Henry Steel Olcott: The Buddhist Catechism. Brill Academic Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2015

  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2015) Purifying the Pure: The Visuddhimagga, Forest-Dwellers and the Dynamics of Individual and Collective Prestige in Theravada Buddhism. Brill Academic Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2018) Buddhism Endangered by Hidden Enemies: Conspiracy Narratives in Sri Lankan Buddhist Present and Past. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2022) Theravada: Sectarianism and Diversity in Mahavihara Historiography. Routledge
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • de Simone, Daniela; Bretfeld, Sven; Balogh, Dániel. (2021) The Āsana: Where the Buddha Sat. British Museum Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2020) The Later Spread of Buddhism in Tibet.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2019) Theravada Buddhism. Oxford University Press
    Chapter
  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2019) Theravada Buddhism. Oxford University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bretfeld, Sven; Zander, Helmut. (2016) Henry Steel Olcott: The Buddhist Catechism. Brill Academic Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bretfeld, Sven. (2015) Purifying the Pure: The Visuddhimagga, Forest-Dwellers and the Dynamics of Individual and Collective Prestige in Theravada Buddhism. Brill Academic Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

  • RVI2160 - Between Science and Spirituality. South Asian Religions in European Society
  • RVI2165 - Buddhism in South and Central Asia
  • RVI1040 - Religions of South Asia

Media

2022

  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2022) Creating Religious Consciousness in the Vernacular. International Association for Buddhist Studies Annual Congress , Seoul, Korea 2022-08-15 - 2022-08-19

2019

  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2019) Zur Bedeutung von Theravada: Genealogische Identitatsbildung in einer pluralistischen buddhistischen Welt. Institut fur Indologie, Universitat Leipzig Gastvortrag , Leipzig, Germany 2019-06-11 - 2019-06-11
  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2019) Glaube im Buddhismus. Universitat Fribourg Tagung Unuebersetzbarer Glaube , Fribourg, Switzerland 2019-11-29 - 2019-11-29
  • Lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2019) Laudatio fur Prof. Annette Wilke. Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster Retirement Festivity , Muenster, Germany 2019-05-03 - 2019-05-03

2018

  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2018) The Mahinda Story and the Politics of Transnational Representation. Transnational Network of Theravada Studies Conference , NTNU, Trondheim 2018-11-05 - 2018-11-05
  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2018) The Mahinda Story and the Politics of Transnational Representation. Sven Bretfeld and Kate Crosby Founding Conference of the Transnational Network of Theravada Studies , Trondheim 2018-11-05 - 2018-11-06

2017

  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2017) Akkumulation als Grundmetapher buddhistischer Religiositat. Universitat Fribourg Tagung Glaube , Fribourg, Switzerland 2017-12-04 - 2017-12-04
  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2017) The Foreigner as Religious Defiler: Buddhist Conspiracy Theories as Narratives of Negative Entanglement. Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" Processes of Transcultural Entanglement and Disentanglement , Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Munster 2017-06-09 - 2017-06-09
  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2017) Emplacing Orthodoxy: The Promotion of Theravada in Lanko-Centric Cosmographies. University of Austin Conference Buddhism and Place-Making , Austin, Texas 2017-04-22 - 2017-04-22

2015

  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven; Kollmar-Paulenz, Karenina. (2015) Global History of Religions: Methodological Probings (panel). International Association for the History of Religions IAHR World Congress , Erfurt 2015-08-25 - 2015-08-25
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2015) The Dalai Lama Phenomenon. Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap Vitenskapsteoretisk Forum , Trondheim 2015-09-22 - 2015-09-22
  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2015) Local and Translocal Dimensions in the Making of Theravada Buddhism. British Museum/School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS Workshop of ERC Project "Beyond Boundaries" , London 2015-12-08 - 2015-12-08
  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2015) Tantric Theravada: Maritime Connections in the Indian Ocean and the Scholarly Interest of Mapping "World Religions". International Association for the History of Religions IAHR World Congress , Erfurt 2015-08-25 - 2015-08-25
  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2015) Mahayana and Tantra Adepts in Theravada Buddhism. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) , London 2015-10-13 - 2015-10-13
  • Academic lecture
    Bretfeld, Sven. (2015) Local and Translocal Dimensions in the Making of Theravada Buddhism. ERC Synergy Project "Beyond Boundaries" Workshop , SOAS, London 2015-12-08 - 2015-12-08
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