Accompanying Programme

The Cluster of Excellence’s 2024/25 annual theme "Body and Religion" features an exhibition that is accompanied by a diverse programme of events that provide the general public with further insights into the diverse relationships between the body and how it has been conceived in religious ideas of the past and present. The programme includes panel discussions, lectures and films, guided tours of the exhibition with the curators, as well as the opportunity to "walk and talk". The events provide a space for people to think about and discuss the themes of the exhibition, as well as to reflect on current issues relaating to the body, health and spirituality, and religious clothing in public spaces. A dance workshop invites those interested to experience spirituality in various types of dance. The Cluster of Excellence’s anthropological documentary film "Drugs & Prayers" examines how people with mental illnesses are treated with medication and prayers at the Sufi shrine of Mira Datar in northern Gujarat, India.