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SUMMARY:Lucian Scherman Lecture: Exhibiting Religions – A Lecture by Pat
 rick Felix Krüger
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DESCRIPTION:Four times a year\, the Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich host
 s lectures that address key topics in ethnology and museology. The lecture
  series is named after the Indologist and museum director Lucian Scherman 
 (1864–1946)\, who shaped the institution from 1907 to 1933 before being 
 forced out of office due to his Jewish heritage following the National Soc
 ialists’ rise to power. Since 2012\, the Lucian Scherman Lectures have h
 onored the man whose research and collections—particularly those on Sout
 h Asia—laid the foundation for the museum’s current holdings. The Muse
 um Fünf Kontinente invites Dr. Patrick Felix Krüger to this year’s Luc
 ian Scherman Lecture. \n\nCan religions be exhibited—and if so\, how? S
 tarting from this question\, the lecture *Exhibiting Religion(s) at the In
 tersection of Cult\, Art\, and Museum* explores the complex relationship b
 etween museums and religion. In an era of declining religious affiliation\
 , churches are increasingly transforming into “museum-like” spaces\, w
 hile museums are staging exhibitions with a sacred atmosphere. These dynam
 ics are also evident in the context of Hinduism and Buddhism: religious ob
 jects are often removed from their ritual contexts in museums and presente
 d as works of art\, while temples simultaneously adopt museum-style presen
 tation methods. At the same time\, boundaries blur as museums permit relig
 ious practices and religious sites adapt exhibition logic.\n\nUsing select
 ed examples—particularly from the Indian context—the lecture discusses
  the possibilities and limitations of representing religion(s) through obj
 ects\, images\, and spaces\, as well as the diverse meanings of religious 
 artifacts between spiritual practice and museum interpretation.\n\nThe lec
 ture will be broadcast live. Online participation in the event is possible
  without registration via the museum’s YouTube channel.\n\nVenue:\nMuseu
 m Fünf Kontinente\nStaatliche Museen in Bayern\nMaximilianstraße 42\n805
 38 Munich
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URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/lucian-scherman-lecture-exhibiting-reli
 gions-a-lec/
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