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Dr. Mrinal Pande is an Adjunct lecturer in Comparative Cultural Studies at the Innovation HUB campus of the University of Europe for Applied Sciences. For more information, click here.

Dr. Mrinal Pande

Adjunct Lecturer Comparative Cultural Studies

Field of Expertise: Comparative Cultural Studies

Campus: Innovation Hub

Office Hours: By Appointment

  • Dr. Mrinal Pande is an anthropologist based in Berlin. She has been involved with the DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” and the SFB 1150 “Cultures of Decision-Making” at the University of Münster, Germany, where she taught undergraduate and graduate courses. Her academic responsibilities have included syllabus design, course instruction, Master’s thesis supervision, and course evaluation. Her teaching expertise spans topics such as Social and Cultural Practices, Media Narratives, Religion and Politics, Performance, Diaspora and Migration, Anthropology of Space and Emotions, Gender, and Ethno-nationalism.
  • Dr. Pande has authored a monograph, contributed book chapters, co-edited a compendium, and published in peer-reviewed journals. She has also been featured on podcasts and moderated events at cultural institutions in Berlin and Mumbai. Her research has been presented at global conferences in Amsterdam, Berlin, Cottbus, Erfurt, Marburg, Münster, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Zurich. With several years of experience in academia, Dr. Pande is committed to mentoring students from diverse backgrounds, bringing passion and dedication to her role as an educator.

  • Since 2021 – Freelance Facilitator for the preparatory W-course Studienkolleg, specializing in Business Cultures and Economics.
  • Since 2019 – Supervisor of Master’s Thesis at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Muenster and the HMKW University of Applied Sciences, Berlin.
  • 2015-2019 – Post-doctoral Researcher at the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 1150), ‘Cultures of Decision-Making’ at the University of Muenster.
  • 2017 – PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology from University of Muenster.
  • 2012-2015 – Doctoral Researcher at the Excellence Centre ‘Religion and Politics’ at the University of Muenster.
  • 2011 – Completed the course ‘Understanding Hindu Identity’ from the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.
  • Since 1998 – University Lecturer and Facilitator for Graduate and Post-Graduate courses at the University of Mumbai, India and University of Muenster, Germany.
  • 1999 – Qualified the National Eligibility Test conducted by the University Grants Commission, India for graduate teaching.
  • 1996-1998 – Master of Arts in History; University of Mumbai, India.
  • 1993-1999 – Bachelor of Arts in History, Ramnarain Ruia College, University of Mumbai.

  • Monograph
  • Pande, Mrinal (2022) Popular Hinduism, Stories and Mobile Performances: The Voice of Morari Bapu in Multiple Media. London: Routledge. www.routledge.com/9781032204352
  • (work in progress) Pande, Mrinal. Mediatization of Marriages and the Immediacy of Decision making.
    Edited Volume
  • Pande, Mrinal, Koch, Julia, Kurz, Helmar, & Strauss, Annika (eds.) (2022) Practices of Transformation: Transformations of Practice. Muenster: University and State Library of Publishing. https://www.uni-muenster.de/Ebooks/index.php/series/catalog/book/299
    Journal Articles
  • Pande, Mrinal and Bhatawadekar, S, (2024) Decolonizing Narratives: Rethinking Indian Collections in Ethnographic Museums in Germany. Paper accepted for submission in the Spring edition of the Journal Urban People, Faculty of Humanities, Czech Republic.
  • Pande, Mrinal (2022) Generational Practices in Diaspora: Shared Memories in Morari Bapu’s Ramkatha. in Nidan : International Journal for Indian Studies. Vol.7, No. 2., pp. 17-31. https://doi.org/10.36886/nidan.2022.7.2.2
  • Pande, Mrinal (2022) Gendered Analysis of Hindutva Imaginaries: Manipulation of Symbols for Ethnonationalist Projects in the Journal of Modern European History, SAGE Publications. Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 407-422.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/16118944221110725
  • Pande, Mrinal (2020) Contextualizing Religiosity Within the Ramkatha in Sarah Demmrich and Ulrich Riegel (eds.) ‘Religiosity in East and West: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in Global and Local Perspectives’. Veröffentlichungen der Sektion Religionssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. pp. 233-248. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31035- 6_13
    Book Chapters
  • Bhatawadekar, S. and Pande, Mrinal (2022) Rethinking Urban Heritage Tourism Practices in India: Critical Perspectives From Europe, in Chowdhary, N., Billa, S. and Tiwari, P. (ed.) Indian Tourism, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 111 124. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-937-820221008
  • Basu, Helen & Pande, Mrinal (2021) Enacting Meanings of Decision-Making in Situations of Talk in India, in Philip Hoffmann-Rehnitz, Matthias Pohlig, Tim Rojek and Susanne Spreckelmeier (ed.) ‘Semantiken und Narrative des Entscheidens vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart’, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: Göttingen. pp. 482-497. https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entdecken/literatur-sprach-und-kulturwissenschaften/germanistik/neuere-deutsche-literaturwissenschaft/52639/semantiken-und-narrative-des-entscheidens-vom-mittelalter-bis-zur-gegenwart
  • Heinemann, Isabel; Nienhaus, Sarah; Pande, Mrinal; Wagenknecht, Katherin (2018) Heirat, Hausbau, Kinder – Narrationen von Familienentscheidungen, in Ulrich Pfister 3 (ed.) ‘Kulturen
    des Entscheidens: Narrative – Praktiken – Ressourcen‘, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: Göttingen, pp. 90-115. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/44035
  • Pande, Mrinal (2017) Ramkatha Soundscape: Listening to Voices, in Martina Wagner- Egelhaaf (ed.) ‘Stimmen aus dem Jenseits/ Voices from Beyond’, Würzburg: Ergon. pp. 217-235. https://www.nomos-shop.de/ergon/titel/stimmen-aus-dem-jenseits-voices- from-beyond-id-67698/
  • Pande, Mrinal (2017) The Voice of Ethnography in Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf (ed.) ‘Stimmen aus dem Jenseits/Voices from Beyond’, Würzburg: Ergon. pp. 148-153.
  • Pande, Mrinal (2017) Voice Hearing in Gujarat in Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf (ed.) ‘Stimmen aus dem Jenseits/Voices from Beyond’, Würzburg: Ergon. pp. 266-269.
    Book Review
  • Pande, Mrinal (2023) Review of Ehud Halperin’s The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess: Hadimba, Her Devotees, and Religion in Rapid Change. 2019. in Nidān: International Journal for Indian Studies. Volume 8, Issue 1. July 2023, pp. 160-167. https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/nidan/article/view/22229
    Podcast/Interviews
  • “Popular Hinduism, Stories and Mobile Performances: The Voice of Morari Bapu in Multiple Media” New Books in Indian Religions. Raj Balkaran Podcast Episode 232.13 October 2022.
    https://newbooksnetwork.com/popular-hinduism-stories-and-mobile-performances
  • Curated conversation with Art Historian, Anitha N. Reddy about Siddi Textiles of Care at the Gallery ‘Under the Mango Tree’, Berlin on 16 September 2023. https://underthemangotree.de/exhibitions-2023-hotte-thumbisodu-siddi-textiles-of-care
  • Created and presented current topics for live radio broadcasts from May-Sep.1998 (for India’s National Broadcaster, the All India Radio, Mumbai)

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