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Associate Professor Adam Bowles
Associate Professor

Adam Bowles

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Overview

Availability

Associate Professor Adam Bowles is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, La Trobe University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, La Trobe University

Research interests

  • Sanskrit literature

  • South Asian history and culture

  • South Asian religious traditions

    Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism.

  • Religious diversity in Queensland

  • Mahābhārata

Works

Search Professor Adam Bowles’s works on UQ eSpace

31 works between 2006 and 2024

1 - 20 of 31 works

2024

Other Outputs

The Bains family

Bowles, Adam and Ginn, Geoff (2024). The Bains family. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

The Bains family

2024

Other Outputs

Dorita Murgha Wilson

Johnson, Elverina, Ginn, Geoff, White, Jessica, Martin, Richard and Bowles, Adam (2024). Dorita Murgha Wilson. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

Dorita Murgha Wilson

2024

Other Outputs

Pauline Ah Wang and Willie Wigness

Mortensen, Julia, Ginn, Geoff and Bowles, Adam (2024). Pauline Ah Wang and Willie Wigness. Brisbane, QLD Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland.

Pauline Ah Wang and Willie Wigness

2024

Other Outputs

Queensland atlas of religion

Bowles, Adam (General Editor/Curator), Ginn, Geoff (General Editor/Curator), White, Jessica (Executive Editor/Curator), Almond, Philip (Consulting Editor/Curator) and Spearritt, Peter (Consulting Editor/Curator) (2024). Queensland atlas of religion. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

Queensland atlas of religion

2024

Other Outputs

Venerable Rinchen

Bowles, Adam and Ginn, Geoff (2024). Venerable Rinchen. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

Venerable Rinchen

2024

Other Outputs

Lay preachers in Methodism and the Uniting Church: Alan and Dorothy Demack

Demack, Annabel, Ginn, Geoff and Bowles, Adam (2024). Lay preachers in Methodism and the Uniting Church: Alan and Dorothy Demack. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

Lay preachers in Methodism and the Uniting Church: Alan and Dorothy Demack

2024

Other Outputs

The saints of Silkwood

Ginn, Geoff and Bowles, Adam (2024). The saints of Silkwood. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

The saints of Silkwood

2024

Other Outputs

Nicholai von Tonslamann

Bowles, Adam, Ginn, Geoff and Martin, Richard (2024). Nicholai von Tonslamann. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

Nicholai von Tonslamann

2024

Other Outputs

Gunggandji Country, Far North Queensland

Johnson, Elverina, Martin, Richard, Ginn, Geoff and Bowles, Adam (2024). Gunggandji Country, Far North Queensland. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

Gunggandji Country, Far North Queensland

2024

Other Outputs

Ghungalu Country, Central Queensland

Martin, Richard, Ginn, Geoffrey and Bowles, Adam (2024). Ghungalu Country, Central Queensland. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

Ghungalu Country, Central Queensland

2024

Other Outputs

Venerable Chonlatish Chanhorm

Jory, Patrick, Ginn, Geoff and Bowles, Adam (2024). Venerable Chonlatish Chanhorm. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

Venerable Chonlatish Chanhorm

2024

Other Outputs

Welcome to Mithaka Country

Hough, Tracey, Gorringe, Shawnee, Gorringe, Josh, Martin, Richard, Ginn, Geoff and Bowles, Adam (2024). Welcome to Mithaka Country. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.

Welcome to Mithaka Country

2024

Journal Article

Pain and suffering: Two thinkers in conversation

Bowles, Adam (2024). Pain and suffering: Two thinkers in conversation. Australian Book Review (463).

Pain and suffering: Two thinkers in conversation

2023

Book Chapter

Āstīka, black magic and apotropaic ritual: peacemaking brahmins and the snake sacrifice in the Mahābhārata’s Ādiparvan

Bowles, Adam (2023). Āstīka, black magic and apotropaic ritual: peacemaking brahmins and the snake sacrifice in the Mahābhārata’s Ādiparvan. Visions and revisions in Sanskrit narrative: studies in the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas. (pp. 37-64) edited by Raj Balkaran and McComas Taylor. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/vrsn.2023.02

Āstīka, black magic and apotropaic ritual: peacemaking brahmins and the snake sacrifice in the Mahābhārata’s Ādiparvan

2023

Other Outputs

“The destroyer of worlds”: Oppenheimer, death, and the Bhagavad-Gītā

Bowles, Adam (2023, 08 11). “The destroyer of worlds”: Oppenheimer, death, and the Bhagavad-Gītā ABC Religion and Ethics

“The destroyer of worlds”: Oppenheimer, death, and the Bhagavad-Gītā

2022

Journal Article

On the growth and composition of the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas: relationship to Kāvya: social and economic context

Bowles, Adam (2022). On the growth and composition of the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas: relationship to Kāvya: social and economic context. Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 117 (1), 66-70. doi: 10.1515/olzg-2022-0025

On the growth and composition of the Sanskrit epics and purāṇas: relationship to Kāvya: social and economic context

2019

Book Chapter

The Gṛhastha in the Mahābhārata

Bowles, Adam (2019). The Gṛhastha in the Mahābhārata. Gṛhastha: The Householder in Ancient Indian Religious Culture. (pp. 173-203) edited by Patrick Olivelle. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press.

The Gṛhastha in the Mahābhārata

2018

Book

The churning of the Epics and Purāṇas: proceedings of the Epics and Puranas Section at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference

Simon Brodbeck, Adam Bowles and Alf Hiltebeitel eds. (2018). The churning of the Epics and Purāṇas: proceedings of the Epics and Puranas Section at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference. New Delhi, India: Dev Publishers & Distributors.

The churning of the Epics and Purāṇas: proceedings of the Epics and Puranas Section at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference

2018

Book Chapter

The dasyu in the Mahābhārata

Bowles, Adam (2018). The dasyu in the Mahābhārata. The Churning of the Epics and Purāṇas: Proceedings of the Epics and Purāṇas Section at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference. (pp. 155-172) edited by Simon Brodbeck, Adam Bowles and Alf Hiltebeitel. New Delhi: Dev Publishers & Distributors.

The dasyu in the Mahābhārata

2018

Book Chapter

Law during emergencies: āpaddharma

Bowles, Adam (2018). Law during emergencies: āpaddharma. Hindu law: a new history of Dharmaśāstra. (pp. 245-256) edited by Patrick Olivelle and Donald R. Davis. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198702603.003.0020

Law during emergencies: āpaddharma

Funding

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2024
    The Queensland Atlas of Religion
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Society, Ideology and Nation in the Mahabharata
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    The Mahabharata: Charter Myth for Empire and Nation?
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Associate Professor Adam Bowles is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    South Asian Immigration and Religious Diversity in Queensland, 1975-present: the case of Greater Brisbane

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ryan Williams

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Great Goddess or Model Devotee? A Study of Radha in the Puranas

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Rick Strelan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A Reconsideration of Sufism and the Origins of Islam in the Indonesian Archipelago in the 15th and 16th Centuries

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Patrick Jory

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Kushüthara: a weaving study intesecting colour, pattern and socio-cultural relationships in the national dress in villages in north-east Bhutan.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Diana Young

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

Contact Associate Professor Adam Bowles directly for media enquiries about:

  • Buddhism
  • Early Indian history
  • Early modern Indian history
  • Hinduism
  • India - history, philosophy
  • Indian history - early modern
  • Mahabharata
  • Sanskrit literature
  • South Asia - history, philosophy

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