Overview
Availability
- Associate Professor Adam Bowles is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, La Trobe University
- Doctor of Philosophy, La Trobe University
Research interests
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Sanskrit literature
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South Asian history and culture
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South Asian religious traditions
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism.
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Religious diversity in Queensland
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Mahābhārata
Works
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2024
Journal Article
Pain and suffering: Two thinkers in conversation
Bowles, Adam (2024). Pain and suffering: Two thinkers in conversation. Australian Book Review (463).
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Adam Bowles is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
South Asian Immigration and Religious Diversity in Queensland, 1975-present: the case of Greater Brisbane
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ryan Williams
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Doctor Philosophy
Great Goddess or Model Devotee? A Study of Radha in the Puranas
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Rick Strelan
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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
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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
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2024
Master Philosophy
Cultivated Wisdom, Knowledge, and Discerning Insight: A Study of Jnana in the Samkhya Textual Tradition
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Joel Katzav
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Buddhist Nationalism in Sri Lanka: Engagement with the Global
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Patrick Jory
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2023
Master Philosophy
The Tamil way and the Hindu ecumene: community, identity, and devotion at a Ganesha temple in Queensland, Australia
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Beyond the Solar Door : Yoga in the Mahabharata and its Vedic Antecedents
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Yudhisthira's Life as Religious Vocation: Soteriology in the Mahabharata
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Patrick Jory
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
The Majjhimanikaya sub-commentary (Majjhimanikaya Atthakatha Tika) in Sinhala script and its place in the commentarial tradition of Sri Lankan Buddhism
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Using the Unusual, Normalising the Non-Mundane: Didactic Uses of Wonder in the medieval Latin West, c. 1000¿1300
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Philip Almond, Dr Beth Spacey
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Darkness & Light: A Myth Analysis of Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada's Early Discourse on Science
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Tom Aechtner
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE GRAMOPHONE (c. 1900-1930): A SOCIO-CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND MUSICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY'S INDIAN RECORDING EXPEDITIONS
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Robert Davidson
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Literary Representations of War and Warfare in Old Javanese Kakawin Poetry
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
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- 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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