Associate Professor Adam Bowles
Associate Professor

Adam Bowles

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Fields of research

Historical studies Religious studies

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

Search Professor Adam Bowles’s works on UQ eSpace

24 works between 2006 and 2024
All (24) Journal Article (6) Book Chapter (7) Book (4) Other Outputs (7)

21 - 24 of 24 works

2009

Book Chapter

Framing bhisma's royal instructions: The Mahabharata and the problem of its ‘design’

Bowles, Adam (2009). Framing bhisma's royal instructions: The Mahabharata and the problem of its ‘design’. Parallels and comparisons : proceedings of the Fourth Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Puranas, September 2005. (pp. 121-135) edited by Petteri Koskikallio. Croatia: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Framing bhisma's royal instructions: The Mahabharata and the problem of its ‘design’

2008

Other Outputs

Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume Two: Cantos 55-96

Bowles, Adam (2008). Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume Two: Cantos 55-96. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York University Press; JJC Foundation.

Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume Two: Cantos 55-96

2007

Book

Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India: the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata

Bowles, Adam (2007). Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India: the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers.

Dharma, Disorder and the Political in Ancient India: the Āpaddharmaparvan of the Mahābhārata

2006

Book

Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume One: Cantos 1-54

Bowles, Adam (2006). Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume One: Cantos 1-54. New York, NY, U.S.A.: New York University Press; JJC Foundation.

Maha-bharata: Book Eight. Karna Volume One: Cantos 1-54

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

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, 1975-2018.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ryan Williams

  • Doctor Philosophy

    South Asian Immigration and Religious Diversity in Queensland, 1975-2018.

    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

    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

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Threadbare: the Bhutanese textile industry. Contemporary innovation in Bhutanese weaving and its translation to market

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Diana Young

  • 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

Completed supervision

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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