Yogic Icons in the Making: Alexandra David-Neel in India and Tibet and Yoga and Meditation in France and Europe (1890–1960)

Project Title: Yogic Icons in the Making: Alexandra David-Neel in India and Tibet and Yoga and Meditation in France and Europe (1890–1960)
Project Team:
Lukas K. Pokorny; Samuel Thévoz
Duration of Project:
01 June 2024 – 31 May 2028
Funding:
€ 413.133,49
Funding Body:
FWF Principal Investigator Project (PAT 9461023)


Occult Bohemia: Magic and Nationalism in Central Europe

Project Title: Occult Bohemia: Magic and Nationalism in Central Europe (OCCULT-NATION)
Supervisor: Lukas K. Pokorny
Duration of Project: 1 September 2023 – 28 February 2026
Funding: € 199.440,96
Funding Body: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) HORIZON EUROPE
Research Collaborator: Pavel Horák


A Comparative Study of Fear (bhaya) in Buddhism

Project Title: A Comparative Study of Fear (bhaya) in Buddhism
Supervisor: Cao Nhut Quang Huynh
Duration of Project: 15 December 2022 – 14 December 2025
Funding: € 49.240,00
Funding Body: Ernst Mach Grant of the OeAD (MPC-2022-02484)
Research Collaborator: Lukas K. Pokorny


Glocal Buddhas: Exploring the Interplay of East Asian Buddhism and Globalization in Austria and Italy

Project Title: Glocal Buddhas: Exploring the Interplay of East Asian Buddhism and Globalization in Austria and Italy
Project Team: Ugo Dessì; Lukas K. Pokorny
Duration of Project: 01 June 2022 – 31 May 2025
Funding: € 373.044,00
Funding Body: FWF Stand-Alone Project (P 35116-G)
Research Staff: Joseph Chadwin


Discourses on Pregnancy in Alternative Religious Milieus between 1840 and the Present

Project Title: Discourses on Pregnancy in Alternative Religious Milieus between 1840 and the Present
Supervisor: Johannes Endler
Duration of Project: 1 June 2019 – 31 January 2023
Funding: € 119.700,00
Funding Body: DOC Programme of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (A 25195)
Research Collaborator: Karl Baier


Narratives of Migrating Minorities: Muslims and Jews as similar "Others"

Project Title: Narratives of Migrating Minorities: Muslims and Jews as similar "Others"
Supervisor: Ariane-Táhirih Sadjed (Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Duration of Project: 01 October 2020 – 31 August 2022
Funding: € 113.894,84
Funding Body: FWF (TAI 220 1000 Ideas Programme)
Research Staff: Yuval Katz-Wilfing
Research Collaborator: Lukas K. Pokorny


Imagining Energy: The Practice of Energy Healing between Sense-Experience and Sense-Making

Project Title: Imagining Energy: The Practice of Energy Healing between Sense-Experience and Sense-Making
Supervisor: Karl Baier
Duration of Project: 15 June 2019 – 14 June 2022
Funding: € 252.078,75
Funding Body: FWF Einzelprojekt (P 33232)
Research Staff: Dominic Zoehrer; Marleen Thaler


The Globalization of East Asian Religions in Comparative Perspective

Project Title: The Globalization of East Asian Religions in Comparative Perspective
Project Team: Ugo Dessì; Lukas K. Pokorny
Duration of Project: 06 October 2020 – 31 May 2022
Funding: € 124.000,00
Funding Body: Austrian National Bank Anniversary Fund (18266)


An Annotation and Translation of the Pháp Chánh Truyền

Project Title: An Annotation and Translation of the Pháp Chánh Truyền
Project Team: Jérémy Jammes; Lukas Pokorny
Duration of Project: 15 June 2018 – 30 September 2018
Funding: $ 13.000,00
Funding Body: Cao Ðài Overseas Missionary


Kommentierung von Friedrich Nietzsches Die Fröhliche Wissenschaft

Project Title: Kommentierung von Friedrich Nietzsches Die Fröhliche Wissenschaft (KGW V/2)
Supervisor: Hans Gerald Hödl
Duration of Project: 15 April 2013 – 14 July 2018
Funding: € 314.599,32
Funding Body: FWF Einzelprojekt (P 24635)
Research Staff: Sandra Yvonne Freregger; David Krych


Religion and Diaspora: The Korean Community in Austria

Project Title: Religion and Diaspora: The Korean Community in Austria
Supervisor: Lukas K. Pokorny
Duration of Project: 1 October 2016 – 30 June 2018
Funding: € 20.241,20
Funding Body: Baijin Trading, Seoul
Research Staff: Sang-Yeon Loise Sung


Religion – Spiritualität – Weltanschauung: Eine religionswissenschaftliche Standortbestimmung

Project Title: Religion – Spirituality – Weltanschauung: A Religious Studies Assessment
Supervisor: Karl Baier; Lukas K. Pokorny
Duration of Project: 1 October 2017 – 31 January 2018
Funding: € 12.000,00
Funding Body: Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
Research Staff: Dominic Zöhrer


The Peace Pagoda in Vienna: A Survey of the Buddhist Order Nipponzan Myōhōji in Austria

Project Title: The Peace Pagoda in Vienna: A Survey of the Buddhist Order Nipponzan Myōhōji in Austria
Supervisor: Isabelle Prochaska-Meyer
Duration of Project: 01 February 2017 – 01 December 2017
Funding: € 5.000,00
Funding Body: Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien, Wissenschafts- und Forschungsförderung (MA 7 – 1025310/16); University of Vienna
Research Collaborator: Lukas K. Pokorny


The Visual Culture of Sufism in Vienna: Ways of Viewing in the Mystical Islam of the Chishti-Inayati and the Halveti-Jerrahi

Project Title: Die visuelle Kultur des Sufismus in Wien: Einblicke in die Blickkultur des mystischen Islam am Beispiel der Chishti-Inayati und der Halveti-Dscherrahi
Supervisor: Lukas K. Pokorny
Duration of Project: 01 February 2017 – 30 June 2017
Funding: € 5.000,00
Funding Body: Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien, Wissenschafts- und Forschungsförderung (MA7 – 1007867/16)
Research Staff: Sara Kuehn