Thomas Wolfgang Peter DAHNHARDT

Position
Associate Professor
Telephone
041 234 8841
E-mail
thomasda@unive.it
Fax
041 524 1847
Academic discipline
Modern Languages and Literatures of the Indian Subcontinent [ASIA-01/D]
Website
https://www.unive.it/people/thomasda (personal record)
Office
Department of Asian and North African Studies
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dsaam
Where: Ca' Cappello

Office hours

I° term (September-December 2026)

  • During term time (21st September - 19th December 2026), Monday 10.30 a.m.- 11.30 p.m. in Room 1D in Ca' Cappello (in presence or online, only on previously agreed appointment).

Teaching activity current year

Teaching activity previous years

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, ETNOLOGIA, ETNOLINGUISTICA [FM10]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE E CIVILTÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LM20]
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ DELL'ASIA E DELL'AFRICA MEDITERRANEA [LT40]
Bachelor's Degree Programme

Activities and research skills

Academic discipline
Lingue e letterature moderne del subcontinente indiano [ASIA-01/D]
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine
FILOSOFIE, RELIGIONI E STORIA DELL'INDIA E DELL'ASIA CENTRALE [L-OR/17]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Medio Oriente,Europa
Known languages
tedesco (scritto: madrelingua parlato: madrelingua)
inglese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
francese (scritto: intermedio parlato: intermedio)
Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
Membro del Comitato scientifico di Quaderni Di Indoasiatica, a cura della VAIS (Venetian Academy of Indian Studies)
studi religiosi (induismo, islam), rapporti fra islam e induismo in asia meridionale, sufismo nel subcontinente indiano, lingue e letterature del subcontinente indiano (hindi, urdu), cultura letteraria dell
Description:
religious studies (hinduism, islam), hindu-muslim relationship in southern asia, sufism in southern asia, languages and literatures of the indian subcontinent (hindi, urdu)
Keywords:
Religious Sciences, Literature, History

Publication highlights

Thomas Wolfgang Peter Dahnhardt Nourishing the body and food for soul: The role of animals in the South Asian Sufi environment in KERVAN, vol. Kervan Special Issue For a multivocal history of the attitudes towards animals in South Asia Concepts, ethics, practices, symbolism, pp. 241-256 (ISSN 1825-263X)
DOI 2025, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5102151


Thomas Dahnhardt Jacyntha Kerketta, Sette poesie in SMERILLIANA, vol. 27, pp. 305-336 (ISSN 2465-0250)
2025, Traduzione in Rivista - ARCA card: 10278/5102153


Dahnhardt, Thomas Mediator of Heaven and Earth: Al-Khidr in the South Asian Environment in AA.VV., Inter-religious Practices and Saint Veneration in the Islamic World, Abingdon on Thames - New York, Routledge, pp. 68-83 (ISBN 9781032478661)
2023, Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5037040


Thomas Dahnhardt The Naqshbandiyya Mujaddidiyya Mazhariyya and its Ramifications between Delhi and the Afghan Border in Thomas Dahnhardt, Journey among Dervishes between Past and Present, Milano, Mimesis International, pp. 183-198 (ISBN 978-88-6977-427-0)
2023, Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5046330


Thomas Dahnhardt Introduction in Thomas Dahnhardt, Giovanni de Zorzi, Stefano Pellò, Demetrio Giordani, Jurgen Fremgen, Michel Boivin, Jean During, Angelo scarabel, Thierry Zarcone., Journey among Dervishes between Past and Present, Milano, Mimesis International, vol. 6, pp. 11-18 (ISBN 978-88-6977-427-0)
2023, Prefazione/Postfazione - ARCA card: 10278/5046333


List of publications

Curriculum vitae