Xenia Zeiler

Tenure Track Professor

Associate professor, Asian Studies
Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies (Urbaria)
Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
Supervisor for doctoral programme, Doctoral Programme in History and Cultural Heritage

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4214-0688

Phone+358504482713, +358294123371
Emailxenia.zeiler@helsinki.fi

PL 59 (Unioninkatu 38)
00014
Finland

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Personal profile

Description of research and teaching

Xenia Zeiler's research and teaching are situated at the intersection of digital media, culture and society, specifically as related to India and the global Indian community. Her research foci are video games and gaming in India, digital religion (especially Hinduism), global Hinduism, and Tantric traditions. She also researches and teaches aspects of (Global) Digital Humanities and popular culture, especially as related to India.

Curriculum vitae

Since 2014, Xenia Zeiler is tenure track Professor of South Asian Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki.

Fields of Science

6160 Other humanities
Digital Culture Asia
South Asian Studies
Digital Religion
Video Game Research
(Global) Digital Humanities
Tantric Studies
Communication and Media Studies Asia

International and National Collaboration Publications and projects within past five years.

Publications

Internet, Hinduism on

Zeiler, X., 2019, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Hinduism. Springer Reference

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia / dictionary › Scientific › peer-review

Mediatized Religion in Asia: Interrelations of Media, Culture and Society beyond the "West"

Zeiler, X., 2019, Mediatized Religion in Asia. Studies on Digital Media and Religion. Radde-Antweiler, K. & Zeiler, X. (eds.). Routledge, p. 3-15 13 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Mediatized Religion in Asia: Studies on Digital Media and Religion

Radde-Antweiler, K. (ed.) & Zeiler, X. (ed.), 2019, Routledge. 232 p. (Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia)

Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review

Yantra

Zeiler, X., 2019, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Hinduism. Springer Reference

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia / dictionary › Scientific › peer-review

Ascribing Meaning to the Semantic Field “Sacred” in Academic Research and Current Journalism

Zeiler, X. & Stander-Dulisch, J., Dec 2018, In : Journal of religion, media and digital culture. 7, 3, p. 269–278 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Projects

3 Active
6 Finished

DIG_IN: Digital Humanities Education Initiative Finland-India. Curriculum Development and Designing an e-Learning Module

Zeiler, X., Ray Murray, P. & Diaz-Kommonen, L.

01/09/2016 → 31/08/2018

Project: Research project

Digital Educational Tool Development – Durgapuja and Museums

Zeiler, X., Thomas, S., Wessman, A., Tomperi, E., Vainonen, P., Forsell, H., Grieve, G., Radde-Antweiler, K., Ray Murray, P., Sillanpää, S. & Huhtaniemi, E.

University of Helsinki, Helsinki

01/01/2018 → 31/12/2018

Project: Research project