Axel Michaels

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Axel Michaels is Professor of Classical Indology and Religious Studies at the University of Heidelberg. There, he is also co-director of the cluster of excellence ‘Asia and Europe in a Global Context’. In 2006, he became a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and in 2016, he was appointed vice-president. His research focus includes the theory of ritual, the cultural history of Nepal, and the social and legal history of Hinduism. Among his more recent awards are the Manfred-Lautenschläger Research Prize (2015) and the Höffmann Academic Award for Intercultural Competence (2015).