Aike Rots
@aikerots.bsky.social
Professor of East Asian Religions at the University of Oslo. Interested in rituals, heritage, environment, whales, goddesses. Books: Shinto, Nature and Ideology in Contemporary Japan (2017); Sacred Heritage in Japan (2020); Water Powers (forthcoming).
🙏🏻 Friday 28.11, Kyushu University, Fukuoka. "Who Owns the Goddess? Pilgrimage-Tourism and Popular Devotion in Twenty-First-Century East Asia." Guest lecture (in English).
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🙏🏻 Friday 28.11, Kyushu University, Fukuoka. "Who Owns the Goddess? Pilgrimage-Tourism and Popular Devotion in Twenty-First-Century East Asia." Guest lecture (in English).
🪷 Friday 21.11, Tohoku University, Sendai. "Lady of the Whales: Comparing Maritime Kannon Worship in Vietnam and Japan." Presentation as part of the workshop "Kannon in Modern Ideology and Popular Practices", with Ayako Kimishima and Clinton Godart (bilingual).
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🪷 Friday 21.11, Tohoku University, Sendai. "Lady of the Whales: Comparing Maritime Kannon Worship in Vietnam and Japan." Presentation as part of the workshop "Kannon in Modern Ideology and Popular Practices", with Ayako Kimishima and Clinton Godart (bilingual).
🐋 Wednesday 19.11, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo. 「現代社会における『鯨信仰』―ベトナムと日本の鯨祭祀をくらべて」. Guest lecture (in Japanese).
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🐋 Wednesday 19.11, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo. 「現代社会における『鯨信仰』―ベトナムと日本の鯨祭祀をくらべて」. Guest lecture (in Japanese).