Events overview

Dr. Jean-Baptiste Georges-Picot (CRCAO, Paris): "Showcasing Buddhist Devotion: The Shrine-Towers of Eastern Tibet"

Dr. Yannick Laurent (LMU): "Inscribing Authority: Portraiture, Epigraphic Practices, and Artistic Agency"

Summer School on Sanskrit theatre Kutiyattam in Kerala, India

As part of the Seminar Kastenwesen in Südasien (Prof. Dr. Simon Cubelic), Dr. Kalaiyarasan A. (Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai) will present: "How Does Social Identity Shape Economic Outcomes in India"

Assist. Prof. Sebastian Nehrdich (Tohoku University) & Prof. Kengo Harimoto (L’Orientale, Naples): "Dharmamitra: Buddhist Philology in the Age of AI"

Dr. Keiki Nakayama (The University of Tokyo): "Is Aśvaghoṣa a Precursor to the Yogācāra School? Further Textual Analysis of Aśvaghoṣa’s Works and the Śrāvakabhūmi with a Focus on Canonical Sources"

Dr. Bruno Shirley (Universität Heidelberg): "Religion, Gender, and Politics in Medieval Sri Lanka: The Reconstruction of Buddhist Kingship, ca. 1070–1215"

As part of the VL Framing the Goddess (Dr. Elisa Ganser), Sri Renjith Choorakkad and Sarah Sangeetha will present: "Understanding the Goddess through Bharatanatyam Dance."

Sri Renjith Choorakkad and Sarah Sangeetha (with an introduction by Dr. Elisa Ganser, LMU): "Lecture-demonstration on the karaṇas (108 dance movements) of the Nāṭyaśāstra and their contemporary applications"

Prof. Dr. Suchandra Gosh (University of Hyderabad): "Locating the Expansive Trade Networks of a Port Town and an Inland Urban Centre in Early Gujarat: Case Studies of Bharukaccha (Broach) and Anahilapura (Patan)"

Sources for the History of 
the Saṃmitīyas