Vitus Angermeier
@vitusangrmr.bsky.social
Scholar in South Asian Studies, @oeaw.bsky.social / engaged with the history of Ayurveda / working on epidemics in premodern South Asia. https://epidemics.univie.ac.at
Website: https://homepage.univie.ac.at/vitus.angermeier/
Website: https://homepage.univie.ac.at/vitus.angermeier/
Great program of this year's IIGRS in Leiden! iigrs.wordpress.com/historical-a...
Programme
IIGRS 15 Programme and Abstracts. You can find the programmes of former symposia in the historical archive.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Great program of this year's IIGRS in Leiden! iigrs.wordpress.com/historical-a...
Slides from my presentation at the DOT in Erlangen. On abhicāra, abiśāpa and abhiṣaṅga as causes of fever in Āyurveda.
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Curses, Spells, and Evil Spirits: Exogenous Fever in Āyurveda
In Ayurveda, the mainstream medical system of pre-modern South Asia, the phenomenon of collective suffering requires a special explanation, since it is not in accordance with the general understanding...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Slides from my presentation at the DOT in Erlangen. On abhicāra, abiśāpa and abhiṣaṅga as causes of fever in Āyurveda.
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New hosting institution for my project. www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ikga
June 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
New hosting institution for my project. www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ikga
doi.org/10.17613/122... Tried to put pre-modern South Asia on the map of a conference on #Epidemics and #Contagion. Not easy.
Impaired Environments and Contagious Dharma: Understanding Epidemics in Premodern South Asia
In Ayurveda, the mainstream medical system of pre-modern South Asia, the phenomenon of collective suffering requires a special explanation, since it is not in accordance with the general understanding...
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June 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
doi.org/10.17613/122... Tried to put pre-modern South Asia on the map of a conference on #Epidemics and #Contagion. Not easy.
Early career scholars of Indology/South Asian Studies: Consider to present at the IIGRS in Leiden this autumn!
Deadline for submission: 31 May. Great opportunity for networking, exchange and gaining experience.
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Deadline for submission: 31 May. Great opportunity for networking, exchange and gaining experience.
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Call for Papers
The 15th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium will take place on 30 and 31 October 2025 at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Submission of papers: If you wish to present a paper, pl…
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May 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Early career scholars of Indology/South Asian Studies: Consider to present at the IIGRS in Leiden this autumn!
Deadline for submission: 31 May. Great opportunity for networking, exchange and gaining experience.
iigrs.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...
Deadline for submission: 31 May. Great opportunity for networking, exchange and gaining experience.
iigrs.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...
When I submit an article, I usually include numbered section headings and even a ToC, which is usually scrapped by the editors before publication. This author (doi.org/10.11588/has...) has found an ingenious way to avoid such interference: Simply camouflage the ToC in your introduction!
January 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
When I submit an article, I usually include numbered section headings and even a ToC, which is usually scrapped by the editors before publication. This author (doi.org/10.11588/has...) has found an ingenious way to avoid such interference: Simply camouflage the ToC in your introduction!
On Nov 8–9, we had our Workshop on “Calamities and Countermeasures in Pre-modern South Asia”, which, for a workshop on such a topic, went surprisingly well.
As we plan to publish the proceedings, we agreed on several preconditions to ensure a productive meeting:
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As we plan to publish the proceedings, we agreed on several preconditions to ensure a productive meeting:
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Calamities Symposium: Program – Epidemics and Crisis Management in Pre-modern South Asia
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November 20, 2024 at 9:24 PM
On Nov 8–9, we had our Workshop on “Calamities and Countermeasures in Pre-modern South Asia”, which, for a workshop on such a topic, went surprisingly well.
As we plan to publish the proceedings, we agreed on several preconditions to ensure a productive meeting:
🧵 1/8
As we plan to publish the proceedings, we agreed on several preconditions to ensure a productive meeting:
🧵 1/8
What the #Arthaśāstra suggests in the case of calamities: doi.org/10.17613/fjv... Slides of my presentation at the Calamities Workshop, 8–9 Nov 2024.
November 18, 2024 at 7:32 AM
What the #Arthaśāstra suggests in the case of calamities: doi.org/10.17613/fjv... Slides of my presentation at the Calamities Workshop, 8–9 Nov 2024.
This was my workshop last weekend, on "Calamities and Countermeasures in Pre-modern South Asia". doi.org/10.17613/mpd... Quite happy with the outcome. #epidemics #CrisisManagement #earthquakes #SouthAsia #droughts #poisoning Thanks to everyone who contributed!
Calamities and Countermeasures in Pre-modern South Asia
Workshop at the Department South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna, November 8–9, 2024, organised in the framework of the FWF funded project on "Epidemics and Crisis Management...
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November 17, 2024 at 8:36 PM
This was my workshop last weekend, on "Calamities and Countermeasures in Pre-modern South Asia". doi.org/10.17613/mpd... Quite happy with the outcome. #epidemics #CrisisManagement #earthquakes #SouthAsia #droughts #poisoning Thanks to everyone who contributed!
Choose your publishers wisely. www.highereddive.com/news/6-major... #FOASAS
6 major academic publishers face antitrust lawsuit
The defendants, including Elsevier and Wiley, have done "tremendous damage to science and the public interest,” the complaint alleged.
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September 27, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Choose your publishers wisely. www.highereddive.com/news/6-major... #FOASAS
Learned a lot about nāgas, caṅkam people, bhils, gonds, chenchus, śabaras, hoysaḷas and other inhabitants of the "wilderness" this week. Here are my slides from the workshop on "Narratives of Exclusion: The Othering of Forest-Dwellers in Pre-Modern Indian Texts": www.academia.edu/121240458/
Doctors Between Civilisation and Wilderness: Medical Geography in Pre-modern South Asia
Usually theories on disease causation and treatment in early Āyurveda focus on the individual patient, his diet, and his lifestyle. There are however certain contexts, in which the locality or origin ...
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June 20, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Learned a lot about nāgas, caṅkam people, bhils, gonds, chenchus, śabaras, hoysaḷas and other inhabitants of the "wilderness" this week. Here are my slides from the workshop on "Narratives of Exclusion: The Othering of Forest-Dwellers in Pre-Modern Indian Texts": www.academia.edu/121240458/
Looking forward to speaking about physicians in pre-modern South Asia and their relation to and perspective on wilderness at this symposium on "Narratives of Exclusion: The Othering of Indian Forest-Dwellers in Pre-Modern Textual Sources"
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June 10, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Looking forward to speaking about physicians in pre-modern South Asia and their relation to and perspective on wilderness at this symposium on "Narratives of Exclusion: The Othering of Indian Forest-Dwellers in Pre-Modern Textual Sources"
www.nilgiri.ugent.be/news/
www.nilgiri.ugent.be/news/
My first joint paper, together with @anjavukadin.bsky.social, published OA at StOrE: journal.fi/store/articl... earlier this week – on the causes of suffering and their related representation in the Suśrutasaṃhitā and early Sāṅkhya. #Ayurveda #suffering #IndianPhilosophy
Causes of Suffering: Unravelling Suśruta and Sāṅkhya
A passage on suffering (duḥkha) in the first section of the Suśrutasaṃhitā (SS), one of the foundational compendia of Āyurveda, elaborates on three kinds of suffering. The very same scheme also occur...
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May 3, 2024 at 1:59 PM
My first joint paper, together with @anjavukadin.bsky.social, published OA at StOrE: journal.fi/store/articl... earlier this week – on the causes of suffering and their related representation in the Suśrutasaṃhitā and early Sāṅkhya. #Ayurveda #suffering #IndianPhilosophy
The epidemics project has a new employee! epidemics.univie.ac.at/team/ In the next months, Patrick Zeitlhuber will work on Buddhist Pāli sources on epidemics, focusing on stories about the plague in Vaiśālī/Vesāli. #epidemics #Buddhism #Pali #Buddha
April 11, 2024 at 8:26 AM
The epidemics project has a new employee! epidemics.univie.ac.at/team/ In the next months, Patrick Zeitlhuber will work on Buddhist Pāli sources on epidemics, focusing on stories about the plague in Vaiśālī/Vesāli. #epidemics #Buddhism #Pali #Buddha
To be published soonish. My first joint paper. :-) #StudiaOrientaliaElectronica #Ayurveda #Samkhya #IndianPhilosophy #foasas #openaccess
April 9, 2024 at 10:30 AM
To be published soonish. My first joint paper. :-) #StudiaOrientaliaElectronica #Ayurveda #Samkhya #IndianPhilosophy #foasas #openaccess
Reposted by Vitus Angermeier
Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences is offering a post-doctoral research position for scholars who focus on modern and contemporary India. You can find the posting and further information here:
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January 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences is offering a post-doctoral research position for scholars who focus on modern and contemporary India. You can find the posting and further information here:
orient.cas.cz/export/sites...
orient.cas.cz/export/sites...
University assistant predoctoral
University assistant predoctoral
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December 22, 2023 at 8:47 PM
My article "Dharma and the Physicians: Ethic reflections in early Ayurvedic literature" was recently published in Puruṣārtha 39. Pre-publication draft available here: doi.org/10.17613/j0x....
Purchase the book at editions.ehess.fr/ouvrages/ouv...
Purchase the book at editions.ehess.fr/ouvrages/ouv...
December 22, 2023 at 8:35 PM
My article "Dharma and the Physicians: Ethic reflections in early Ayurvedic literature" was recently published in Puruṣārtha 39. Pre-publication draft available here: doi.org/10.17613/j0x....
Purchase the book at editions.ehess.fr/ouvrages/ouv...
Purchase the book at editions.ehess.fr/ouvrages/ouv...
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"Scholars working on the Islamicate and/or Persianate world and/or South Asia are particularly encouraged to apply."
"Scholars working on the Islamicate and/or Persianate world and/or South Asia are particularly encouraged to apply."
November 24, 2023 at 7:24 AM
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"Scholars working on the Islamicate and/or Persianate world and/or South Asia are particularly encouraged to apply."
"Scholars working on the Islamicate and/or Persianate world and/or South Asia are particularly encouraged to apply."
Interesting online lecture by Lauren Morris on the Kushan empire tomorrow: www.oeaw.ac.at/ifi/veransta...
The dominance of the 'Silk Road' and searching for a non-elite narrative: challenges in writing the ...
Webinar series: Trans-local perspectives in Iranian worlds
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November 13, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Interesting online lecture by Lauren Morris on the Kushan empire tomorrow: www.oeaw.ac.at/ifi/veransta...