ISTB University of Vienna, Austria
@istb-univienna.bsky.social
The Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde), University of Vienna.
On November 30th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Markus Viehbeck will do a lecture as part of a symposium. To join the lecture as well as the symposium click here: toyo-bunko.or.jp/en/event/2031/
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
On November 30th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Markus Viehbeck will do a lecture as part of a symposium. To join the lecture as well as the symposium click here: toyo-bunko.or.jp/en/event/2031/
Unfurling with a Song: Ecological Themes and the Question of Creative Labour in Contemporary Scroll-Paintings:
Tomorrow at 17:30 p.m
Join on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6395063435.... (688384)
Or in the seminar room 1 of the ISTB (Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7)
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Tomorrow at 17:30 p.m
Join on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6395063435.... (688384)
Or in the seminar room 1 of the ISTB (Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7)
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Unfurling with a Song: Ecological Themes and the Question of Creative Labour in Contemporary Scroll-Paintings:
Tomorrow at 17:30 p.m
Join on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6395063435.... (688384)
Or in the seminar room 1 of the ISTB (Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7)
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
Tomorrow at 17:30 p.m
Join on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6395063435.... (688384)
Or in the seminar room 1 of the ISTB (Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7)
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
@Scholars involved in Buddhist studies attending the AAR conference:
Sunday Nov 23, 3:00-4:30 PM, Dr Christopher Jones (ISTB) will present a “Commentary on ‘Transforming the Base’: Yogācāra doctrine in the Chinese Ratnagotravibhāga, or Baoxinglun 寶性論” (A23-339).
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Sunday Nov 23, 3:00-4:30 PM, Dr Christopher Jones (ISTB) will present a “Commentary on ‘Transforming the Base’: Yogācāra doctrine in the Chinese Ratnagotravibhāga, or Baoxinglun 寶性論” (A23-339).
papers.aarweb.org/papers-sessi...
November Annual Meeting – AAR
Our in-person November Annual Meeting, co-hosted with the Society of Biblical Literature, brings together scholars for the world's largest gathering of those interested in the academic study of religi...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
@Scholars involved in Buddhist studies attending the AAR conference:
Sunday Nov 23, 3:00-4:30 PM, Dr Christopher Jones (ISTB) will present a “Commentary on ‘Transforming the Base’: Yogācāra doctrine in the Chinese Ratnagotravibhāga, or Baoxinglun 寶性論” (A23-339).
papers.aarweb.org/papers-sessi...
Sunday Nov 23, 3:00-4:30 PM, Dr Christopher Jones (ISTB) will present a “Commentary on ‘Transforming the Base’: Yogācāra doctrine in the Chinese Ratnagotravibhāga, or Baoxinglun 寶性論” (A23-339).
papers.aarweb.org/papers-sessi...
“Embodied Energies: Mantra, Gesture, and the Poetics of Bharata-nāṭyam Repertoires”:
Tomorrow, Nov. 13th, 5:30 p.m., public talk and performance by Géraldine-Nalini Margnac at the ISTB.
Join us on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6976904692... (Code 806110)
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Tomorrow, Nov. 13th, 5:30 p.m., public talk and performance by Géraldine-Nalini Margnac at the ISTB.
Join us on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6976904692... (Code 806110)
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November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“Embodied Energies: Mantra, Gesture, and the Poetics of Bharata-nāṭyam Repertoires”:
Tomorrow, Nov. 13th, 5:30 p.m., public talk and performance by Géraldine-Nalini Margnac at the ISTB.
Join us on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6976904692... (Code 806110)
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
Tomorrow, Nov. 13th, 5:30 p.m., public talk and performance by Géraldine-Nalini Margnac at the ISTB.
Join us on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6976904692... (Code 806110)
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art for Ernst Steinkellner
@istb-univienna.bsky.social is proud to announce that Emer. O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ernst Steinkellner has been awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art by Austria’s President Alexander van der Bellen.
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@istb-univienna.bsky.social is proud to announce that Emer. O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ernst Steinkellner has been awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art by Austria’s President Alexander van der Bellen.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art for Ernst Steinkellner
@istb-univienna.bsky.social is proud to announce that Emer. O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ernst Steinkellner has been awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art by Austria’s President Alexander van der Bellen.
© Peter Lechner/HBF
@istb-univienna.bsky.social is proud to announce that Emer. O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ernst Steinkellner has been awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art by Austria’s President Alexander van der Bellen.
© Peter Lechner/HBF
This coming Friday, November 7th from 3:30-5:00 pm, His Eminence Khamba Lama Javzandorj Dulamragchaa will offer a public lecture @ISTB in Vienna on the “History of Mongolian Buddhism”.
If you would like to attend, please sign up via email to istb@univie.ac.at.
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If you would like to attend, please sign up via email to istb@univie.ac.at.
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History of Mongolian Buddhism – Talk & Discussion
Geshe Lharampa Javzandorj Dulamragchaa
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November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This coming Friday, November 7th from 3:30-5:00 pm, His Eminence Khamba Lama Javzandorj Dulamragchaa will offer a public lecture @ISTB in Vienna on the “History of Mongolian Buddhism”.
If you would like to attend, please sign up via email to istb@univie.ac.at.
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
If you would like to attend, please sign up via email to istb@univie.ac.at.
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
Dr. Barbara Gerke (PI, FWF Project “Pandemic Narratives”) and Yeshi Samdrup (Norbuling Rigter College) offered a guest lecture at Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan, sharing insights on co-authoring an open-access article on pandemic causation and protection in Bhutan: journals.openedition.org/aam/10311
Pandemic Causation and Protection. Health and More-Than-Human Relat...
1. Introduction In Bhutan, many mountain tops, rock cliffs, forests and lakes host sacred sites and temples attributed to beings that protect specific territories and their inhabitants. These deiti...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Dr. Barbara Gerke (PI, FWF Project “Pandemic Narratives”) and Yeshi Samdrup (Norbuling Rigter College) offered a guest lecture at Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan, sharing insights on co-authoring an open-access article on pandemic causation and protection in Bhutan: journals.openedition.org/aam/10311
This Thursday, Oct. 30th, 5 pm @ISTB in Vienna: “Existence and Emptiness in Late Medieval Latin Semantics” by Graziana Ciola (Radboud University). Respondent: Birgit Kellner (IKGA).
Attend in person or online:
univienna.zoom.us/j/6860921736..., Code 989509.
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Attend in person or online:
univienna.zoom.us/j/6860921736..., Code 989509.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This Thursday, Oct. 30th, 5 pm @ISTB in Vienna: “Existence and Emptiness in Late Medieval Latin Semantics” by Graziana Ciola (Radboud University). Respondent: Birgit Kellner (IKGA).
Attend in person or online:
univienna.zoom.us/j/6860921736..., Code 989509.
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
Attend in person or online:
univienna.zoom.us/j/6860921736..., Code 989509.
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
Fresh off the press: Dr Cristina Pecchia (ISTB, University of Vienna) “Ayurveda and Philosophy” in Alex Broadbent (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Medicine. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2025, pp. 46-59. [DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197625835.013.0003]
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October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Fresh off the press: Dr Cristina Pecchia (ISTB, University of Vienna) “Ayurveda and Philosophy” in Alex Broadbent (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Medicine. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2025, pp. 46-59. [DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197625835.013.0003]
univie.academia.edu/CristinaPecc...
univie.academia.edu/CristinaPecc...
Joyful Diwali to all who celebrate! 🪔
This 18th-cent. Rajasthani miniature depicts Lakṣmī who is especially venerated during Diwali (Dīpāvalī) celebrating the victory of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance.
📸 The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.
This 18th-cent. Rajasthani miniature depicts Lakṣmī who is especially venerated during Diwali (Dīpāvalī) celebrating the victory of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance.
📸 The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Joyful Diwali to all who celebrate! 🪔
This 18th-cent. Rajasthani miniature depicts Lakṣmī who is especially venerated during Diwali (Dīpāvalī) celebrating the victory of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance.
📸 The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.
This 18th-cent. Rajasthani miniature depicts Lakṣmī who is especially venerated during Diwali (Dīpāvalī) celebrating the victory of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance.
📸 The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.
Tomorrow, Oct. 16 at 5:30 p.m.: Religious Philosophy between India and China, between Asia and Europe: Translating Buddhism
Public lecture by Dr. Ralf Stepien (IKGA), CEU Center for Religious Studies
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🖼️ "Cover detail from "Buddhism Between Religion and Philosophy"
Public lecture by Dr. Ralf Stepien (IKGA), CEU Center for Religious Studies
events.ceu.edu/2025-10-16/r...
🖼️ "Cover detail from "Buddhism Between Religion and Philosophy"
Religious Philosophy between India and China, between Asia and Europe: Translating Buddhism
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October 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Tomorrow, Oct. 16 at 5:30 p.m.: Religious Philosophy between India and China, between Asia and Europe: Translating Buddhism
Public lecture by Dr. Ralf Stepien (IKGA), CEU Center for Religious Studies
events.ceu.edu/2025-10-16/r...
🖼️ "Cover detail from "Buddhism Between Religion and Philosophy"
Public lecture by Dr. Ralf Stepien (IKGA), CEU Center for Religious Studies
events.ceu.edu/2025-10-16/r...
🖼️ "Cover detail from "Buddhism Between Religion and Philosophy"
ISTB Research Day 2025: Ethics in Research
Presentations by Borayin Larios, Barbara Gerke (both @istb-univienna.bsky.social) and Edda Schwarzkopf (University of Tübingen) addressed ethical questions in fieldwork, cross-cultural collaboration in interdisciplinary environments and data management.
Presentations by Borayin Larios, Barbara Gerke (both @istb-univienna.bsky.social) and Edda Schwarzkopf (University of Tübingen) addressed ethical questions in fieldwork, cross-cultural collaboration in interdisciplinary environments and data management.
October 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ISTB Research Day 2025: Ethics in Research
Presentations by Borayin Larios, Barbara Gerke (both @istb-univienna.bsky.social) and Edda Schwarzkopf (University of Tübingen) addressed ethical questions in fieldwork, cross-cultural collaboration in interdisciplinary environments and data management.
Presentations by Borayin Larios, Barbara Gerke (both @istb-univienna.bsky.social) and Edda Schwarzkopf (University of Tübingen) addressed ethical questions in fieldwork, cross-cultural collaboration in interdisciplinary environments and data management.
@istb-univienna.bsky.social is hiring (again):
We are offering a six-year PostDoc Position in in the field of Cultural and Intellectual History of Premodern South Asia (Indology)
Details and application: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Deadline: Sept 12, 2025.
We are offering a six-year PostDoc Position in in the field of Cultural and Intellectual History of Premodern South Asia (Indology)
Details and application: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Deadline: Sept 12, 2025.
August 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
@istb-univienna.bsky.social is hiring (again):
We are offering a six-year PostDoc Position in in the field of Cultural and Intellectual History of Premodern South Asia (Indology)
Details and application: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Deadline: Sept 12, 2025.
We are offering a six-year PostDoc Position in in the field of Cultural and Intellectual History of Premodern South Asia (Indology)
Details and application: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Deadline: Sept 12, 2025.
@istb-univienna.bsky.social is hiring:
Job Opportunity (University Assistant – Praedoc) in Pre-modern South Asian Studies (Indology) with Prof. Nina Mirnig, focussing on early Śaiva traditions and Sanskrit epigraphy.
Application: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Deadline: Sept 5, 2025.
Job Opportunity (University Assistant – Praedoc) in Pre-modern South Asian Studies (Indology) with Prof. Nina Mirnig, focussing on early Śaiva traditions and Sanskrit epigraphy.
Application: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Deadline: Sept 5, 2025.
August 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
@istb-univienna.bsky.social is hiring:
Job Opportunity (University Assistant – Praedoc) in Pre-modern South Asian Studies (Indology) with Prof. Nina Mirnig, focussing on early Śaiva traditions and Sanskrit epigraphy.
Application: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Deadline: Sept 5, 2025.
Job Opportunity (University Assistant – Praedoc) in Pre-modern South Asian Studies (Indology) with Prof. Nina Mirnig, focussing on early Śaiva traditions and Sanskrit epigraphy.
Application: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Deadline: Sept 5, 2025.
New WSTB publication by Mingyuan Gao:
The Buddhist Concept of Vāsanā. A Genealogical Study.
2025, 314 p.
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The book presents a genealogical study of the Buddhist concept of vāsanā, tracing its diverse origins and exploring the main ideas it conveys in context.
The Buddhist Concept of Vāsanā. A Genealogical Study.
2025, 314 p.
wstb.univie.ac.at/product/wstb...
The book presents a genealogical study of the Buddhist concept of vāsanā, tracing its diverse origins and exploring the main ideas it conveys in context.
August 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New WSTB publication by Mingyuan Gao:
The Buddhist Concept of Vāsanā. A Genealogical Study.
2025, 314 p.
wstb.univie.ac.at/product/wstb...
The book presents a genealogical study of the Buddhist concept of vāsanā, tracing its diverse origins and exploring the main ideas it conveys in context.
The Buddhist Concept of Vāsanā. A Genealogical Study.
2025, 314 p.
wstb.univie.ac.at/product/wstb...
The book presents a genealogical study of the Buddhist concept of vāsanā, tracing its diverse origins and exploring the main ideas it conveys in context.
A joint interest in 'Writing about Calamities in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Epidemics, End-of-Life Crises & Climate Disasters in Tibet and South Asia' brought together international scholars, PhD students, early career researchers and seasoned academics for a workshop at @istb-univienna.bsky.social.
July 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A joint interest in 'Writing about Calamities in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Epidemics, End-of-Life Crises & Climate Disasters in Tibet and South Asia' brought together international scholars, PhD students, early career researchers and seasoned academics for a workshop at @istb-univienna.bsky.social.
IABS 2025 in Leipzig is coming up soon. Several members of @istb-univienna.bsky.social will be sharing their research there, and look forward to meeting colleagues and friends.
For details of the academic program, please go to conference.uni-leipzig.de/iabs2025/aca...
See you in Leipzig!
For details of the academic program, please go to conference.uni-leipzig.de/iabs2025/aca...
See you in Leipzig!
July 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
IABS 2025 in Leipzig is coming up soon. Several members of @istb-univienna.bsky.social will be sharing their research there, and look forward to meeting colleagues and friends.
For details of the academic program, please go to conference.uni-leipzig.de/iabs2025/aca...
See you in Leipzig!
For details of the academic program, please go to conference.uni-leipzig.de/iabs2025/aca...
See you in Leipzig!
The 'Vienna Summer School on the History and Cultures of Asia', co-hosted by @istb-univienna.bsky.social and IKGA, brought together scholars and students in an intensive exploration of epistemology in South Asian philosophical traditions, based on guided readings of Sanskrit texts.
July 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The 'Vienna Summer School on the History and Cultures of Asia', co-hosted by @istb-univienna.bsky.social and IKGA, brought together scholars and students in an intensive exploration of epistemology in South Asian philosophical traditions, based on guided readings of Sanskrit texts.
Now available: Reprint of Markus Viehbeck's (@istb-univienna.bsky.social) collected volume "Transcultural Encounters in the Himalayan Borderlands", studying borderland Kalimpong as "Contact Zone":
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Open Acess: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
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Open Acess: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
July 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Now available: Reprint of Markus Viehbeck's (@istb-univienna.bsky.social) collected volume "Transcultural Encounters in the Himalayan Borderlands", studying borderland Kalimpong as "Contact Zone":
vajrabookshop.com/product/tran...
Open Acess: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
vajrabookshop.com/product/tran...
Open Acess: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
Book Launch: "Studies on Indian Philosophy and on Buddhism" by Tilmann Vetter (eds. Lambert Schmidthausen and Jonathan A. Silk)
IKGA and ISTB honored the late Tilmann Vetter, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden from 1975 until his retirement in 2000, yesterday evening.
IKGA and ISTB honored the late Tilmann Vetter, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden from 1975 until his retirement in 2000, yesterday evening.
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Book Launch: "Studies on Indian Philosophy and on Buddhism" by Tilmann Vetter (eds. Lambert Schmidthausen and Jonathan A. Silk)
IKGA and ISTB honored the late Tilmann Vetter, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden from 1975 until his retirement in 2000, yesterday evening.
IKGA and ISTB honored the late Tilmann Vetter, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden from 1975 until his retirement in 2000, yesterday evening.
Spot on: "Tilopā’s Two Mahāmudrā Songs: A Comparative Study Including Critical Editions of the Dohākośa Within the Sārārthapañjikā and the Gaṅgāma with Rang byung rdo rje’s Commentary"
(article by Jim Rheingans and Julian Schott, both @istb-univienna.bsky.social)
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(article by Jim Rheingans and Julian Schott, both @istb-univienna.bsky.social)
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June 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Spot on: "Tilopā’s Two Mahāmudrā Songs: A Comparative Study Including Critical Editions of the Dohākośa Within the Sārārthapañjikā and the Gaṅgāma with Rang byung rdo rje’s Commentary"
(article by Jim Rheingans and Julian Schott, both @istb-univienna.bsky.social)
rdcu.be/efFdO
(article by Jim Rheingans and Julian Schott, both @istb-univienna.bsky.social)
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Join us this on June 26 for a public talk on "Monuments of Modernity: Market-Halls of Colonial India" by Pushkar Sohoni (visiting professor @istb-univienna.bsky.social) who will examine the intersection of politics, science, and social change in colonial urbanism.
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Monuments of Modernity: Market-Halls of Colonial India
Pushkar Sohoni | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ICCR Visiting Professor at the ISTB
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June 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Join us this on June 26 for a public talk on "Monuments of Modernity: Market-Halls of Colonial India" by Pushkar Sohoni (visiting professor @istb-univienna.bsky.social) who will examine the intersection of politics, science, and social change in colonial urbanism.
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@istb-univienna.bsky.social is hiring: We are offering a three-year 50% Postdoc Position in the field of Indology and Himalayan Studies at the ISTB in Vienna. Please circulate this advertisement among qualified candidates.
Closing date for applications: June 26
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Closing date for applications: June 26
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
June 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
@istb-univienna.bsky.social is hiring: We are offering a three-year 50% Postdoc Position in the field of Indology and Himalayan Studies at the ISTB in Vienna. Please circulate this advertisement among qualified candidates.
Closing date for applications: June 26
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Closing date for applications: June 26
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Tomorrow, Borayin Maitreya Larios (@istb-univienna.bsky.social) will present on “Embodying the Divine in the Streets of Pune” at the 21st international conference on the culture & society in Maharashtra focusing on “Deha: Invoking The Body” in Heidelberg:
www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/en/events-at...
www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/en/events-at...
Events at SAI - South Asia Institute
www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de
June 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Tomorrow, Borayin Maitreya Larios (@istb-univienna.bsky.social) will present on “Embodying the Divine in the Streets of Pune” at the 21st international conference on the culture & society in Maharashtra focusing on “Deha: Invoking The Body” in Heidelberg:
www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/en/events-at...
www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/en/events-at...
The Nepali translation of the late anthropologist Dr. Hanna Rauber's "Salt and Rice" was recently launched in Kathmandu. Translated by Dr. Alaka Chudal (@istb-univienna.bsky.social) the nuanced portrait of Himalayan cultural landscapes and trade practices reaches a broader Nepali audience.
June 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The Nepali translation of the late anthropologist Dr. Hanna Rauber's "Salt and Rice" was recently launched in Kathmandu. Translated by Dr. Alaka Chudal (@istb-univienna.bsky.social) the nuanced portrait of Himalayan cultural landscapes and trade practices reaches a broader Nepali audience.