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Join us for a day conference in celebration of Sanskrit studies, in honour of Dr Jim Benson; with eminent speakers presenting on topics including Pāṇinian grammar, Vedic, philosophy, religion, history, poetics and culture. Lunch and refreshments are provided.
NB: If you find yourself unable to book, either due to technical difficulties or ticket unavailability (but you still wish to attend), please email Tara Heuze (fabienne.heuze@queens.ox.ac.uk) for further enquiries. You'll be put on a waiting list until further notice. Apologies for any inconvenience caused!
Draft Programme:
9.00-9.30am
Arrival
9.30-9.35am
Introduction
9.35-10.25am
Dr Elisa Freschi, Austrian Academy of Sciences:
Mīmāṃsā reasoning about conflicting statements
10.25-10.50am
Dr Nina Mirnig, Austrian Academy of Sciences:
Early Śaiva devotional practices in the Śivadharmaśāstra: on portable and perishable śivaliṅgas
10.50-11.15am
Dr James Mallinson, SOAS:
The word haṭha in the context of haṭhayoga
11.15-11.45am
Break: tea/coffee
11.45-12.35pm
Professor Johannes Bronkhorst, University of Lausanne :
Does Pāṇinian grammar have history?
12.35-1.00pm
Professor Stephanie Jamison, UCLA:
Misparsing in the Rig Veda and the Problem of RV I.32.12
1.00-2.00pm
Lunch
2.00-2.50pm
Dr Paul Dundas, University of Edinburgh:
The Second Phase of Prakrit Kavva: Toward Contextualising Pravarasena's Setubandha
2.50-3.15pm
Dr Bihani Sarkar, Oxford:
The Tragic Middle in Kālidāsa
3.15-3.40pm
Professor Jim Laine, Macalester College:
Sanskrit Cosmopolitanism in the Early Modern Age?
3.40-4.10pm
Break: tea/coffee
4.10-5.00pm
Professor Gary Tubb, University of Chicago:
Pāṇini and Sanskrit Pedagogy Outside India
5.00-5.25pm
Dr Don Davis, University of Texas at Austin:
Conceptions of Adultery in Sanskrit Legal Texts of Medieval India
5.25-5.50pm
Dr Fabrizia Baldissera, University of Florence:
The Arthaśāstra, Il Principe of Machiavelli and Rushdie's The Enchanteress of Florence
5.50-6.10pm
Closing remarks
6.10-7.40pm
Post-conference reception
This event is generously supported by the Lorne Thyssen Research Fund for Ancient World Topics, Wolfson College, Oxford; the Academic Committee, Wolfson College, Oxford; the Max Müller Memorial Fund, the Radhakrishnan Memorial Fund, and the Research Committee of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.
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