Sanskrit Summer School, Nepali Crash Course, Sarasvati Sanskrit Award at Heidelberg University

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The Dept. of Classical Indology at Heidelberg University offers: 

1. Summer School in Spoken Sanskrit 

For the ninth year in a row the Department of Classical Indology at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg, announces the Summer School in Spoken Sanskrit. Since its start back in the year 2000 it has attracted students and lecturers of Indological, Religious and South Asian Studies from all over the world to practice Sanskrit in a different way: Under the guidance of Dr. Sadananda Das, a Sanskrit native speaker from Benares, all those with a basic knowledge of Sanskrit grammar and vocabulary shall learn to carefully listen, to accurately pronounce and to slowly speak and recite this beautiful language. Our four-week intensive course will help strengthen your skills and make the study of Sanskrit a lively and creative experience!

Organizer: Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels; Oliver Lamers, M.A.
Teacher: Dr. Sadananda Das
Participants: max. 15; min. 10
Date: August 4th – August 29th 2008
Fee: € 340,- (incl. teaching material)
Venue: South Asia Institute, Heidelberg
Deadlines: application April 30th, payment May 30th
Payment (by cheque or transfer to following account): Universität Heidelberg, account 0493700
Baden-Württembergische Bank Stuttgart, BLZ 60050101, Re: Summer School S-Kto 54034, K-Stelle: 97028000
Iban: DE69 6005 0107 7421 5004 36; BIC: SOLADESTXXX    
Prerequisites: elementary Sanskrit and English
Application form: http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/studium/summerSchool.html
Application by email: spokensanskrit at uni-heidelberg.de
Application by mail: "Sanskrit Summer School", The Secretariat
Dept. of Classical Indology, South Asia Institute
Im Neuenheimer Feld 330
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Accommodation: hostel on request, approx. € 220,-

+For further information please contact:
Sylla Kunkel; Fax: 0049-(0)6221-54-6338; spokensanskrit at uni-heidelberg.de

2. Nepali Crash Course

Do you want to avoid such a scene? Then you should be able to speak a bit of Nepali! If you think you won't need more than some basic English to ask for a room, to order your dinner in Kathmandus Freak-Street or on the popular trekking routes, then you may be right. But it might not get you much further. Nepali has increasingly become a lingua franca of the Central Himalayas where more and more of its diverse ethnic groups speak it as a second language. Nepal itself is a small country in the lap of the Himalayas with an astounding geographical and cultural diversity, where only little more than a hundred kilometres separate the subtropical forests of the Terai from the worlds highest mountains, where Hinduism meets and sometimes mingles with Tantric Buddhism, and where past and present clash more forcefully than elsewhere. Whether you are interested in contemporary Nepal or ancient South Asia, whether you want to go trekking or to experience the busy
 live in the streets of Kathmandu - the Nepali language will open a door to a fascinating culture. To help you walking through this door, Laxmi Nath Shrestha has come all the way from the Kathmandu Valley to the South Asia Institute in Heidelberg. He is an experienced teacher who has taught Nepali to generations of both students and researchers and has proven that he can make you start speaking Nepali in just one week. Starting from the first day, this course will be held in Nepali only: Sipping a cup of ciya, you will discuss the latest political developments   as one does every morning in the streets of Kathmandu.

Facts of the course:
Organizer: Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels; Oliver Lamers, M.A.
Teacher: Laxmi Nath Shreshta
Participants: max. 15; min. 10
Date: August 4th – August 29th 2008
Fee: € 340,- (incl. teaching material)
Venue: South Asia Institute, Heidelberg
Deadlines: application April 30th, payment May 30th
Payment (by cheque or transfer to following account):
Universität Heidelberg, account 0493700 Baden-Württembergische Bank Stuttgart, BLZ 60050101
Re: Summer School S-Kto 54034, K-Stelle: 97028000
Iban: DE69 6005 0107 7421 5004 36; BIC: SOLADESTXXX    
Prerequisites: elementary English
Application form: http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/studium/summerSchool.html
Application by email: nepalicourse at uni-heidelberg.de
Application by mail: "Nepali Intensive Course”, The Secretariat
Dept. of Classical Indology, South Asia Institute
Im Neuenheimer Feld 330
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Accommodation: hostel on request, approx. € 220,-

For further information please contact: Katja Tiltmann, Fax: 0049-(0)6221-54-6338; nepalicourse at uni-heidelberg.de

3. Saravati Sanskrit Prize

In collaboration with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and the Government of India, the Department of Classical Indology at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, has set up the Saraswati Sanskrit Prize for bonafide students affiliated to a European University in any discipline dealing with Indian studies in its broadest sense.
The award covers writings or oral presentations (including debates), in Sanskrit on literary, cultural, political or economic aspects with specific emphasis on modern issues.
For oral presentations, applications should include the topic and a brief summary and should be submitted by July 14th, 2008. Oral presentations or debates will be held at the South Asia Institute in Heidelberg between August 25th and 29th, 2008.
Written presentations should be submitted by August 31st, 2008. A short CV of the applicant should be sent along with all the applications.
The winner of the prize will receive a ten-day trip to India, including a return flight from Germany to New Delhi and accommodation in India sponsored by the ICCR and the Government of India. A reception in honour of the winner will be held during which (s)he will receive a metal plaque confirming that (s)he has been bestowed the prize.

For more information please visit our homepage (http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/index.html) or contact us (oliver.lamers at urz.uni-heidelberg.de)

Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels (Acting Director of the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe", Speaker of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 619 "Dynamics of Ritual"), University of Heidelberg, South Asia Institute, Im Neuenheimer Feld 330, D-69120 Heidelberg, Tel. +49-6221-548917 / Fax +49-6221-546338, 

http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/index.html, http://www.ritualdynamik.uni-hd.de, http://vjc.uni-hd.de, Axel.Michaels at urz.uni-heidelberg.de