[INDOLOGY] Weller Prize 2013

[Eli Franco]

This is to announce that our colleague Professor Seishi Karashima,  
Soka University, Tokyo, has been awarded the Friedrich Weller Prize  
2013 for his outstanding publication "Die Abhisamâcâcarikâ Dharmâh" (3  
vols., Tokyo 2012).

The awarding ceremony will take place at the Spring Session of the  
Saxon Academy of Sciences, April 12, 2013 at 16:00, in the Altes  
Rathaus (Old City Hall), Leipzig. The Session is open to the public.  
For further details, see  
http://www.saw-leipzig.de/aktuelles/oeffentliche-fruehjahrssitzung-2013.

On April 11, 17:00, Professor Karashima will give a talk at the  
Institute of Indology and Central Asian Studies, Leipzig University,  
on "What did the word mahâyâna originally mean?".
See http://www.gko.uni-leipzig.de/indologie-zaw/aktuelles.html.

All friends and colleagues are cordially invited.

With best wishes,

Eli Franco



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Prof. Dr. Eli Franco
Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften
Schillerstr. 6
04109 Leipzig

Ph. +49 341 9737 121, 9737 120 (dept. office)
Fax +49 341 9737 148


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