[INDOLOGY] 2020 course “Lived Sanskrit Cultures in Varanasi”, Feb 17 to March 6 (2020)

[Jörg Gengnagel]

Dear List members,

The 2020 course “Lived Sanskrit Cultures in Varanasi” is now open for 
applications. We’d be pleased if you could forward this announcement to 
potential applicants.

The three-week intensive course“Lived Sanskrit Cultures in Varanasi”(Feb 
17 to March 6, 2020) is**designed to impart a practice-oriented training 
in methods of cultural and religious studies, focusing on how Sanskrit 
texts are taught, applied, enacted, inscribed in spaces and lived by 
practitioners, women and men, in Varanasi.

*Areas of study:*

*Teaching Sanskrit and the Veda • Performing Rituals • Processions in 
Varanasi • Goddess Temples in Varanasi • Indian Calendrical Systems • A 
Crash Course in Spoken Sanskrit***

*Course fee:*890 Euro. This fee includes accommodation in double rooms, 
breakfast, dinner and local transport. For single room accommodation the 
charge is 500 Euro extra.

*Application deadline:*31st Oct. 2019

*Language of instruction:*English

*Max. strength:*12 students

*Eligibility*: Applications are invited by students registered at a 
university or another academic institution. This course is suitable for 
students who are studying in B.A./M.A. or researchers working in these 
areas. It is open to students hailing from any part of the world. 
Knowledge of Sanskrit is mandatory (equivalent to at least 1 year of 
university level courses). In addition, working knowledge of Hindi is 
desirable, but no prerequisite for the course. Moreover, previous 
exposure to Varanasi or India is useful. For large parts of the course, 
participants will work in teams. Willingness and ability for team work 
is therefore an essential precondition.

*Organizers:*

Prof. Dr. Ute Hüsken (Heidelberg University)

Prof. Dr. Jörg Gengnagel (Würzburg University)

Dr. Vinita Chandra (IIT / Banaras Hindu University)

*Contact:*heidelberg-sanskrit at uni-heidelberg.de 
<mailto:heidelberg-sanskrit at uni-heidelberg.de>

*Detailed information on the 2020 course:*

https://sai.uni-heidelberg.de/hdsanskrit

http://www.indologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuell/

With best regards

Ute Hüsken, Jörg Gengnagel



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