[INDOLOGY] Upcoming symposium on the Greater Magadha theory

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Yes, if the participants give their permission.  I'm still asking them.  I
will make a statement about this on the symposium website.

On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 at 10:41, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei at uchicago.edu>
wrote:

> Thanks Dominik,
>
> This is most interesting. Will it be recorded and made available for those
> of us unable to participate at the time it takes place?
>
> best,
> Matthew
>
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études, émérite
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
>
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
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> *Subject:* [INDOLOGY] Upcoming symposium on the Greater Magadha theory
>
> Greater Magadha: Evaluation and Retrospective
> An online symposium to discuss the Greater Magadha hypothesis of Johannes
> Bronkhorst
> May 6 - 9, 2021  ·  University of Alberta (online)
>
> In his 2007 book *Greater Magadha
> <https://books.google.ca/books?id=4GNG5KuH73QC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false>*,
> Johannes Bronkhorst proposed a new theory for the historical formation of
> Indian culture in the mid-first millennium BCE. The theory proposed that a
> cultural and geographical area, Greater Magadha, was settled by an early
> wave of Indo-European speakers.  A second wave of Indo-European speakers,
> carriers of Vedic culture, subsequently encountered the Greater Magadhans
> to the east and the resultant cultural meeting gave rise to the main
> features known in later Indian history.  The Greater Magadha theory
> addresses many deep problems about the early formation of Indian culture
> that have long puzzled historians.  It has been widely accepted, but has
> also given rise to serious criticism.  This symposium will bring together
> some of the principal scholars who have engaged with the theory to discuss
> and retrospectively evaluate the theory just over a decade after it was
> proposed.
>
> This symposium is hosted by Prof. Dominik Wujastyk at the Department of
> History, Classics and Religion at the University of Alberta and with the
> financial support of the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research
> Council.
>
> The symposium will be conducted online as a Zoom Webinar.
>
> Full details of the symposium and registration are available at this
> website:
>
>    - http://eventleaf.com/GreaterMagadha
>
> Best wishes,
> Dominik Wujastyk
>
>
> --
> Professor Dominik Wujastyk
> <https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/wujastyk>
> ,
>
> Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
> ,
>
> Department of History and Classics
> <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/>
> ,
> University of Alberta, Canada
> .
>
>
> South Asia at the U of A:
>
> sas.ualberta.ca
>
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>
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