[INDOLOGY] German Indology and National Socialism

[Jan E.M. Houben]

Dear Eli, thanks for sharing this information and especially your
contributions on this "forbidden topic" in the history of Indology.
Jan Houben

On Friday, September 22, 2023, Eli Franco <franco at uni-leipzig.de> wrote:

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>
> Dear list members,
>
> I would like to draw your attention to a special issue of
> NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Technik und Medizin/
> NTM Journal of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
> on German Indology and National Socialism, which contains the following
> articles:
>
> Moritz Epple, Maria Framke, Eli Franco, Horst Junginger, and Baijayanti
> Roy, Where do we Stand in the Historiography of Small Disciplines in Nazi
> Germany? The Case of Indology
>
> Same authors, Introduction: Indology and Aryanism: Knowledge of India in
> Nazi Germany—An Invitation for New Research
> Maria Framke, Manoeuvring Across Academia in National Socialist Germany:
> The Life and Work of Devendra Nath Bannerjea
>
> Eli Franco, “There is No Reliable Evidence to Pass Moral Judgment on
> Frauwallner.”
> Erich Frauwallner, Jakob Stuchlik, Walter Slaje, and the Whitewashing of
> Austrian Indology During the Time of National Socialism
> (I wish to take this opportunity to modify my final statement by referring
> to Axel Michaels, “Sheldon Pollock and German Indology.” In: Hans Harder
> and Dhruv Raina (eds.), Disciplines and Movements. Conversations between
> India and the German-speaking World. Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 85-104.)
>
> Baijayanti Roy, Knowledge of India as an Instrument of Nazi Politics:
> Ludwig Alsdorf, German Indology and Indian Anti-Colonialism
>
> Isabella Schwaderer, “Exotic Sensation” or “Völkisch Art”? Press Reviews
> of the Indisches Ballett Menaka (Menaka Indian Ballet) on Tour Through
> Germany, 1936–1938
>
> All articles have Open Access and can be downloaded in
> https://link.springer.com/journal/48/online-first
>
> Best wishes and Shanah Tovah,
> Eli
>
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*Jan E.M. Houben*

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*Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite*

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*Sciences historiques et philologiques *

Groupe de recherches en études indiennes (EA 2120)

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