[INDOLOGY] Statement Regarding the Murty Classical Library of India

[Jan E.M. Houben]

Dear All,

Thanks for drawing attention to this disturbing situation.
While profoundly appreciative and grateful for the monumental achievements
of MCLI so far, thanks to the generous funding and the engagement of
sincere scholarship and administration, I fully support both points brought
forward by Brendan.
Perhaps so, but it is indeed questionable whether anything can be expected
by writing to the current interim provost or any senior administrator at
Harvard University, who, no doubt having more pressing concerns at present,
are only in the most formal way "ultimately responsible" for what happens
according to MCLI's self-adopted and self-funded mission
https://www.murtylibrary.com/about/our-mission

All best,

Jan Houben

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 15:33, Brendan Gillon via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I too agree that the Murty Classical Library of India is a valuable book
> series and its discontinuation would be a loss to Indology. I would be
> happy to sign a letter to that effect.
>
> I would in no circumstances sign a letter censuring someone without having
> heard the accused person's side of the story. It is a fundamental principle
> of law: `audi alteram partem' (`let the other side be heard').
>
> Cordially yours,
>
> Brendan Gillon
>
>
> On 3/5/24 02:20, Asko Parpola via INDOLOGY wrote:
>
> This is a stain on Professor Parimal Patil and on Harvard University. I do
> hope the Provost of Harvard will set the matter right.
>
> Asko Parpola, Professor Emeritus of South Asian Studies, University of
> Helsinki
>
>
>
> On 4. Mar 2024, at 20.58, Robert P. GOLDMAN via INDOLOGY
> <indology at list.indology.info> <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> This is deeply disturbing although, alas, hardly surprising. It reflects,
> no doubt ,political interference with this groundbreaking and outstanding
> scholarly series. List members should add their voices to those of  the
>  former members of the editorial board.
>
> Dr. R.P. Goldman
> William and Catherine Magistretti Professor of Sanskrit Emeritus
> and
> Joint Editor of the South Asia Across the Disciplines  Publication Series
> Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
> Berkeley, CA 94720-2540
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2024, at 8:29 AM, Archana Venkatesan via INDOLOGY
> <indology at list.indology.info> <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Dear Respected Colleagues,
>
> With apologies for cross-posting, please see the attached communication
> from the former editors of the Murty Classical Library of India.
>
> Archana
>
> --
> *"When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an
> incarnation."*  Jorge Luis Borges
>
> Archana Venkatesan <https://archana.faculty.ucdavis.edu/> (
> archana.faculty.ucdavis.edu)
> Graduate Advisor, Graduate Program in the Study of Religion
> <https://religionsgrad.ucdavis.edu/> (2022-2024)
> *Professor, Religious Studies and Comparative Literature*
> Phone: 530-754-2821 (Office)
>
>
>
>
>
> <Statement regarding the Murty Classical Library of India.pdf>
>
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*Jan E.M. Houben*

Directeur d'Études, Professor of South Asian History and Philology

*Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite*

École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris Sciences et Lettres)

*Sciences historiques et philologiques *

Groupe de recherches en études indiennes (EA 2120)

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