[INDOLOGY] ASTRA Fall Colloquium Series: Sky, Earth, and Bodies: Astral Sciences across High and Central Asia

[AJ Misra]

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the autumn 2026 colloquium series hosted by the
Max Planck Research Group, *Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia
<https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/departments/max-planck-research-group-astra>*
(ASTRA).

Our upcoming series, titled *Sky, Earth, and Bodies: Astral Sciences across
High and Central Asia
<https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/page/astra-colloquium-sky-earth-bodies.>*,
has been organised by ASTRA's postdoctoral scholar Dr Luigi Rogora
<https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/people/lrogora>.

The Tibetan term *tsi* ('calculation') represents a broad range of astral
sciences, including astronomy, astrology, geomancy, and medicine, that
flourished through dynamic exchanges across India, Tibet, Mongolia, and
China. By viewing the human body as a microcosm structurally attuned to
cosmic cycles, these practices linked celestial movements to somatic
experience and medical expertise within monastic and scholarly networks.

This colloquium series highlights these trans-regional traditions, tracing
how astral knowledge and scientific practices travelled across languages,
places, and communities. It brings together scholars to examine the dynamic
intersections of astronomical knowledge, calendrical structures,
geographical frameworks, systems across High and Central Asia.

*All talks in the series will be live-streamed online*, and Zoom access
links, individual abstracts, and further details can be found on the series
homepage at
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/page/astra-colloquium-sky-earth-bodies.


*Opening Talk:*

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   *Title:* The Anatomy of Time: Integrating Medical Calendrics and
   Dolpopa’s Ontology in the Kālacakra System
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   *Speaker:* Sokhyo Bryan Jo
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   *Date & Time:* 29 September 2026, 10:00 AM CEST
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   *Talk Link:*
   https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/anatomy-time-integrating-medical-calendrics-and-dolpopas-ontology-kalacakra-system

We look forward to welcoming many of you online. Please feel free to pass
this announcement along to colleagues and contacts who may also find it of
interest.

With kind regards,
Prof. Dr Anuj Misra
-- 
<https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/departments/max-planck-research-group-astra>
*Anuj MISRA*, Ph.D (he/him)
*Max Planck Research Group Leader
<https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/people/amisra>*
RG: Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA
<https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/departments/max-planck-research-group-astra>
)
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG)
Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, GERMANY

Room 102, Harnackstraße 5
+49 30 22667 313
amisra at mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

─ *in conjunction with*─

*Professor of the History of Science and the History of Knowledge
<https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/wissensgeschichte/mitarbeiter_innen/Anuj-Misra/index.html>*
Institute for the History of Knowledge in the Ancient World
Department of History and Cultural Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Otto-von-Simson-Str. 7, 14195 Berlin, GERMANY

Room 205
+49 03 838 59046
a.misra at fu-berlin.de

─
*Affiliated External Researcher
<https://ccrs.ku.dk/staff/?pure=en/persons/663586>* (2024─25)
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies (CCRS)
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DENMARK
anuj.misra at hum.ku.dk

─
*Adjunct Senior Fellow <https://profiles.canterbury.ac.nz/Anuj-Misra>*
(since September 2021)
School of Mathematics and Statistics | Te Kura Pāngarau
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND
aj.misra at canterbury.ac.nz
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