Dear colleagues,

I would like to remind you about the continuation of the well-known tradition of the Heidelberg Summer Schools in 2011.

As a new feature, this year's summer school will also include courses in Colloquial Tibetan and Manuscriptology.

All courses take place at the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, from August 01 - 26:

- Spoken Sanskrit (by Sadananda Das)
- Nepali Intensive (by Laxmi Nath Shrestha)
- Colloquial Tibetan (by Jonathan Samuels)
- Manuscriptology (by Saraju Rath)

The deadline for application is 31st Mai 2011. For further information and download of the application form, see:
www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/en/summer_schools

The Summer Schools are organised jointly by Professor Birgit Kellner, Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context", and Professor Axel Michaels, Department of Cultural and Religious History of South Asia (Classical Indology), South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg.

Best wishes,

Markus Viehbeck

Markus Viehbeck

Assistant, Buddhist Studies

Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context"

University of Heidelberg

Karl Jaspers Centre

Vossstraße 2, Building 4400

D-69115 Heidelberg

viehbeck@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de