Dear
List members,
The 2020 course “Lived
Sanskrit Cultures in Varanasi” is now open for applications.
We’d be pleased if you could forward this announcement to
potential applicants.
The three-week
intensive course “Lived Sanskrit
Cultures in Varanasi” (Feb 17 to March 6,
2020) is designed
to impart a practice-oriented training in methods of
cultural and religious studies, focusing on how Sanskrit
texts are taught, applied, enacted, inscribed in spaces and
lived by practitioners, women and men, in Varanasi.
Areas
of study:
Teaching
Sanskrit and the Veda • Performing Rituals • Processions
in Varanasi • Goddess Temples in Varanasi • Indian
Calendrical Systems • A Crash Course in Spoken Sanskrit
Course fee: 890 Euro. This fee
includes accommodation in double rooms, breakfast, dinner
and local transport. For single room accommodation the
charge is 500 Euro extra.
Application
deadline: 31st Oct. 2019
Language of
instruction: English
Max. strength: 12 students
Eligibility: Applications are
invited by students registered at a university or another
academic institution. This course is suitable for students
who are studying in B.A./M.A. or researchers working in
these areas. It is open to students hailing from any part of
the world. Knowledge of Sanskrit is mandatory (equivalent to
at least 1 year of university level courses). In addition,
working knowledge of Hindi is desirable, but no prerequisite
for the course. Moreover, previous exposure to Varanasi or
India is useful. For large parts of the course, participants
will work in teams. Willingness and ability for team work is
therefore an essential precondition.
Organizers:
Prof. Dr.
Ute Hüsken (Heidelberg University)
Prof. Dr.
Jörg Gengnagel (Würzburg University)
Dr. Vinita Chandra
(IIT / Banaras Hindu University)
Contact: heidelberg-sanskrit@uni-heidelberg.de
Detailed
information on the 2020 course:
https://sai.uni-heidelberg.de/hdsanskrit
http://www.indologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuell/
With best regards
Ute Hüsken, Jörg
Gengnagel