37th Annual Sanskrit Tradition in the Modern World Symposium

Friday 28 May 2021

We warmly invite you to the 37th Sanskrit Tradition in the Modern World symposium, which will be held online, hosted by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.

Sanskrit Traditions in the Modern World (STIMW) is a forum for the discussion of the Sanskrit traditions of South Asia, and the texts and cultures that have risen out of them. It brings together established and rising academics for the focused examination of research pertaining to various aspects of South Asia’s rich Sanskrit religious and intellectual culture. It thereby seeks to sustain and build upon the long history of scholarship in this important area of study.

This year's symposium will feature the following papers:

Ruth Westoby, SOAS University of London
‘Uncoiling a concept: Kuṇḍalinī in the early Haṭhacorpus’ (Discussant: Jason Birch)

C. T. Fleming, University of Oxford
‘Dharmaśāstra in the Ayodhya Verdict (2019)’ (Discussant: Jacqueline Hirst)

Rebecca Manring, Indiana University

‘Hanumān's Leaps of Faith: Intertextuality in the Dharma-maṅgala’ (Discussant: Ishan Chakrabarty)

Elena Mucciarelli, University of Groningen & Adheesh Sathaye, University of British Columbia
‘Transcreating Sanskrit Humour through Kutiyattam Performance’ (Discussant: Mandakranta Bose)

There is no registration fee. But if you would like to attend, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/153330845687

Papers will be circulated in advance to those who registered.

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Dr. Rembert Lutjeharms
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
13-15 Magdalen Street
Oxford OX1 3AE United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 (0)1865 304300