This is of course absolutely wonderful news for younger scholars and the field in general, especially since the funding for the South Asia Across the Disciplines  series , which also published first books on the region (not just indology) was finally exhausted. 

Rosane, Patrick et al  at the  Foundation are doing great work for the field. 

Best wishes to all for a pleasant and productive holiday season.

Dr. R. P.  Goldman
William and Catherine Magistretti Distinguished Professor Emeritus and

Professor in the Graduate School
Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies MC # 2540
The University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-2540
Tel: 510-642-4089
Fax: 510-642-2409

On Nov 18, 2021, at 5:09 PM, Jesse Knutson <jknutson@hawaii.edu> wrote:

Wow these both sound extraordinary. Such an auspicious beginning for the initiative and for both authors. Congratulations to everyone!

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 10:22 AM Rosane Rocher via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Patrick Olivelle has difficulty posting this message on our Indology list. Let's hope that this does not bounce.

Greetings to all,
Rosane Rocher

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Subject:	FW: [RISA-L LIST] The Ludo and Rosane Rocher Foundation
Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 2021 20:12:49 +0000
From:	Olivelle, J P <jpo@austin.utexas.edu>
To:	Rosane Rocher <rrocher@sas.upenn.edu>

Here is the post

 

From: "Olivelle, J P" <jpo@austin.utexas.edu>
Reply-To: "Religion in South Asia (RISA) Academic Discussion List" <risa-l@lists.sandiego.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 10:52 AM
To: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces@list.indology.info>, "Religion in South Asia (RISA) Academic Discussion List" <risa-l@lists.sandiego.edu>
Subject: [RISA-L LIST] The Ludo and Rosane Rocher Foundation

 

Friends:

 

It gives me great pleasure to inform you of the first two books published under the “First Books” initiative of the Rocher Foundation. They are:

 

(1) Sonam Kachru, Other Lives. Mind and World in Indian Buddhism, Columbia University Press, 2021. http://cup.columbia.edu/book/other-lives/9780231200011

 

(2) Samuel Wright, A Time of Novelty: Logic, Emotion, and Intellectual Life in Early India, 1500-1700 CE., Oxford University Press, 2021. https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780197568163.001.0001/oso-9780197568163

 

I want to alert young scholars once again to this great initiative, which hopefully will facilitate the publication of first books.

 

Patrick Olivelle

 

The Ludo and Rosane Rocher Foundation has created a program that provides subventions for the publication of "first books" by young scholars in the field of classical Indology. The scholars are expected to submit a CV, a book title, summary, and table of contents to the Foundation, with a list of potential publishers. These should be academic presses: either US university presses or the US offices of foreign academic presses, such as Oxford University Press. Upon preliminary approval, the author will send the full manuscript for review. The manuscript should be in publishable form, that is, one that the author sends to a publisher, in most cases a thoroughly revised dissertation. Once a book has been approved by the Foundation, it will provide a subvention of $ 5000 to the press that undertakes to publish it. It will be the responsibility of the author to find a suitable press. The published book must carry on the Copyright page the acknowledgment: “Published with the support of The Ludo and Rosane Rocher Foundation.” This program is intended to support young scholars in the early years of their postdoctoral academic life. 

 

Submissions should be addressed to the Foundation’s General Editor, Prof. J. Patrick Olivelle jpo@austin.utexas.edu

 

 

 

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