Dear colleagues, 

We are delighted to invite you to the next Georg Bühler Lecture of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, which will be given by Diwakar Acharya (Oxford University) on the topic of Poetic Devices, Literary Styles, and Compositional Strategies in Early Indic Epigraphs. The lecture will take on Tuesday 13th December at 5pm CET. 

For the program and abstract, please see here. 

In case you would like to attend, please kindly register here; you will receive the link after registration. 

Best wishes, 

Nina Mirnig and Hannes A. Fellner (organizers)

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The lecture series dedicated to Georg Bühler and organised by the Austrian Academy of Sciences marks and celebrates the 140th anniversary of Bühler's taking up the Chair for Philology and Antiquities of Ancient India at the University of Vienna and his subsequent membership at the Austria Academy of Sciences. Six lectures address Bühler’s intellectual legacy and also highlight new research and latest developments in Bühler’s fields of study. Please see below for the other speakers and talks in the series in 2022. 
 
Tuesday, 14th December 2021 | 5 pm CET | Online
Indra Sengupta | German Historical Institute London
From Text to Field. Georg Bühler and the Production of Knowledge in Late-Nineteenth-Century India
 
Tuesday, 1st March 2022 | 5 pm CET | Hybrid at the Austrian Academy of Sciences 
Richard Salomon | University of Washington 
Georg Bühler as (a) Father of Modern Indian Epigraphy
 
Tuesday, 24th May 2022 | 5 pm CET | Hybrid at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Stephanie Jamison | University of California Los Angeles 
What would a Vedic Lawcode Look Like?
 
Thursday, 10th November 2022 | 5 pm CET | Hybrid at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Annette Schmiedchen | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Epigraphy and History in the 21st Century 1
Looking Back on 140 Years of Maitraka and Rāṣṭrakūṭa Epigraphy
&
Arlo Griffiths | Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris
Epigraphy and History in the 21st Century 2
Looking Forward to a Digital Database of South and Southeast Asian Epigraphy
 
Tuesday, 13th December 2022 | 5 pm CET | Hybrid at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Diwakar Acharya | Oxford University 
Poetic Devices, Literary Styles, and Compositional Strategies in Early Indic Epigraphs

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