RE: Section of Linguistics, 19th World Sanskrit Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, 26-30 June 2025

Dear members of the Indology List and of the BVParishat, 

As one of the most widely recognized branches of science represented in all major universities of the world, linguistics is also the scientific discipline where the solid and clearly identifiable pioneering achievements of the Sanskrit tradition from the first millennium BCE onwards are most widely recognized. Abstracts of articles in the broad field of Sanskrit linguistics are invited preferably in English, because of its status as a scientific language of general accessibility throughout the world; but also, given its long-standing status as an academic language in linguistics, in Sanskrit. 

Topics could include the linguistic analysis of Sanskrit (including Vedic Sanskrit, and Sanskrit/Vedic from an Indo-Iranian and/or Indo-European perspective), linguistic theories and semantics, the history of linguistics with reference to Sanskrit... 

All abstracts submitted to the Linguistics section will be judged in the same transparent manner based on the originality of the contribution (apūrvatva), the indication of evidence in the form of linguistic observations and source citations (pratyakṣa), the theoretical framework (āgama), and, where appropriate, a summary of the argument (anumāna). Papers dealing primarily with philological issues or non-linguistic topics will be referred to one of the other sections of the 19th World Sanskrit Conference.

***Please note that the extended deadline is now set at 30 September 2024.***
https://www.nepalworldsanskrit.org/Home/Perabstractsubmision
(In case you have submitted your abstract before the rescheduling of the conference to June 2025, and did not receive an abstract confirmation, you are invited to resubmit.)

For the names of the conveners of all Sections, including Linguistics, see: 

https://www.nepalworldsanskrit.org/Home/Sectionsandconvenors?Name=Sections%20and%20Conveners

With best regards, the conveners of the Section of Linguistics, 19th WSC, Kathmandu, 26-30 June 2025 

On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 at 17:41, Jan E.M. Houben <jemhouben@gmail.com> wrote:
RE: Section of Linguistics, 19th World Sanskrit Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, 26-30 June 2025

Dear members of the Indology List and of BVParishat, 

The conveners of the Linguistics Section at the 19th World Sanskrit Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, 26-30 June 2025, kindly invite scholars working in the domain of Linguistics of Sanskrit (including Vedic Sanskrit) to submit their abstract at the website: 
https://www.nepalworldsanskrit.org/Home/Perabstractsubmision

Within the limit of 300 words please indicate clearly what the original scientific contribution of your paper is to the chosen subject in the domain of Linguistics. 

Please note that the extended deadline is now set at 31 August 2024. 
For the names of the conveners of all Sections, including Linguistics, see now: 


With best regards, the conveners of the Section of Linguistics, 19th WSC, Kathmandu, 26-30 June 2025. 
"Prof. Jan Houben
Prof. John Lowe
Prof. Madhav Pokharel
Prof. Malhar Kulkarni
Prof. Meenakshi Srinivasan"

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Jan E.M. Houben

Directeur d'Études, Professor of South Asian History and Philology

Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite

École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris Sciences et Lettres)

Sciences historiques et philologiques 

Groupe de recherches en études indiennes (EA 2120)

johannes.houben [at] ephe.psl.eu

https://ephe-sorbonne.academia.edu/JanEMHouben

https://www.classicalindia.info