We are pleased to announce the Vienna Summer School on Asian Cultural and Intellectual History, July 6–11, 2026, hosted by the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (Austrian Academy of Sciences) and the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (University of Vienna). The Summer School will be offered as a EurAsia Summer Academy within the framework of the Cluster of Excellence “Eurasian Transformations.”

This year’s theme is “Mantras between Language, Ritual, and Materiality.” Participants will engage intensively with Sanskrit texts from various periods and traditions, including the Vedic tradition, Mīmāṃsā, Āyurveda, and Tantra. To round off the seminar, participants will also be introduced to non-textual and modern aspects of mantras by staff from the ERC-Synergy Project “MANTRAMS.”

Please circulate this announcement to interested colleagues and students. The registration deadline is May 15, 2026. For more information, go to:

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Dr. Dominik A. Haas, BA MA
dominik@haas.asia | ORCID 0000-0002-8505-6112
Postdoctoral Researcher, Austrian Academy of Sciences / COE “Eurasian Transformations” (2024–)
External Collaborator on the ERC-Synergy Project MANTRAMS (2024–)
Chair of the Junior Eurasia Researchers Network (2025–)
Series Editor of Puṣpikā (2025–)
Steering Committee Member of the International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (2025–)
Co-organizer of the Initiative for Fair Open Access in South Asian Studies (2020–)