2016 PTBS Lecture Series

2016 Programme

  • 01.03.2016: Jonathan Silk (Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands)
    “Buddhism, Social Justice and the Status of the Caṇḍāla
  • 08.03.2016: Petra Kieffer-Pülz (University of Mainz, Germany)
    Observations on the relation between Sri Lanka and South India during the centuries”
  • 15.03.2016: Pieter Verhagen (Universeit Leiden, the Netherlands)
    Indian Traditions in Tibet: a Procrustean Bed?”
  • 22.03.2016: Noor van Brussel (UGent, Belgium)
    Godinnen en demonen in een wereld van allusie: over het ontstaan en de vermenging van verhaaltradities in Zuid-India”
  • 12.04.2016: Tillo Detige (UGent, Belgium)
    “Fanatics vs. Pacifists? Rethinking the fortunes of Digambara Jainism under Muslim rule”
  • 19.04.2016: Tine Vekemans (UGent, Belgium)
    Tradition & Technology – Resisting and Embracing Media Innovation in South Asian Religious Contexts”
  • 26.04.2016: Agnieszka Rostalska (UGent, Belgium)
    The recognition of Vedic authority in Nyaya tradition
  • 03.05.2016: Monika Horstmann (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
    “Interior Religion: A Religious Paradigm in Early Modern North India”