South Asia Reading Group || Room 3.08 (third floor) in Nauklerstrasse 35 | Thematic Focus : The Body in South Asia || 25th April, Thursday 12:15 PM – Claire Maes, The Problem of the Body in Indian Asceticism Details

WORKSHOP with the Indian Master Weaver Shamji Vankar Vishram Valji || Friday, 3rd May 2024, 2 to 7 pm | Hegelbau, room 101 (Wilhelmstr. 36, 72074 Tübingen) Details

International Conference on Ethics and Philosophy of Extreme Fasting in Eastern and Western Traditions, from May 31-June 1, 2024. A collaboration of the Department of Indology of the University of Tübingen and the Institut für Religionswissenschaft of the University of Bern, Switzerland.

By bringing together experts from diverse fields such as religious studies, Asian studies, philosophy, as well as applied ethics, this conference is the first of its kind to explore a networkof pertinent questions surrounding the ethics of different forms of extreme fasting practices from an interdisciplinary and transcultural perspective. Details

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP || Ego-Evidentiality and the right(s) to know (better)  || 25.-26.04.2024 || Tübingen, Bonatzbau, Schulungsraum Wilhelmstr. 32 | Room B004 Details

Repositories of South-Asian Studies between Detmold and Tübingen: Archival, Library and Museum Collections from Two Centuries of Indology || Talk by Dr. Amir Theilhaber || 10 July 2024 | 1815 hrs || Room 1.06 Nauklerstr. 35 / Zoom Details

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP : MALAYALAM IN PERFORMANCE TEXTS & CONTEXTS || 12 – 15 February 2024 || University of Tübingen | Nauklerstr. 35 | Room 1.06 (with selected participants online)  Details

11th International Conference on Relevance of South Asian Studies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Ecological Collapse || Keynote by Divyaraj Amiya, M.Phil. || 23.01.2024 || Details

Beyond Mainstream Paradigms: Exploring Mithila's Unique Human-Nature Dynamics in the Anthropocene || Talk by Dr. Manindra Nath Thakur | Tuesday, 16.01.2024 || 12:15 pm(Germany) / 4:45 pm (India) Details

Adivasi Knowledge Systems in South Asia: An Introduction 
Talk by Dr. Abhay Sagar Minz | Tuesday, 09.01.2024 || 12:15 pm(Germany) / 4:45 pm (India) Details

Repositories of South-Asian Studies between Detmold and Tübingen: Archival, Library and Museum Collections from Two Centuries of Indology || Talk by Dr. Amir Theilhaber ||  Nauklerstr. 35 / Zoom Details

Please note: Due to the German rail strike, the GUEST LECTURE by Dr. Amir Theilhaber "Repositories of South-Asian Studies between Detmold and Tübingen - Archival, Library and Museum Collections from Two Centuries of Indology" unfortunately CANNOT TAKE PLACE AS PLANNED on 24.01.24. It has been POSTPONED – please make note already June 12th, a confirmation and new invitation will follow in due time!

PALLAVI | Klassischer indischer Tanz goes Contemporary || Lecture Demonstration & Aufführung || WANN: Sonntag, 3.12.2023 | Beginn: 19 Uhr, Einlass: 18:30 Uhr WO: Sudhaus Tübingen Details

Adivasi Question in South Asian History and Society: An Overview
Talk by Dr. Abhay Sagar Minz | Tuesday, 07.11.2023 || 2:15 pm(Germany) /4:45 pm (India) Details

Watch Dr Frank Köhler talking on P. Thieme at the "Vedic Philology in the Twentieth Century" - International Webinar in honour of Ganesh U. Thite (2-3 May 2023)  here

Call for Applications: Project Team Leader || Svadēśabhimāni and the works of Vakkom Moulavi (1873-1932) Digitization and Research Project (with possibility of pursuing research studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany). Flyer. Details.

Call for Applications: Malayalam Course for Beginners (Hybrid)
Winter Term 2023/24 || Language of instructions: English || Prof. Dr. Heike Oberlin & Geetha K Wilson (M.A.) Details

Indology Lecture Series: Glimpses of indigenous Sanskrit linguistics
Guest Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tiziana Pontillo  ||   17th - 20 th July 2023  || In situ and via Zoom
Details

Beyond Death: Imperishable Monks and Buddhist Heritage Practices Among Mongols of Russia

A talk by Dr.Valeria Gazizova (SAI, Heidelberg/GSRL, Paris) via Zoom on Thursday 13.07.2023 ||  2:15-3:45 pm    Details

Twilight Zomia of the Nation State: The Vagabond in the South Asian Imagination | Talk by Dr. Avishek Ray || Tuesday, 20.06.23, 12:15 hrs | Room 1.06, Nauklerstr. 35 or via Zoom. Details

The making of modern Kerala - Investigating the digital collection of the newspaper The Svadesabhimani (Patriot), 1905-1910
A talk by Dr. Sajitha Bashir on Tuesday, 06. June 2023 | 16:15 hrs at Room 1.06 | Nauklerstr. 35 or via ​Zoom. Details

Dr. Dr. Martin Kämpchen reads from his biography : Introduction by Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Karl Josef Kuschel on Monday, 22. May 2023, 18:00 hrs at Schloß Hohentübingen | Ernst von Sieglin Hörsaal Details

Listen to the latest interview of Prof. Shulman and Prof. Oberlin on the book "Two Masterpieces of Kūṭiyāṭṭam: Mantrāṅkam and Aṅgulīyāṅkam" (Oxford University Press 2019) with the New Books in Indian Religions Podcast.

See the latest article and video by Dr Claire Maes for the promotion of Being Jain Art and Culture of an Indian Religion Exhibition at Museum Rietberg, Zurich (18/ Nov/22 to 30/Apr/23)