Who is a 'Christian' in India? Notes from the Field and the Archives || A lecture by Dr. Nidhin Donald | 14 January 2026 | 10:15-11:45 hrs || Zoom Details

South Asia through the Lens of Elephants Historical Trajectories and Possible Futures in the Anthropocene | An Online Talk by Dr. Raman Sukumar || Tuesday, 3 February 2026 | 18:15 (Germany) / 22:45 (India) Details

The Poetesses of the Ṛgveda: Life and Vision | A talk by Dr Mau Das Gupta (University of Calcutta) || February 27 || 10:00-12:00 hrs | Room 1.06 Nauklerstr. 35 || Zoom 

International Workshop || “Embodying Truth in Ancient Indian Ascetic Traditions” | May 11, 2026 || Schulungsraum (B004) in the Bonatzbau, University Library  Details 

Renewal of the agreement  with Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University and Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen for 3 years.

"Decolonial Praxis of Land Rights versus Bureaucratic Inscriptions of Nation-State" || A talk by Bharti Arora (AIAS-AUFF Fellow, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies) | 1st June 2026 || 6:15 pm- 8:00 pm | Room 3.08, Nauklerstr. 35 Details

Why Should The Gods Love Obsure (Parokṣa) Language? Late Vedic Speculations on Language and Reality | A talk by Maria Piera Candotti (University of Pisa) || June 8 | 18:00-20:00 hrs || Room 3.08, Nauklerstr. 35 Details

Populism and Postcoloniality in Contemporary India (1985–2025) ||  A talk by Dr. Ajay Gudavarthy (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) | June 9, 2026 || 18:15 hrs (Germany)/ 09:45 pm (India) Details 

Merchant Ships and Forest Groves: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Archives || A talk by Ophira Gamliel (University of Glasgow, visiting Professor University of Tübingen) | 13th July 2026 || 18:15-19:45 hrs || Room 3.08, Nauklerstr. 35 Details

The Path Not Taken: Meghanādāri Sūri’s Exclusion of Śūdras || A Talk by Manasicha Akepiyapornchai (The University of Texas at Austin) || July 10, 2026 | 12:15-14:00 hrs || Venue: Room 002, Keplerstr.2 Details

Renegades or Heroes? Extraordinary Ascetics in Indian Buddhism || A Talk by Oliver Freiberger (The University of Texas at Austin) | June 22, 2026 || 18:15-20:00 hrs || Room 1.06, Nauklerstr. 35  Details

Indology Colloquium Series SS 26

Research Dialogues on Kerala: Malayali Worlds in Focus || Doctoral Workshop | Two-day workshop || October 31- November 1, 2025 Details 

Autumn School 2025 on Uniqueness and Relevance of South Asian Studies in the Contemporary World || October 6-16, 2025), jointly organised by Amity University, Lucknow Campus and Uppsala University, Sweden Details

Talk by Prof. Dr Oberlin on “Studying Kerala’s Traditional Sanskrit theatre Kūṭiyāṭṭam: Learning how to Perform as a Research Method?” at Universita di Torino || 12-14 hrs | Webex  Details 

Screening of the film Altar of Fire & discussion of Frits Staal’s The meaninglessness of ritual || Feb 5, 2025 | Seminar Room 002, Keplerstraße 2 || 10:15 -11:45 am Details
 

The Journey of Indian and Hindi Rap and Hip-Hop || Talk by Nitin Bhardwaj || 28 Jan 2025 | 18:15 hrs (Germany) | 10:45 pm (India) || via Zoom Details

Presentation by Dr Oberlin at Sapienza Universita Di Roma on “Texts in Performance Kūṭiyāṭṭam: Living Sanskrit Theater in the Kerala Tradition” || April 2, 2025 | 1500 hrs

Workshop by Heike Oberlin on “Emotions - Body - Text in Indian Performing Traditions” || April | Nuovo Teatro Ateneo, Sapienza Universita Di Roma Details

SONGS OF KĀṞAḶMĀN (CHARLEMAGNE): A Weeklong Block Seminar for Advanced Malayalam Language Proficiency || 7-11 April | Venue Changed to Brechtbau, Room 028 || Zoom Details

Caviṭṭunāṭakam On Screen: Film Screening and Discussions || Venue Changed to Brechtbau Room 028 | Zoom Details

*NEW ZOOM LINK* Screening of the Film “Fragments of Illusion” has been rescheduled || 10 April 2025 | 1630-1800 hrs CEST (8-9:30 PM IST) || Details

Understanding the Devadasi through her Repertoire || Lecture with demonstrations | Yashoda Thakore, PhD || 5th May 2025 | 16:15 hrs || “Brechtbau-Theater” (Wilhelmstr. 50) Details

*Demonstration postponed* || Online-only lecture | Texts and Bodily Practice: Persisting Orientalism || Yashoda Thakore, PhD | 5th May 2025 || 16:15 hrs CEST Details

Discussion with Dr. Ramanuj Banerjee, Counsellor (Science & Technology) at the Embassy of India in Berlin on 18 June

Embodiments of Aid: The Role of Bodhisattva Emanation Doctrine in the Centering of Female Deities in Mahayana Indian Buddhism (c. 3rd-6th centuries CE) || Hillary Langberg |11 July 2025 || 10:00-12:00 Uhr Details

The God Kamadeva in Jainism | Talk by Eva De Clercq || 16 July 2025 | 16:00-18:00 Uhr Details

Call for Applications | Malayalam: Course for Beginners | Winter Term 2025/26 || Prof. Dr. Heike Oberlin & Vishnupriyaa P.S. (M.A.) Details

Watch the recording of Dr. Debal Deb talk: The Food Question in India and China – Navigating Between Agroecology and Industrial Agriculture here Passcode:Bw7^YbE7

Read the Interview of Heike Oberlin with theinder.net here Deutsch English

“Contested sovereignties on the Kerala coast: Popular protests against the construction of the Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport” | A Lecture by Dr. Filippo Osella (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex) ||  October 31 | 13:10 hrs || Bonatzbau, Schulungsraum B004 Universitätsbibliothek, Wilhelmstr. 32  Details 

Lecture Series- Embodiments of Truths: The Body and Ascetic Practices in Ancient Indian Traditions || Nov 10, Nov 17, Dec 1, Dec 8 | 6:00-7:30pm CET Registration Details

The Emaciated Body: Contested Ideologies of Asceticism in Early India | A lecture by Claire Maes || Monday, November 10, 2025 | 6:00-7:30 pm CET Registration

‘Playing with fire: Bodily powers and the domestication of other bodies in some early Buddhist narratives’ | A lecture by Roberto E. García, El Colegio de México || Monday, November 17, 2025 | 6:00-7:30 pm CET Details

The Cosmic Man (lokapuruṣa) as the Body of Human and the Body of the Cosmos in Jainism || A lecture by Piotr Balcerowicz, University of Warsaw | Monday December 1, 2025 | 6:00-7:30pm CET Details

South Asia Reading Group : Winter Semester 25/26 || Room 2.07 or via Zoom | Nov 19, Dec 17, Jan 21 || Details

Towards a Problem and Solution-Oriented New South Asian Studies for Modern Global Challenges: Its Whys and Hows by Divyaraj Amiya, M. Phil. ||  August 6th, 2024 | 11 am (Germany), 2:30 pm (India) Details  Poster

Towards a Problem and Solution-Oriented New South Asian Studies for Modern Global Challenges: Its Whys and Hows by Divyaraj Amiya, M. Phil. ||  August 6th, 2024
| 11 am (Germany), 2:30 pm (India) Details

Contribution of Bollywood Film Songs to Indology/South Asian Studies || Presentation by Dr. Anjana Sandhir | July 02, Tuesday || 6pm (Germany) 9:30 pm (India) Details 

Depicting the Body of the Modern Jain Saint: Realism, Innovation, and Tradition in the Images of Śrīmad Rājacandra || Lecture by Steven M. Vose | June 24, Monday || 18:15-19:45 Details

DHRUPAD lecture-demonstration and performance | Sunday, 6 June || Sudhaus | 6 pm Details

Sending for the Sādhū – Jain mendicant presence outside South Asia, and why it matters | Talk by Tine Vekemans (Ghent University) || June 12, Wednesday | 16:00-18:00 hrs || Room SR 081 - Altes Oberschulamt | Keplerstraße 2 Details

"Das parallele Schicksal von Sanskrit und Latein" Hermann Weller (1878-1956) |  Tübinger Indologe und neulateinischer Dichter || 21. Juni 2024 Details

Buddhism, Trade, and Politics in Early Medieval India || Talk by Dr. Mekhola S. Gomes (Amherst College) || Monday, 27 May 2024 || 3:00 pm || Nauklerstr. 35 | Room 1.06 Details

Lecture with the Indian magician Pradeep Hudino on: Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer - The Sultan of Malayalam Stories | Friday, the 10th of May 2023 from 11:30 to 13:30 || Room 106, Nauklerstr. 36 

Semester schedule for the AOI course "Stress and Daily Life of the Middle Classes in China, Germany, India and Japan" Details

Origin(s) of Stress, Time and Domestication in World History: An Overview A Lecture by John Zerzan || Tuesday, May 14, 18:00 (Germany) / Oregon time 9:00 AM, New Delhi time 9:30 PM Details

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

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!

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

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

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)