Cultural and Religious History of South Asia - Classical Indology

03/06/2026

30/05/2026

Join us for Dr. Oliver Freiberger's talk "Renegades or Heroes? Extraordinary Ascetics in Indian Buddhism" on June 16th, at 4:15pm (SAI, room 130.00.03)

28/05/2026

Join us on June 15th for Leslie Orr's presentation on Tirukkurungudi's inscriptions - either in Heidelberg's SAI or online

27/05/2026

Should you be in Heidelberg, join us for this semester's workshops and lectures:

26/05/2026

We are delighted that Astrid Zotter's “Flowers, Gods and Scholars. The Puṣpacintāmaṇi, a Nepalese Digest on Flowers in Worship” (Ethno-Indology, Vol. 19) has been published today! OA Link: https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/book/1562

23/05/2026

Prof. Ute Hüsken in the new issue of 'Ruperto Carola'

ON & OFF – a seemingly simple principle that influences many processes and is, therefore, used in a variety of ways in science. As one of 21 scientists featured in the university’s research magazine “Ruperto Carola,” Prof. Ute Hüsken discusses her research area of Indology. In a cross-disciplinary interview with neurobiologist Prof. Hilmar Bading, she discusses the modes of 'on' and 'off' as research methods. Central to her approach is the significance of rites of passage for the beginning of new life phases as well as for posterity.

21/01/2026

Please join us next Wednesday, January 28, at 11:15 CET for the online talk by Anna Ślączka (Rijks Museum, Amsterdam) and Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz (Jagiellonian University, Cracow) "The temple in stone and words. New research on the Sri Atmanathaswamy Temple in Avudaiyarkoil"; Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82982609159?pwd=BPb2ailN7pMCpDlYaoNgVD1DL1bm8u.1

Meeting ID: 829 8260 9159
Passcode: 081148