Coffee Break Conference in Oxford: Updated program
The new program of the CBC 2019 is particularly appealing and can be downloaded here (as for the flyer) and here (as for the program itself).
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Book discussion of Ram-Prasad’s Human Being, Bodily Being during the APA (Jan 2019)
During the APA (E) meeting in New York (January, 7-10, 2019), there will be an author meets critics session with Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad on his book Human Being, Bodily Being: Phenomenology from Classical India. The session is scheduled for Jan. 8th Continue reading Book discussion of Ram-Prasad’s Human Being, Bodily Being during the APA (Jan 2019)
Hyman’s analysis of atheism and some interesting Indian parallels
Gavin Hyman explains in his 2007 contribution to Martin’s Cambdride Companion to Atheism as well as in his 2010 A Short History of Atheism that atheism is always the refusal of a given form of theism. In particular, in European Continue reading Hyman’s analysis of atheism and some interesting Indian parallels
9th Coffee Break Conference on Science and Technology in Premodern Asia
The next CBC will take place in Oxford, Wolfson College, 4–6.12.2018. You can learn the names of the speakers and everything else here and in this flyer. General title: Science and Technology in Premodern Asia
6ys post-doc position in intercultural philosophy (Vienna)
I apologise for the late posting and hope it might be interesting for some readers. University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Philosophy Reference number: 8994 The advertised position is located at the Department of Philosophy which is part Continue reading 6ys post-doc position in intercultural philosophy (Vienna)
About the International Association of Sanskrit Studies
The following petition has been recently posted on the Indology mailing list: Dear Colleagues, A number of Sanskrit scholars plan to present the following letter to the International Association of Sanskrit Studies. We think it’s important that everyone in the Continue reading About the International Association of Sanskrit Studies
Coffee Break Conference, Oxford 2018 Call for papers
We invite proposals for papers for the 9th Coffee Break Conference, which will be hosted at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, 4-6 December 2018. The theme of the conference this year is “Science and Technology in Premodern Asia.” We welcome Continue reading Coffee Break Conference, Oxford 2018 Call for papers
Pāli courses online
For those of you who are interested in learning Pāli, the Middle Indo-Aryan language used by Theravāda Buddhists, you may want to have a look at the new on-demand course from the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. I know one Continue reading Pāli courses online
Bhavanātha and the move towards theistic Mīmāṃsā
The Mīmāṃsā school of Indian philosophy started as an atheist school since its first extant text, Jaimini’s Mīmāṃsā Sūtra. At a certain point in its history, however, it reinterpreted its atheist arguments as aiming only at a certain conception of Continue reading Bhavanātha and the move towards theistic Mīmāṃsā
Assistant professor in Asian Philosophy at British Columbia
Evan Thompson pointed out this ad for an assistant professor (tenure stream) position in “Asian Philosophy” (South Asian and/or East Asian) in the Department of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. Here is a link to the posting: https://www.philjobs.org/job/show/10990 Continue reading Assistant professor in Asian Philosophy at British Columbia