Q1 EF: In this second part of our chat, we will focus on career. How did your scholarly career start?
CB: I started by focusing on Indo-European studies and, consequently, learnt Sanskrit, Armenian… and Sogdian, which immediately interested me most [see Q2 of part 1].
This post is the European continuation of Andrew Nicholson’s one. Andrew is also the one who prompted me to write a European list.
Indian philosophy is taught in at least two different places in Europe:
Salary: £28,132-£36,661
Reference: 02862
Closing date: 22 April 2014
Two Post-doctoral Positions, within the project «Perso-Indica». University Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris – Friedrich-Wilhelm University, Bonn.
The deadline for submissions for this year’s annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Diego is Monday, March 3, 2014, 5:00 pm EST. The Program Administration Proposal, Evaluation, Review, and Submission (PAPERS) System, the AAR’s online proposal submission system, is open for your proposal! The AAR Meeting will be held November 22-25, 2014.
The Yogācāra Buddhism Group invites proposals on the following:
Call for Papers:
In light of the success and excitement that our text-discussion format has received in recent years, the following candidates for the upcoming AAR were proposed:
• The “Tattvārtha” chapter of the Bodhisattvabhūmi
• A chapter of the Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra, e.g., Paramārthasamudgata
• A short text or significant passage from any text related to Yogācāra
Panel and Paper topics:
• Tantric Appropriations of Yogācāra (for a possible cosponsored session with the Tantric Studies Group)
• The body in Yogācāra (can include medicine)
• Intersubjectivity
• Yogācāra and cognitive science
• Yogācāra and phenomenology
• Modern Yogācāra revivals
Additional topics welcome.
Ready to submit your proposal? Go to the MyProposal page to get started.
I just love the format of the STIMW, i.e., all papers are read in advance and there is plenty of time for discussing them. If you have never experienced it, don’t miss this chance.
The St James boys school is perhaps the only school not meant for Indian pupils which teaches Sanskrit. What this implies, is manifold, but if you are intrigued at the idea, keep on reading (women can also apply).
Venue: Westminster College, Salt Lake City
Web site for details: sasaonline.net.
MEANINGFUL DESTRUCTION, CONTINGENT PRESERVATION
Place: Heidelberg University, Germany
Time: Friday, July 4th – Saturday, July 5th
Organisers: Prof. Dr. Diamantis Panagiotopoulos (Institute of Archaeology) Prof. Dr. Guido Sprenger (Institute of Anthropology)
Due to the fact that I work in an underrepresented area of philosophy (Indian philosophy, even worse: Pūrva Mīmāṃsā) and I am a woman, I am more than interested in the general topic of “making philosophy more inclusive“. But what do we really mean by this slogan?
We might mean:
At the link above you can read my thoughts on this topic.