Today I have received an email from my friend Lara Maconi concerning a fund-finding campain for a documentary on E. Gene Smith (here some among the principal obituaries from newspapers: The Economist, The NY Times, The Telegraph, The Washington Post). Althought the documentary is almost completed, few but essential things are still to be done. The [...]

The particular contents of this blog, and the fact that I add more or less only one post per month, are two relevant factors that contribute, on the one side, to select the visitors on the basis of their interests and, on the other side, to keep the number of visitors low. Indeed, and of [...]

The Centre for Eurasiatic and Afroasiatic Studies (CEAS), Bucharest organizes: The Fifth International Vedic Workshop Hotel Novotel, sala Paris Rive Droite, Bucharest 20.09.2011 – 11 papers 9.00-11.00 official opening: Sarvaśākhāsamanvayam vaidikamaṅgalam    addresses by the organizers: Michael Witzel, Shrikant S. Bahulkar, Jan E. M. Houben 11.00-11.30 coffee break 11.30-13.00 – plenary session: 3 papers MODERATOR: [...]

The following is the agenda, kindly sent via mail by Elisa Freschi, of: The Study of South Asia: between Antiquity and Modernity: Parallels and Comparisons. The Coffee Break Conference — 2 (8-10 September 2011) Where: Institute of Oriental Studies, Caserma Sani, via Principe Amedeo 182b (Underground “Vittorio”), Rome 1 1.1  Language as a Way of [...]

For commemorating the 50 years of D. Chattopadhyaya’s Lokāyata, the Asiatic Society of Bengal organized a seminar in Calcutta, November 24-25, 2010. The following was the programme (one click on each image to enlarge):

Sunday August 15th – Saturday 21st August 2010 At the 11th Seminar of International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) meeting, the board of the IATS accepted the Institute of Asian Research, The University of British Columbia’s invitation to host the 12th Seminar. It is with great pleasure that I now extend the invitation and submission [...]

The following is the available program of the Journée d’études transdisciplinaire: Journée d’études transdisciplinaire organisée par Aurélie Névot 29 juin 2010 Centre d’Études Himalayennes (CNRS-UPR 299) Salle de conférences, rez-de-chaussée 7, rue Guy Môquet 94801 Villejuif Cedex http://www.vjf.cnrs.fr/himalaya/fr/planvjf.htm La relation maître-disciple Approches transdisciplinaires sur la nature et les voies de la transmission THÉMATIQUE Lors de [...]

Rāmāyaṇa: Reinterpretation in Asia International conference, 17-18 July 2010 Asian civilization Museum Ngee Ann Auditorium, ACM Empress Place (Basement) 1 Empress Place, Singapore 179555. This international Rāmāyaṇa conference will examine the retelling and manifestation of the epic in diverse ancient and modern textual traditions, visual and performing arts as well as popular cultures of Asia. [...]

The Center for Chinese Studies is accepting applications for the CCS Research Grant Program 2011. 1. The Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) has the following provisions for its research grant program. 2. This program is designed for foreign professors, associate professors, assistant professors and doctoral candidates in departments related to Chinese studies at foreign universities, [...]