Lectures in South Asian and Tibetan Studies – Spring 2021

This semester, Matt Leveille and Sam Grimes will present and workshop their papers-to-be-given at the AOS conference in March.  Additionally, four guest speakers will present variously on South Asia and Tibet.

The talks are on Mondays. A more formal flyer pdf will be sent out later, and some titles are still not finalized. Zoom links will also be sent out later.

These talks are variously sponsored by the South Asia Center, Contemplative Sciences Center, and the Virginia Center for the Study of Religion.

If you would like to know more, please contact Samuel Grimes at smg5ut@virginia.edu.

  • Matthew Leveille, Religious Studies UVA
    Talk Title on Appayya Dīkṣita TBA
    Feb 8, 2 PM
  • Dr. Péter-Dániel Szántó, Leiden University
    Father and Sons: Khro phu lotsāba's Journey to Nepal during the End of the World
    Feb 22, 12:30 PM
  • Samuel Grimes, Religious Studies UVA
    Sijju/Cactus: A Tibeto-Burman Loanword in Indo-Aryan? A Thorny Etymology
    March 1, 2 PM
  • Dr. Elizabeth Cecil, Florida State University
    Building Śaivism in the Land of the Khmer: From Liṅga Mountain to Prosperous Lord
    March 8, 2 PM
  • Dr. Patricia Sauthoff, University of Alberta
    Don't Try This At Home: The mercurial medicines of South Asian alchemy
    March 22, 2 PM
  • Dr. Jason Birch, SOAS
    Hathayoga, Tapas and Modern Postural Practice: Distinct Collections of Complex Āsanas on the Eve of Colonialism.
    April 12, 4 PM