In the months of October and November, the Centre for Studies on South and South-east Asia at L'Orientale hosted a series of lectures on Buddhism by Vincent Eltschinger, professor for Indian Buddhism at École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL Research University, Paris
More Śivadharma readings and talks took place at the University of Chicago in the week of October 23rd-27th. Wednesday Oct 25: seminar presentation by Florinda De Simini, “Who are the Śivayogins? An answer from early Śaiva sources.” Steven Collins Memorial Seminar Room (Foster 103), 5:00-6:30 PMThursday Oct. 26: research presentation by…
As part of the South Asia Conference that took place at the University of Madison, Wisconsin, the Śivadharma Project presented an Italian-American panel this year, that digged deeper into the southern transmission of our texts. The Panel title was "(Re)Structuring Śaivism: The Śivadharma and its Tamil Transmission"
The Shivadharma Project was on tour in the New World in October 2023 and its first stop was the University of Toronto.Upon invitation of prof. Srilata Raman, we hosted the following readings and talks.Here is the programme: October 11th, 10am-12pm:Tales of Divine Dismay: Readings from Śivadharmottara/Civatarumōttaram chapter 8,by Florinda De Simini…
Daniela Cappello visited the Asiatic Society and other archives to research manuscripts of Bengali Purāṇa (and of the Śivopaniṣad) as part of her research for the Śivadharma Project. She also visited the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, the society for the study of Bengali language and literature. From both institutions, she managed…
Dorotea Operato joined the International Conference on “ULAGAM THEDUM TAMIL (உலகம் தேடும் தமிழ்): Intellectual and Scientific Tradition”, held at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (India) on September 23-24, 2023, in honour of Prof. K. Nachimuthu. The event aimed at collecting and retrieving sophisticated theories of medical treatments contained in Tamil medical…
This summer the Śivadharma Project took us down to the most frightful hells, only to fly you up to the wonders of śiva’s heavens. "The Conference of Heavens and Hells: Life after death in religious traditions from South and East Asia" took place at the University of Tokyo, with the…
Talks by Csaba Deszö at UniOr (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) Csaba Dezső is a regular visiting professor at L'Orientale University of Naples in the frame of the Dharma Project.Prof. Csaba Dezső, visiting professor at L'Orientale University of Naples in the framework of the ERC-funded Dharma Project, will lead reading sessions…
Dominic Goodall's Talk on "The Yogic Teachings of the Śivadharmottara" On May 29th UniOr and the Śivadharma Project welcomed prof. Dominic Goodall for a talk on "The Yogic Teachings of the Śivadharmottara".The Śivadharma corpus illuminates lay Śaiva beliefs and practices distinct from those of the professional Śaiva religions of the…
Seminar on Bengali Language and Culture at UniOr Our research fellow Daniela Cappello run a seminar on Bengali language and culture for students of L'Orientale during the month of May 2023. It is the first time that a seminar on Bengali is offered at an academic institution in Naples. The seminar…