Upcoming

South Asia Seminar at UT’s South Asia Institute—For more that 25 years, our regular seminar of invited and local speakers on current topics in South Asian studies, occasionally with a Sanskrit focus.

Past Events

• First Books Workshop, November 17, 2023, Meyerson Conference Room, WCH 4.118, UT Austin Campus
• Buddhists Traveling, March 3, 2023, Glickman Conference Center, RLP 1.302B, UT Austin Campus
• Buddhism and Place-Making in Sri Lanka, April 21–22, 2016, Meyerson Conference Room, WCH 4.118, UT Austin Campus
• Navarātri, Navarātra, and Durgāpūjā in South Asia and Beyond, Nov. 18–19, 2016, UT Austin Campus
• Symposium on the Gṛhastha: New Approaches to the Householder in Ancient India, February 20, 2016 • Meyerson Conference Room (WCH 4.118), UT Austin Campus
• Buddhism’s Boundaries, March 1-2, 2014 • Meyerson Conference Room, WCH 4.118, UT Austin Campus
• Seminars on Buddhist Manuscriptology by Dr. Jens Braarvig (University of Oslo, Norway). Nov. 7 and 12, 2012, Meyerson Conference Room, WCH 4.118, UT Austin Campus.
• Aśoka and the Making of Modern India, August 2009, Delhi, India (joint conference with JNU), published as Reimagining Aśoka: Memory and History
• Fourth International Vedic Workshop: The Vedas in Culture and History, Thursday, May 24 – Sunday, May 27, 2007 • 1.306 Mezes Hall Auditorium, UT Austin Campus
• Criticizing Asceticism: Asian and European Religious Views in Comparative Perspective, Sep. 18–21, 2003 • Meyerson Conference Room, WCH 4.118, UT Austin Campus
• Between the Empires, April 10-12, 2003 • Meyerson Conference Room, WCH 4.118, UT Austin Campus

2016 Navaratri Workshop