For the second consecutive year, the MA elective course “Contemporary Asian Academic Debates” offers the chance to delve into the relation betweeen animals, humans and the environment in Asia.
With a keen eye for South Asia and Japan, the course is open to anyone and will take place during the first semester.
It will be on campus, with live streaming so that students who are not present in Ghent can also take part.
For further details, including evaluation, etc., check out UFORA as well as the course description (studiefiches), or contact:
- co-lecturers-in-charge: Dr. Rosina Pastore and Dr. Paride Stortini
- programme director: Prof. Dr. Eva De Clercq
For information on the programme of the second semester, contact:
- lecturer-in-charge: Dr. Anna Sokolova
- programme director: Prof. Dr. Eva De Clercq
This symposium aims to explore the multifaceted portrayals of Indian forest-dwellers in pre-modern textual sources, shedding light on the complex dynamics of “othering” and its implications for understanding historical interactions between sedentary civilisations and indigenous forest communities. Drawing upon a wide array of pre-colonial texts, including religious scriptures, epic narratives, and regional historical documents, we will delve into the narratives and characterisations that have historically marginalised forest-dwellers, casting them as the “Other.”
On 16th May 2024, Dr Yixiu Jiang (Leiden University) will give a lecture titled “Dreaming of Buddhahood—Measuring Bodhisattva Progress in Early Mahāyāna”.
Congratulations to our Saarthak Singh, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen (FWO) Junior Postdoctoral Fellow, for the prestigious 
