Felicitations to the editors, publishers, and of course to the one who is felicitated in the volume ! It would be useful if the readers of this list receive a Table of Contents of the volume... With best regards, Jan Houben
On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 at 00:44, Kie Pue via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > It is my pleasure to announce the publication of the Felicitation volume > for Nalini Balbir, which appeared as volume 29 of the series Studia > Indologica Universitatis Halensis. > > Jérôme Petit / Georges-Jean Pinault (Eds) > > PRAŚASTI > Studies in Indology Presented to Nalini Balbir by Colleagues, Students and > Friends > This volume comprises a collection of articles in honor of Professor > Nalini Balbir, who turns seventy in 2025. The thirty-one contributions in > English, French and German paint a portrait of Balbir. Some are authored by > colleagues and friends with whom she worked throughout her academic career, > others by junior and senior scholars who were her students, or who > collaborated with her on research projects. The main topics that have > occupied Balbir at the different stages of her career are represented, > including Sanskrit, Middle Indic and Pali philology, Jainism, the history > of Indian studies, manuscript studies and contemporary Indian literature.This > volume comprises a collection of articles in honour of Professor Nalini > Balbir, who turns seventy in 2025. The thirty-one contributions in English, > French and German paint a portrait of Balbir. Some are authored by > colleagues and friends with whom she worked throughout her academic career, > others by junior and senior scholars who were her students, or who > collaborated with her on research projects. The main topics that have > occupied Balbir at the different stages of her career are represented, > including Sanskrit, Middle Indic and Pali philology, Jainism, the history > of Indian studies, manuscript studies and contemporary Indian literature.These > contributions are preceded by a comprehensive bibliography of Balbir’s > work. Her scholarship has many facets, covering nearly the whole of > Indology, and involving fieldwork in India, research in libraries, archives > and museums in many countries, as well as participation in international > conferences. The introduction to the volume retraces the brilliant academic > career of the honorand, who obtained a position as Professor of Indology > in 1988 at the University Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris, where she taught > until her retirement in 2022. In 2000, she was also appointed as Professor > of Middle Indic Philology at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), > Section des Sciences historiques et philologiques. The transmission of > knowledge and expertise was one of her major longstanding commitments. The > ample Tabula Gratulatoria and the list of her awards testify to Balbir’s > international renown as scholar, teacher and mentor.This publication has > been made possible through grants obtained from several institutions, which > are gratefully acknowledged: the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris > Sciences et Lettres), the GREI research team in Indian studies in Paris > (Groupe de Recherches en Études Indiennes, EA 2021, EPHE and University > Sorbonne Nouvelle), and the Institute of Jainology in London. > > Studia Indologica Universitatis Halensis | Volume 291st edition 2025hardcover, > thread stitched, 616 pagesISBN 978-3-86977-292-9 > > The book can be ordered from the publisher > https://uvhw.de/studia-indologica/product/250429_08_292-9.html > or via booksellers (except Amazon) > > With kind regards, > Petra Kieffer-Pülz > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > -- *Jan E.M. Houben* Directeur d'Études, Professor of South Asian History and Philology *Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite* École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris Sciences et Lettres) *Sciences historiques et philologiques * Groupe de recherches en études indiennes (EA 2120) *johannes.houben [at] ephe.psl.eu <[email protected]>* *https://ephe-sorbonne.academia.edu/JanEMHouben <https://ephe-sorbonne.academia.edu/JanEMHouben>* *https://www.classicalindia.info* <https://www.classicalindia.info>
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