The Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca' Foscari University of Venice is organizing a new series of meetings within the South-Asian Linguistics Meeting Series, dedicated to Buddhist philology and linguistics across India and China.
The series hosts international scholars focusing on the adoption of Sanskrit, the linguistic polyphony of early Buddhism, and the Gandhārī language.
Seminar Program:
- November 25, 2025: Vincent Eltschinger (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris) – Why Did the Buddhists Adopt Sanskrit?
- December 2, 2025, 5:00 pm: Vincent Tournier (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) – Recovering the Early Buddhist Linguistic Polyphony: Remarks on Less-Studied Buddhist Nikāyas and Their Linguae Sacrae
- December 9, 2025, 5:00 pm: Stefan Baums (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) – The Gandhārī Language: Sources, Structure, and History
- December 16, 2025 (time TBA) Francesco Barchi (Universiteit Leiden) – Beyond the Gandhārī Hypothesis
How to Participate: The meetings take place online via Zoom.
The final appointment on December 16 will also be held in person (location and time to be announced).
Meeting ID: 827 0690 6404
Passcode: 8v6vxA
For further information, please contact Prof. Andrea Drocco at andrea.drocco@unive.it, or consult the full program on the official event page..
