The ELTE Department of Indian Studies and the OTKA research group based at the department are organizing an international conference on Indology titled Tradition and Innovation in the Languages and Cultures of Premodern South Asia.

During the two days of the conference, renowned international guest speakers will deliver plenary lectures in the mornings, while the program will continue in the afternoons with parallel thematic sessions on: A total of thirty-six additional presentations will be delivered on topics including linguistics, research on epics and Puranas, Buddhism, literature, philosophy, the natural sciences, history, and Dravidology.

Keynote speakers:

• Shonaleeka Kaul (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

• Alexander Lubotsky (Universiteit Leiden)

• Peter Bisschop (Universiteit Leiden)

• Harunaga Isaacson (Universität Hamburg)

• Hugo David (École française d’Extrême-Orient, Paris)

Venues:

• Building A, Faculty Council Hall (plenary sessions)

• Building R, Rooms 151, 253, 356 (section presentations)

Further details are available on the conference website.