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Read more about event Postdoc opening: Tibetan Historiography
10.11.2026
Postdoc opening: Tibetan Historiography
The Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Austria’s leading non-university research and science institution, is offering a full-time Postdoc position in the framework of the ERC project “The Narrative Foundations of Tibetan Buddhist Culture (FOUNT).”
Read more about event Susanne Formanek 1959–2026
04.11.2026
Susanne Formanek 1959–2026
Susanne Formanek war die erste japanologische Mitarbeiterin des IKGA und leistete für die historische Altersforschung zu Japan Pionierarbeit. Am 27. August 2026 erlag sie einer langen, schweren Krankheit. Mehr dazu im Nachruf. / Susanne Formanek was the IKGA’s first scholar of Japanese studies and did pioneering work in historical research on old age in Japan. On August 27, 2026, she passed away after a long, serious illness. More in the obituary.
Read more about event Kommt der Rosenkranz aus Indien?
04.11.2026
Kommt der Rosenkranz aus Indien?
Anfang Oktober eröffnete Papst Leo XIV. den „Rosenkranzmonat“. In diesem steht jährlich traditionell das meditative Beten an der Perlenkette im Fokus. In einem Beitrag für den EurAsia-Blog auf derstandard.at beschäftigt sich Dominik A. Haas, Südasienforscher an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mit der Frage nach dem Ursprung religiöser bzw. devotionaler Zählketten.

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Read more about event Akane Saito: Reflections on the concept of "school" for Brahmanical and Śāstric authors
Tue 03.11.
Akane Saito: Reflections on the concept of "school" for Brahmanical and Śāstric authors
Institutskolloquium (hybrid)
Read more about event Miyuki Nakasuka, Patrick McAllister, Birgit Kellner: Sanskrit Texts From the Tibetan Autonomous Region – Jinendrabuddhi’s Pramāṇasamuccayaṭīkā chapter 5 concluded
Tue 01.12.
Miyuki Nakasuka, Patrick McAllister, Birgit Kellner: Sanskrit Texts From the Tibetan Autonomous Region – Jinendrabuddhi’s Pramāṇasamuccayaṭīkā chapter 5 concluded
Institutskolloquium (hybrid)
Read more about event Yilan Chen: The Amarakośa and its commentary Kāmadhenu in Tibet
Tue 12.01.
Yilan Chen: The Amarakośa and its commentary Kāmadhenu in Tibet
Institutskolloquium (hybrid)
Read more about event Calahan Morse: Untangling Dharmakīrti's variegation: Pramāṇavārttika 3.194–230
Tue 02.03.
Calahan Morse: Untangling Dharmakīrti's variegation: Pramāṇavārttika 3.194–230
Institutskolloquium (hybrid)

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Special Issue of the open access e-journal Medieval Worlds. Wien: VÖAW, 2026. | Reinier Langelaar (guest ed.)

Medieval Origin Myths in Eurasian Comparison

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Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens

Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens

Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens

Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens

Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens

Events

News

Postdoc opening: Tibetan Historiography

Susanne Formanek 1959–2026

Kommt der Rosenkranz aus Indien?

IKGA colloquium

Akane Saito: Reflections on the concept of "school" for Brahmanical and Śāstric authors

Miyuki Nakasuka, Patrick McAllister, Birgit Kellner: Sanskrit Texts From the Tibetan Autonomous Region – Jinendrabuddhi’s Pramāṇasamuccayaṭīkā chapter 5 concluded

Yilan Chen: The Amarakośa and its commentary Kāmadhenu in Tibet

Calahan Morse: Untangling Dharmakīrti's variegation: Pramāṇavārttika 3.194–230

New publications

Medieval Origin Myths in Eurasian Comparison

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