About us

The study of Indology and Central Asian Studies at our university began as early as 1830, resulting in a unique combination of classical Indology, modern South Asian Studies, Tibetology, and Mongolian Studies, which you can study exclusively at our institute.

Auf dem Farbfoto ist eine vergoldete Statue der Tara zu sehen, © Adobe Stock, Foto: Gary
Gruppenfoto des Institutteams, im Zentrum des Bildes liegt ein Baumstamm, in den "Wir" eingraviert ist. Die Menschen auf dem Bild stehen um ihn herum oder sitzen darauf. Die Menschen von links: Dr. Ira Sarma, Adelheid Buschner, Katrin Querl, Adele Hennig-Tembe, Prof. Dr. Jowita Kramer, Sonam Spitz, Dr. Sadananda Das, Beier Wang; Leipzig, 2022, Foto: Feng Yang
Historisches Foto von Hermann Brockhaus, Quelle: Universiätsarchiv

News

Inform yourself about events we offer in addition to our curriculum, as well as our latest publications, and our celebrations in this section. We also publish other institutions' events, internships, or scholarships here.

Events

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Indian Embassy Berlin

Cultural Events at Tagore Centre

The Tagore Center of the Indian Embassy in Berlin has some cultural highlights in store for you in April.

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Chinese Film Festival Leipzig

Tibetan Movie "Balloon"

As part of the Chinese Film Festival Leipzig, the Cinémathèque at the naTo is showing the Tibetan feature film "Balloon" in the original language with subtitles.

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Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaft

Movie Nights Summer Semester 2024

There will be film evenings at our institute again in the summer semester. It starts next Wednesday, April 10, 2024.

Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaft

Second volume of the Hindi magazine Antardesh अंतरदेश

The second volume of the Hindi magazine Antardesh अंतरदेश has been published.

Contact & Directions

Visiting address

Institute for South and Central Asian Studies

Institutsgebäude
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

Head: Prof. Dr. Jowita Kramer

Phone: +49 341 97-37120

Office hours
Monday and Tuesday from 9 am - 12 pm and 1-3 pm.
Wednesday to Friday from 1-3 pm

Please use our mailing address for all kinds of mail:

Universität Leipzig
Institut für Indologie und
Zentralasienwissenschaften
Internes PF: 132501
04081 Leipzig
Germany