Team

Our team is here to support you with dedication and expertise throughout every stage of your studies – from your first steps to graduation. Feel free to reach out to us!

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Team photo of the staff of the Institute of South and Central Asian Studies. Photo: Zhoulin Li

Professorships

Prof. Dr. Jowita Kramer

Prof. Dr. Jowita Kramer

Professor

South Asian Studies (Indology)
Institutsgebäude
Schillerstraße 6, Room S 106
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37121

Office hours
By appointment via e-mail

Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schwerk

Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schwerk

Professor

Tibetology (TTP)
Institutsgebäude
Schillerstraße 6, Room S.09
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97-37127

Office hours
Wednesdays, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
and by appointment via Moodle at
https://moodle2.uni-leipzig.de/course/view.php?id=58819

Administration

Cornelia Meinig

Cornelia Meinig

South Asian Studies (Indology)
Institutsgebäude
Schillerstraße 6, Room S 119
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37120

Employees in teaching and research

Dr. Sadananda Das

Dr. Sadananda Das

Lecturer (LfbA)

South Asian Studies (Indology)
Institutsgebäude
Schillerstraße 6, Room 104
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37126

Office hours
Mondays 1.30 - 2.30 pm and by appointment

Feng Yang

Feng Yang

Research Fellow

Institute for South and Central Asian Studies
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 97-37125

Dr. Volker Caumanns

Dr. Volker Caumanns

Lecturer (LfbA)

Institute for South and Central Asian Studies
Institutsgebäude
Schillerstraße 6, Room S-10
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37128

Office hours
by appointment

research and student assistants

Madhuvanti Bandyopadhyay

Madhuvanti Bandyopadhyay

Doctoral Student, Research Assistant

Institute for South and Central Asian Studies
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

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Mario Hartwig

Student Assistants

Tibetology (TTP)
Institutsgebäude
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

Michelle Kienzler

Michelle Kienzler

Research Assistant

South Asian Studies (Indology)
Institutsgebäude
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

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Stepan Musharov

Research Assistant

South Asian Studies (Indology)
Institutsgebäude
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

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Luise Peupelmann

Student Assistant

South Asian Studies (Indology)
Institutsgebäude
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

Lilli Sharma

Lilli Sharma

Research Assistant

Institute for South and Central Asian Studies
Schillerstraße 6, Raum S-016a
04109 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341-9737129

Employees in research projects

Prof. Dr. Eliahu Franco

Prof. Dr. Eliahu Franco

Professor im Ruhestand, Universitätsangehöriger, Projektleiter

Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften

Doctoral students

Madhuvanti Bandyopadhyay

Madhuvanti Bandyopadhyay

Doctoral Student, Research Assistant

Institute for South and Central Asian Studies
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

Divyanshi Gupta

Divyanshi Gupta

Doctoral Student

Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig

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Susanne Heß

Doctoral Student

Institute for South and Central Asian Studies
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

Michelle Kienzler

Michelle Kienzler

Doctoral Student, Scholarship recipient of the Khyentse Foundation

South Asian Studies (Indology)
Institutsgebäude
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

Olga Kienzler

Olga Kienzler

Doctoral Student

Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig

Astrid Klein

Astrid Klein

Doctoral Student

Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig

Dominika Klimaszewski

Dominika Klimaszewski

Doctoral Student

Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig

Yuki Kyogoku

Yuki Kyogoku

Doctoral Student

Institute for South and Central Asian Studies
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

Zhoulin Li

Zhoulin Li

Doctoral Student

Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften
Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe)
Strohsackpassage
Nikolaistraße 10
04109 Leipzig

Mercedes Tortorici

Mercedes Tortorici

Doctoral Student

Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig

Beier Wang

Beier Wang

Doctoral Student, Scholarship recipient of the Robert Ho Foundation and of the Khyentse Foundation

Institute for South and Central Asian Studies
Schillerstraße 6, Raum S 107
04109 Leipzig

Telephone: 49 341 97-37124
Telefax: 49 341 97-37148

Fang Wang

Fang Wang

Doctoral Student

Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig

Yi Xie

Yi Xie

Doctoral Student

Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig

Feng Yang

Feng Yang

Research Fellow

Institute for South and Central Asian Studies
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 97-37125

Ji Ho Yi

Ji Ho Yi

Doctoral Student

Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig

Antje Ziemer

Antje Ziemer

Doctoral Student

Institute for South and Central Asian Studies
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

Honorary professorships and guest researchers

Prof. Dr. Monika Zin

Prof. Dr. Monika Zin

Arbeitsgruppenleiterin Kuča-Projekt

Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig
Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 9737-820


Website

Office hours
Beratungstermine bitte per E-Mail vereinbaren.

Dr. Ines Konczak-Nagel

Dr. Ines Konczak-Nagel

Arbeitsgruppe Kuča-Projekt

Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig
Straße des 17. Juni 2
04107 Leipzig

Telephone: +49 341 9737-822


Website

Office hours
Beratungstermine bitte per E-Mail vereinbaren.

Dr. Keiki Nakayama

Dr. Keiki Nakayama

Guest Researcher

Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften
Schillerstraße 6, Raum S 407
04109 Leipzig

Dr. Seongho Choi

Dr. Seongho Choi

Guest Researcher

Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften
Schillerstraße 6
04109 Leipzig

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Prof. Dr. Dieter Schlingloff

Honorarprofessor