Reconstructing what has disappeared: Indian Buddhism in the light of its manuscripts

Wir freuen uns, Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Hartmann am 16. Januar 2024 zu einem Gastvortrag zum Thema "Reconstructing What Has Disappeared: Indian Buddhism in the Light of Its Manuscripts" in Leipzig begrüßen zu dürfen.

 

Abstract
Our understanding of the development of Buddhism in India is essentially based on written evidence. In recent decades, inscriptions have increasingly come into the picture; until recently, however, research was mainly based on manuscripts. They span a period of around two thousand years and are written in two different scripts. In India itself, however, only very few manuscripts have survived; many sites are located outside the Indian subcontinent in zones that are climatically more favorable for the preservation of manuscripts. The materials used were initially birch bark, then palm leaves, sometimes leather, and finally paper. The state of preservation and the development of the script can pose considerable challenges when it comes to decipherment.

Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Votragssprache Englisch sein wird!

 

Zur Person

Nach dem Studium der Indologie, Tibetologie und Sinologie wurde Jens-Uwe Hartmann 1984 in München promoviert. Die Habilitation erfolgte 1992 in Göttingen. 1995 wurde er auf die Professur für Tibetologie an der Humboldt-Universität in Berlin berufen; 1999 wechselte er auf die Professur für Indologie an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München. 2001 wurde er in die Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften aufgenommen. Seit 2018 ist er im Ruhestand.