05-11-2005, 11:25 PM
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianCivili...n/message/74867
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Pasted below is the first announcement (btw, why such a late
announcement?) of the Fourth Vedic Workshop being organized at the
University of Texas. The organizer, Patrick Olivelle, a Sri Lankan
Christian, who is a big name in old style Indological studies and
claims to promote "authentic" views. Many regard Mr Olivelle's
writings as deeply anti-vedic, as evidenced by some of the reviews of
his book on Upanishads on Amazon.com.
"This is a literal translation without any soul. Olivelle doesn't
have the heart at the right place to translate mystical writings of
the Upanishads. He should stick to Jesuit material."
"This translation pays no attnetion to traditional Upanshadic
scholarship in India, is totally Germanic (i.e., indological,
colonialist), misrendering terms with a Christian or at least
theistic bias, e.g., the Isha Upanishad, where Shankara's long
commentary on the first verse is totally ignored."
So it would be nice if genuine Hindu scholars attend this event by
submitting proposals.
-S
Subject: Fourth Vedic Workshop
First announcement of the Fourth Vedic Workshop, which will take
place in Austin, Texas, at the University of Texas, from Thursday,
May 24 through Sunday, May 27, 2007. In accordance with the theme of
the workshop, "The Vedas in Culture and History," we invite papers
that explore the relation of Vedic texts to the social and political
history of the Vedic period, to religious movements of early India,
to various facets of material and intellectual culture in India, and
to the later traditions of India.
We will be establishing a website for the conference, and when we do,
we will send a more formal and complete announcement. We did want to
send you this preliminary notice, however, so that, if you would be
interested in attending, you can mark these dates on your calendar.
We are planning to schedule sessions of the workshop from Thursday
morning through Sunday evening, so we hope that participants will be
able arrive on Wednesday, May 23, and depart on Monday, May 28. For
additional information, you are welcome to contact either Patrick
Olivelle (jpo@...) or Joel Brereton
(jpb@...) at the University of Texas.
We hope to see you in Austin.
All the best,
Patrick Olivelle
Joel Brereton
More on Patrick Olivelle
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/olivelle/
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Fourth Vedic Workshop at UTexas
Pasted below is the first announcement (btw, why such a late
announcement?) of the Fourth Vedic Workshop being organized at the
University of Texas. The organizer, Patrick Olivelle, a Sri Lankan
Christian, who is a big name in old style Indological studies and
claims to promote "authentic" views. Many regard Mr Olivelle's
writings as deeply anti-vedic, as evidenced by some of the reviews of
his book on Upanishads on Amazon.com.
"This is a literal translation without any soul. Olivelle doesn't
have the heart at the right place to translate mystical writings of
the Upanishads. He should stick to Jesuit material."
"This translation pays no attnetion to traditional Upanshadic
scholarship in India, is totally Germanic (i.e., indological,
colonialist), misrendering terms with a Christian or at least
theistic bias, e.g., the Isha Upanishad, where Shankara's long
commentary on the first verse is totally ignored."
So it would be nice if genuine Hindu scholars attend this event by
submitting proposals.
-S
Subject: Fourth Vedic Workshop
First announcement of the Fourth Vedic Workshop, which will take
place in Austin, Texas, at the University of Texas, from Thursday,
May 24 through Sunday, May 27, 2007. In accordance with the theme of
the workshop, "The Vedas in Culture and History," we invite papers
that explore the relation of Vedic texts to the social and political
history of the Vedic period, to religious movements of early India,
to various facets of material and intellectual culture in India, and
to the later traditions of India.
We will be establishing a website for the conference, and when we do,
we will send a more formal and complete announcement. We did want to
send you this preliminary notice, however, so that, if you would be
interested in attending, you can mark these dates on your calendar.
We are planning to schedule sessions of the workshop from Thursday
morning through Sunday evening, so we hope that participants will be
able arrive on Wednesday, May 23, and depart on Monday, May 28. For
additional information, you are welcome to contact either Patrick
Olivelle (jpo@...) or Joel Brereton
(jpb@...) at the University of Texas.
We hope to see you in Austin.
All the best,
Patrick Olivelle
Joel Brereton
More on Patrick Olivelle
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/olivelle/
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