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Former SAI-Colleague Prof. Kenneth McPherson (1944-2010)
The following news on the death of Professor Kenneth McPherson (1944-2010) we distribute with great regret. Prof. McPherson was a member of the Thyssen project on 'Governing the Indian Ocean' conducted by the department for Political Sciences South Asia (Prof. Subrata Mitra) at the SAI. Subsequently due to successful application at DFG Prof. McPherson came to SAI as a Mercator professor - the first one of its kind, in the political science of South Asia. Prof. McPherson was actively involved with teaching, published in the Heidelberg Papers. He was a dear friend to many colleagues in the house, who will miss him greately. For a longer article see South Asia Masala
SAI-Award 2010
On March 26th 2010 the Association of Friends and Patrons of  the South Asia Institute has taken its decision concerning the SAI Award for Graduates and Doctoral Students. This year the award goes to  

Sandra Bärnreuther, Department of Anthropology, for the publication of her M.A.Thesis „Geburt in Ladakh. Theoretische Konzepte – gegenwärtige Praktiken – aktuelle Entwicklungen“ and

Astrid Zotter, Department of Classical Indology, for the publication of her doctoral thesis „Puja-Blüten in Nepal: Bestimmungen des Puspacintamani“

The official awarding ceremony will be held during a public event at the SAI in the summer term 2010. The date of this will be announced seperately. For the winter term 2010/2011 the SAI-award will offered again.

Summer School "Intensive Course in Spoken and Written Urdu" in August 2010

Summer School “Intensive Course in Spoken and Written Urdu”

 

The South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University, Germany, will offer introductory and intermediate courses in Urdu during the summer vacations 2010. In the introductory course, students develop speaking, reading, listening and writing skills and acquire basic vocabulary as well as knowledge of the main grammatical structures and conversational etiquette of Urdu.

At the intermediate level, students expand their vocabulary, their knowledge of grammatical structures and develop ease and confidence in dealing with communicative tasks.

The instructors, Ms Amtul Manan Tahir, Ms Bushra Iqbal and Dr Christina Oesterheld, have taught regular Urdu courses at Erfurt and Heidelberg and intensive courses at Erfurt and Heidelberg.

Classes are scheduled to take place from Monday to Friday, 9 am to 3.30 pm. Participants who take part in the full programme and pass the written tests will be awarded 7 ECTS or equivalent credits.

All participants are requested to acquire a basic knowledge of the Urdu script prior to the course. For this purpose, we recommend: Richard Delacy, beginners urdu script (teach yourself series), ISBN 0-340-86028-6.

 

Time: 2 - 20 August 2010

Venue: South Asia Institute Heidelberg

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of the Urdu alphabet

Fee: 220 Euro (incl. teaching materials)

Deadlines: Application May 31, 2010, Payment 30 June 2010

Accomodation: Hostel on request

Contact: Dr Christina Oesterheld, E-mail: n40@ix.urz.uni.heidelberg.de

Summer Schools Spoken Sanskrit and Nepali in August 2010 at SAI
The Department of Classical Indology will conduct two summer schools in August 2010. Application is now possible for "Spoken Sanskrit" and "Nepali Intensive Course". Both summer schools run from August 2nd - 27th 2010 at SAI. Detailed information can be obtained from the website.
Former SAI-lecturer Dr. Rolf Steltemeier became Press Secretary at BMZ
Former SAI-lecturer Dr. Rolf Steltemeier - who conducted a seminar on EU-India relations last semester in the Department for Political Science South Asia at SAI - has become press secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, BMZ). Congratulations!

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