FROM NOVEMBER 06 TO NOVEMBER 16, 2023
PATRICE LUMUMBA PEOPLES’ FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA, SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY «PURUSHOTTAMA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE» HOLDS THE ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE IN MEMORY OF V.S. SEMENTSOV
“PHILOSOPHICAL SANSKRIT TEXTS: PROBLEMS OF READING AND INTERPRETATION”.
The Second Annual International Conference in Memory of Vsevolod Sergeyevich Sementsov «Philosophical Sanskrit Texts: Problems of Reading and Interpretation» will be held on 06-16 November 2023. The Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to invite Russian and foreign scholars to present the results of their research in classical Indian philosophy and related fields (Sanskritology and literary studies).
The aim of the conference is to bring together specialists working in different but adjacent areas of research of Indian intellectual traditions, to establish a contiual online and offline platform for the exchange of scholarly results and ideas, and to envisage new research directions in this domain. Thus, participation in the conference may be of interest and fruitful for philosophers, historians of philosophy, literary historian, specialists in cultural and religious studies.
The conference is dedicated to the memory of the outstanding Russian Indologist Vsevolod Sergeevich Sementsov (02.07.1941 — 12.01.1986) — one of the leading Russian specialists in the field of research of classical Indian philosophy.
For those who read in Russian, Sementsov is reknown as the author of an unrivalled poetic translation from Sanskrit of the the Bhagavadīitā. His study of this classical text remains amazing in its relevance, deep thinking, talented an penetrative description of the most important content of the poem.
The results of the conference will be summarized in the form of an electronic and printed edition of the Proceedings of the conference. Invitations to present papers for publication will be sent to the authors after the conference.
The main directions of the conference are:
— Sanskrit philosophical texts: problems of reading and interpretation.
— Classical Indian philosophy: terminological analysis of basic philosophical terms on the examples of Yoga, Sāṅkhya, Vedānta, Mīmāṃsa, Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, Buddhist schools, Jainism.
— Methodology of study of highly developed non-European philosophical traditions.
— The role of Sanskrit in the history of Indian literature.
Submissions are also being accepted For the following topics:
— Sanskritology
— Buddhist studies
— Literary studies
— Research methodology and history of indology
— Reception of Indian culture in Russia and the West
Within the framework of the conference will be held:
— Scientific seminar: «Intellectual Theatre». Open lectures on Buddhism.
— Scientific seminar: «Hermeneutic Circle: Breaking Points». Reading of texts in Sanskrit.