Summer School for Ancient Trans-Himalayan Languages
TimeTable
Week days: (Day 1 - 5; 8 - 12)
9:00 - 10:00 Old Tibetan course for beginners (Joanna Bialek)
10:15 - 11:15 Tangut course for beginners (Yue Ji)
11:30 - 12:30 Classical Newar course for beginners (Liwen Liu)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 - 14:30 Chinese excavated documents and Chinese historical phonology (Nathan Hill and Jinqi Ying)
14:45 - 15:45 Readings in Old Tibetan (Joanna Bialek)
16:15 - 17:15 Readings in Tangut (Yue Ji)
17:30 - 18:30 Readings in Classical Newar (Liwen Liu)
Two Saturdays: (Day 6 and Day 13)
10:00 - 11:30 Workshop on Classical Yi (Kazue Iwasa)
12:00 - 13:30 Workshop on Old Meitei (Josiah Medin)
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 - 15:30 Workshop on Old Burmese (Nathan Hill)
16:00 - 18:00 All four lecturers of core languages meeting with remote learning students online to answer questions
Facts and Figures
Location:
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Start Date:
Monday, June 16, 2025
Duration:
June 16th-28th
Level:
Open to all
Areas of Interest:
Historical Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Linguistic Anthropology, Palaeography, Religious Studies, Buddhist Studies, (Asian) History, Ancient Literature
Contact:
ssathtcd@gmail.com