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22 May: Talking About OCHS Publications “Encounters with the Inconceivable: Experience and Inclusivism in Early Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Theology” with Dr Rembert Lutjeharms

4 June: Talk on “The Hindu Self and Its Muslim Neighbours: Contested Borderlines on Bengali Landscapes” by Dr Ankur Barua

20 May: Postgraduate Seminar in Hindu Studies with presentations from Gonzalo Fernandez, Utsa Bose, and Sharvi Maheshwari

Conference: Radical Phenomenology in India | 2nd June, 2025 | Trinity College, Oxford

5 June: Talk on “The Human and the Divine in Rabindranath Tagore” by Prof. Sukanta Chaudhuri FBA

27 May: Talk on “Medical Humanities, History, and Hindu Studies: Two Views on Vaccination During the Plague Pandemic in Calcutta” by Utsa Bose

14 May: Documentary Film Screening of “Goddess Durga Unveiled: The Timeless Power of Emotion” by Dr Ranjamrittika Bhowmik

8 May: Talk on “Cow, Union Buster! Identitarianism and Organizing in Bombay’s Mills, 1850s − 1990s” by Dr Parashar Kulkarni

“Is Hindu Culture Relevant?” Leicester Friends Talk | 17th May with Shaunaka Rishi Das | FREE event

Oxford Student Theology Society Talks for Trinity Term 2025

12 June: Talk on “Mysticism Through the Lens of Comparative Philosophy” by Dr Ashwini Mokashi

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Flagship Indic Database and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Devanagari

OCHS Faculty are leading Devanagari Optical Character Recognition (OCR) research at Oxford University with a £42,250 Digital Scholarship (DiSc) Research Development grant

Beyond the Books

Study and travel with the OCHS. Join us in Vrindavan this December!

New book series on Hinduism with Mandala Publishing

Authoritative and accessible introductions

Sanskrit Traditions Symposium

The 41st annual Sanskrit Traditions Symposium will take place in Oxford, at Trinity College, on Friday 30 May 2025

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