This year (Michalmas 2020/Hilary Term 2021) our seminar will tackle one of the most important texts in European philosophy of the twentieth century and a foundational text of Phenomenology, namely Heidegger’s Being and Time (Sein und Zeit, 1926). We will read the Macquarrie translation (1962). Although almost a hundred years old, it is a text that still resonates today. The spirit of the seminar, as in previous years, will be the clarification of meaning through discussion, getting at what the text is saying, and the raising of critical questions, along with the application of those ideas to other areas of life and inquiry. The first seminar will be an introduction to the text, bringing into view any prima facie problems, followed by a selective, systematic reading in the following weeks. By the end of the year, it is hoped that we will have achieved a clear understanding of Heidegger’s important book and will have come to our own judgements about it.
Archives: Lectures
Readings in Phenomenology I (MT20)
This year (Michalmas 2020/Hilary Term 2021) our seminar will tackle one of the most important texts in European philosophy of the twentieth century and a foundational text of Phenomenology, namely Heidegger’s Being and Time (Sein und Zeit, 1926). We will read the Macquarrie translation (1962). Although almost a hundred years old, it is a text that still resonates today. The spirit of the seminar, as in previous years, will be the clarification of meaning through discussion, getting at what the text is saying, and the raising of critical questions, along with the application of those ideas to other areas of life and inquiry. The first seminar will be an introduction to the text, bringing into view any prima facie problems, followed by a selective, systematic reading in the following weeks. By the end of the year, it is hoped that we will have achieved a clear understanding of Heidegger’s important book and will have come to our own judgements about it.
Readings in Middle Bengali Devotional Literature: Female Gurus IV
In these sessions we read and discuss prominent Middle Bengali religious texts. This term we will focus on sections from key texts among the Vaiṣṇava hagiographical corpus that portray women as leaders in the early modern Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition. Some proficiency in the Bengali language is a requirement for attending these sessions.
Readings in Middle Bengali Devotional Literature: Female Gurus III
In these sessions we read and discuss prominent Middle Bengali religious texts. This term we will focus on sections from key texts among the Vaiṣṇava hagiographical corpus that portray women as leaders in the early modern Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition. Some proficiency in the Bengali language is a requirement for attending these sessions.
Readings in Middle Bengali Devotional Literature: Female Gurus II
In these sessions we read and discuss prominent Middle Bengali religious texts. This term we will focus on sections from key texts among the Vaiṣṇava hagiographical corpus that portray women as leaders in the early modern Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition. Some proficiency in the Bengali language is a requirement for attending these sessions.
Readings in Middle Bengali Devotional Literature: Female Gurus I
In these sessions we read and discuss prominent Middle Bengali religious texts. This term we will focus on sections from key texts among the Vaiṣṇava hagiographical corpus that portray women as leaders in the early modern Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition. Some proficiency in the Bengali language is a requirement for attending these sessions.
Sanskrit Prelims I, IIX (MT20)
The course provides an introduction to Sanskrit for the preliminary paper of the Theology and Religion Faculty in Elementary Sanskrit. A range of relevant Hindu and Buddhist texts will be chosen for translation and philological comment. The class is designed to introduce students of Theology and Religion to the essentials of Sanskrit grammar, syntax, and vocabulary and its importance for the exegesis of Sanskrit texts. Students will learn to appreciate the interpretative nature of translation as a central discipline for the study of religions. By the end of the course students will have gained a basic competency in translating classical Sanskrit and reading relevant passages from texts such as the Chāndogya Upaniṣad, the Bhagavadgītā and the Buddhist Heart Sūtra. The course book will be Walter Maurer’s The Sanskrit Language. Sanskrit Prelims continues throughout Michaelmas and Hilary Terms and for the first four weeks of Trinity.
Sanskrit Prelims I, VII (MT20)
The course provides an introduction to Sanskrit for the preliminary paper of the Theology and Religion Faculty in Elementary Sanskrit. A range of relevant Hindu and Buddhist texts will be chosen for translation and philological comment. The class is designed to introduce students of Theology and Religion to the essentials of Sanskrit grammar, syntax, and vocabulary and its importance for the exegesis of Sanskrit texts. Students will learn to appreciate the interpretative nature of translation as a central discipline for the study of religions. By the end of the course students will have gained a basic competency in translating classical Sanskrit and reading relevant passages from texts such as the Chāndogya Upaniṣad, the Bhagavadgītā and the Buddhist Heart Sūtra. The course book will be Walter Maurer’s The Sanskrit Language. Sanskrit Prelims continues throughout Michaelmas and Hilary Terms and for the first four weeks of Trinity.
Sanskrit Prelims I, VI (MT20)
The course provides an introduction to Sanskrit for the preliminary paper of the Theology and Religion Faculty in Elementary Sanskrit. A range of relevant Hindu and Buddhist texts will be chosen for translation and philological comment. The class is designed to introduce students of Theology and Religion to the essentials of Sanskrit grammar, syntax, and vocabulary and its importance for the exegesis of Sanskrit texts. Students will learn to appreciate the interpretative nature of translation as a central discipline for the study of religions. By the end of the course students will have gained a basic competency in translating classical Sanskrit and reading relevant passages from texts such as the Chāndogya Upaniṣad, the Bhagavadgītā and the Buddhist Heart Sūtra. The course book will be Walter Maurer’s The Sanskrit Language. Sanskrit Prelims continues throughout Michaelmas and Hilary Terms and for the first four weeks of Trinity.
Sanskrit Prelims I, V (MT20)
The course provides an introduction to Sanskrit for the preliminary paper of the Theology and Religion Faculty in Elementary Sanskrit. A range of relevant Hindu and Buddhist texts will be chosen for translation and philological comment. The class is designed to introduce students of Theology and Religion to the essentials of Sanskrit grammar, syntax, and vocabulary and its importance for the exegesis of Sanskrit texts. Students will learn to appreciate the interpretative nature of translation as a central discipline for the study of religions. By the end of the course students will have gained a basic competency in translating classical Sanskrit and reading relevant passages from texts such as the Chāndogya Upaniṣad, the Bhagavadgītā and the Buddhist Heart Sūtra. The course book will be Walter Maurer’s The Sanskrit Language. Sanskrit Prelims continues throughout Michaelmas and Hilary Terms and for the first four weeks of Trinity.