Intellectual encounters in Calcutta prior to and after the foundation of the Asiatic Society: From early modern traditions to colonial épistémè (jrp000304)

ILCAA Joint Research Project

Intellectual encounters in Calcutta prior to and after the foundation of the Asiatic Society: From early modern traditions to colonial épistémè (jrp000304)

Keywords

British India
The Asiatic Society
Orientalism
Hinduism
colonial épistémè

Areas

South Asia

Website

About the Project

Project term: April, 2024–March, 2027

Both before and after the 1784 foundation of the Asiatic Society in Calcutta, a lively exchange was held among Western colonial bureaucrats, Orientalists, and local intellectual elites, giving rise to various discourses that later shaped the views of India in Orientalism. This research project will elucidate how these views of India, which continue to influence contemporary thought, were formulated through an analysis of the intellectual exchange between Europeans and locals in Calcutta, using the historical documents that they left behind.

Satoshi OGURA, Project Coordinator

Members

Coordinator

Satoshi OGURA

ILCAA Staff

Kengo HARIMOTO (Co-Coordinator)
Masahiko TOGAWA
Nobuhiro OTA

Joint Researchers

Akihiko AKAMATSU
Kiyokazu OKITA
Shinsaku KATO
Ai KURAHASHI
Toshiki SHIBUYA
Jun TAKASHIMA
Kana TOMIZAWA
Miwako NAMBA
Tomohiro MANABE
Tomoka MUSHIGA
Kiyotaka YOSHIMIZU
Jean Arzoumanov

Outputs

Meetings

The 2nd meeting / NIHU Global Mediterranean Research Project meeting

Date/Time: Tue 10 Sep 2024 16:30–18:00
Venue: Room W205, Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Building, Hokkaido University, Online meeting
Language: Japanese
Kengo HARIMOTO (ILCAA, University of Naples)

“Toward Hinduism: What it means to be a Vedavādin”

The 1st meeting ：Report (Japanese)

Date/Time: Sun 4 Aug 2024 14:00–18:00
Venue: Hongo Satellite 3F Seminar Room, Online meeting
Language: Japanese
Satoshi OGURA (ILCAA), Kengo HARIMOTO (ILCAA, University of Naples)

“L'Orientale” “Introduction”

Satoshi OGURA (ILCAA)

“The Ā'īn-i Akbarī and Western Indology: with Special Reference to the Category of the Six Systems of Philosophy”

All members

“Self-introductions and discussions about how to forward the project”

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