WORKSHOP “SERINDICA: NEW MATERIALS, NEW APPROACHES"

DECEMBER 12, FRIDAY

Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS (Lotus Sutra Hall, Novo-Mikhailovsky Palace – 18, Dvortsovaya naberezhnaya, St. Petersburg)

11:00–12:30 – 1st Session

Nicholas Sims-Williams (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London). ‘Stater’ and ‘drachm’ in Sogdian and Bactrian weight inscriptions

Desmond Durkin-Meisterernst (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Turfanforschung). New Iranian material from Khotan

Takata Токio (Kyoto University). On the Uighur wooden movable types newly discovered in Japan

12:30–14:00 – Break

14:00–16:00 – 2nd Session

Pavel Lurje (State Hermitage Museum). Sogdian culture from viewpoint of linguists and archaeologists

Alexander Zorin (Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS). The refound Tibetan Manuscripts from two Junghar monasteries near the Irtysh River

Safarali Shomakmadov (Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS). The unpublished fragment of Kashgar Sanskrit manuscripts from N.F. Petrovsky's Collection

Olga Lundysheva (Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS). Manuscripts from Central Asia: problems of systematization and communication

Irina Popova (Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS). The projects of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS, focused on the collections from Central Asia.