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 The unpublished fragment of Kashgar Sanskrit manuscripts from N.F. Petrovsky's Collection Olga Lundysheva (Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS).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