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For general information on all courses please contact Prof. Jens Braarvig.

Seminars on Buddhist texts

These are a weekly seminars concerned with the comparative reading of Buddhist texts (Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese Translations). Presently, the Abidharmakosa-sastra is studied.
For further information on this seminar please contact Prof. Jens Braarvig.

Detail of a wooden printing-block of Zutang ji 祖堂集 ("Collection from the Patriarchs' Hall", the earliest comprehensive history of Chan / Zen Buddhism), one of the most important sources for the study of Early Colloquial Chinese
(Photograph © Christoph Anderl).

Seminar on Accadian texts

Responsible for this weekly course: Bjarte Kaldhol.

Seminar on Sumerian texts

Responsible for this weekly course: Alexander Lange Ziesler.

Beginners course: Sumerian

This introduction to Sumerian is usually provided once the year by Alexander Lange Ziesler.

Seminar on Ugaritic texts

Weekly seminar, for further information on this seminar please contact Rolf Furuli.

Course in Tibetan

This is an introductory course in the Tibetan language with emphasis on the reading of Buddhist texts. The course is scheduled to start every autum and lasts for one year. For further information please contact Fredrik Liland.

Seminar on Early Colloquial Chinese

For further information on the reading of texts (including early Chan / Zen texts and Dunhuang texts) written in Early Colloquial Chinese (ca. 9th till 12th cent.) please contact Dr. Christoph Anderl.

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Introduction to TLS

This is an introductory course to Thesaurus Linguae Sericae. For further information please contact Prof. Christoph Harbsmeier.

The Oslo Arabic Seminar (OsAr)

A group of weekly seminars for close reading of original Arabic texts from the medieval period (i.e. 'Classical Arabic').
We read chosen excerpts from a variety of text-types, including philosophical texts, Arabic translations from Greek scientific works, Arabic scientific works (medicine, mathematics, etc.), Islamic exegetical, legal, theological and linguistic texts, Christian and Jewish texts composed in Arabic, early Arabic prose and the even earlier pre-Islamic Bedouin poetic texts.
The seminars are in principle open for anyone interested and previous knowledge of Arabic is not neccessarily required for participation (depending on the set-up of the current seminars). Please check the OsAr page for details.
For further information please contact Amund Bjrsns here.