In our daily close reading sessions from October 21 until November 3, 2018, we explored the Indian origins of the Arabic Kalīla and Dimna texts. Our expert advisor was Florinda de Simini, Indologist from L’Orientale (Naples University) who is taking off with a project on “The Shivadharma and the Making of Regional Religious Traditions in Premodern South Asia”, funded by a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

This close reading workshop is to be continued!