BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:244@buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250526T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250605T140000 DTSTAMP:20260507T145424Z URL:https://buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/events/2025-toronto-newar-summer-s chool/ SUMMARY:The 2025 Toronto Newar Summer School DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Toronto Newar Summer School offers the opportun ity to learn to speak the idiom of the Kathmandu Valley\, to access the va st Buddhist and Hindu literature preserved in classical Newar\, and to del ve into the texts of a thriving contemporary literary Himalayan society.\n \n\nLearners may enroll in any one\, in two or in all three classes\, dep ending on whether they want to focus on modern (spoken and written) or on literary (classical and modern) Newar. Participants at all levels are welc ome. Beginners receive a first exposure to the language. Intermediate l evel students have the opportunity to strengthen their skills. Advanced readers will conduct supervised translations from editions and manuscript s.Four Instructors will lead modules in conversational Newar\, classical literary Newar\, and modern literary Newar. Academic lectures round off th e programme. Srilaxmi Shrestha\, M.A.\, an acclaimed private teacher of Newar and Nepali in Leiden\, the Netherlands\, will be conducting the conv ersational Newar course. The modern literary Newar class will be taught by  Dr. Bal Gopal Shrestha\, one of the leading Nepalese anthropologists of Newar Buddhism\, author of The Sacred Town of Sankhu (2012). The tutoria ls supplementing the conversational Newar course will be offered by Ian T urner\, M.A.\, doctoral student in Buddhist Studies at UofT. UofT profes sor Dr. Christoph Emmrich\, who teaches courses in Newar religion and lit erature\, will be offering the classical Newar class.Classes will take pl ace online Mondays to Saturdays (Sundays are off) between 7am and 2pm EST (Toronto time)\, each module within a two-hour slot. The modern spoken New ar module will be supplemented daily by a one-hour tutorial. The final sch edule of the summer school will be sent to participants in April.Teaching materials will be provided online.Extracurricular events will include le ctures on Newar language and literature by scholars in English and in Newa r.Registration closes on March 31\, 2025.\n\nParticipation is free.\n\nPl ease send your applications and enquiries to Christoph Emmrich at christop h.emmrich@utoronto.ca.\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u ploads/2026/04/Newar-Summer-School-2025-Girija-Reading-extracurricular.jpg CATEGORIES:Language Program LOCATION:Online\, Online only\, Toronto\, Canada X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Online only\, Toronto\, Can ada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Online:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR