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URL:https://buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/events/newar-summer-school-2023/
SUMMARY:Toronto Newar Summer School\, June 2023
DESCRIPTION:Mon-Fri\, 10 am-12:00 pm\, 1:00-3:00 pm\, 4:00-6:00 pm EST\, in
  person and online\n\nThis program offers the opportunity to learn to spea
 k the idiom encountered in the streets of Kathmandu\, to access the vast m
 edieval and early modern Buddhist and Hindu literature preserved in Classi
 cal Newar\, and/or to delve into the writings of a thriving contemporary l
 iterary and academic Himalayan culture. Mentored by three teachers\, part
 icipants will study modern conversational Newar in the mornings\, as well
  as classical literary Newar and modern literary Newar in the afternoons.
 \n\nParticipants may enroll in any one or in all three classes\, depending
  on whether they want to focus on modern (spoken and written) or on liter
 ary (classical and modern) Newar. Students at all levels are welcome. Beg
 inners will receive a first exposure to the language\, while intermediate
  or advanced students will have the opportunity to strengthen their skill
 s. Applicants will be able to discuss their linguistic competence and acad
 emic needs at the time of application. Groups will be formed and syllabi 
 will be designed depending on the overall demand.\nRegistration\nRegistra
 tion closes on March 31\, 2023.\n\nParticipation is free. Please direct yo
 ur applications and all inquiries to Christoph Emmrich at christoph.emmri
 ch@utoronto.ca.\nTeachers\nSrilaxmi Shrestha\, M.A.\, an acclaimed priva
 te teacher of Newar and Nepali in Leiden\, the Netherlands\, will be co
 nducting the modern conversational Newar class.\n\nThe 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 o
 f Sankhu(2012) and The Newars of Sikkim (2015).\n\nUofT professor Dr. C
 hristoph Emmrich\, who teaches courses in Newar religion and literature\
 , will offer the classical Newar class.\n\n&nbsp\;
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LOCATION:Hybrid (in-person and online)\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, 
 Ontario\, M5R2M8\, Canada
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