Piotr Balcerowicz
e-mail:
My country is where my shoes are...
(*) Professor
Chair of South Asian Studies
Faculty of Oriental Studies
University of Warsaw
Krakowskie Przedmieœcie 26/28
00-927 Warszawa
Poland
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/en/indologia
since 1996
(*) President and Founder
Association Education for Peace
(Stowarzyszenie Edukacja dla Pokoju)
Niemcewicza 26/64
02-306 Warszawa
Poland
since 2002
Academic Degrees:
MA in Cultural Studies / Oriental Studies (1990), University of Warsaw (Poland), recognised (1992) as equal to the MA degree of the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin (Germany).
MA thesis: The outline of the Jaina doctrine: the translation of chapters 1, 2, 5, 8 of the Tattvarthadhigama-sutra of Umasvamin and the commentary Tattvarthadhigama-bhasya of Umasvati.
PhD in Philosophy / Oriental Studies [Doktor der Philosophie] (1999), Universität Hamburg, Institut für Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets, Hamburg (Germany).
PhD thesis: Jaina Epistemology in Historical and Comparative Perspective: Critical Edition and English Translation of Logical-Epistemological Treatises: Nyayavatara, Nyayavatara-vivrti and Nyayavatara-tippana with Introduction and Notes — Dissertation zur Erlangung der Würde des Doktors der Philosophie der Universität Hamburg.
Published as: Volume I & II. Alt- und Neu-Indische Studien 53,1 & 53,2. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2001. XLI + 536 pages.
Habilitation (post-doctoral degree) in Eastern Philosophy / Oriental Studies (2005), Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Habilitationsschrift: History of Classical Indian Philosophy. Part One: Beginnings, Analytical Trends and Philosophy of Nature. [Historia klasycznej filozofii indyjskiej. Czêœæ pierwsza: pocz¹tki, nurty analityczne i filozofia przyrody]. Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog, Warszawa 2003. [488 pages, 165x235 mm; in Polish].
Other professional experience:
Details of professional career:
(in chronological order)
1983-1990 – MA studies at Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland (Indology, Sanskrit, Pali, Bengali, Hindi)
1987-1988 – Studies at Banaras Hindu University and P.V. Jain Research Institute, Varanasi, India (Indian philology: Sanskrit & Prakrits, philosophy and anthropology)
1990-1992 – PhD research scholar at Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Warsaw (focus: Ancient Greek and contemporary Western philosophy, esp. epistemology)
1992 –Summer School of Prakrit Languages and Literature, Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology, Delhi, India
1992-1996 – PhD studies (Indian Philosophy): Institut für Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets, Universität Hamburg, Germany
1996 – Started his work as assistant at the Institute of Oriental Studies (Department of Computer Science), University of Warsaw, Poland
2003–2005 – Research at: Abteilung für Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets, Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg (Research Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
2006 – Co-Founder of Postgraduate Centre for Religious Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland, www.orient.uw.edu.pl/psr
2007/2008 – Manuscript Project in India (Research Fellow of Mellon Foundation: Mellon Post-doctoral Fellowship)
Member of editorial boards:
Granted scholarships:
Organiser / Co-organiser
of international conferences:
Other:
1978-1982 – suspended / expelled from schools (three times)
autumn 1980 – Co-founder and active member of the Independent Federation of Secondary School Students’ Unions in Toruñ municipality, supported by the Independent Self-governing Trade Union "Solidarity": http://w.icm.edu.pl/t/niepokor/niepoko1.htm
1988-1989 – Work at Polish Radio Channel 3 (programmes on Indian music and culture)
1988-2002 – teacher of English, German and philosophy
06-07.2000 – lecturer at Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyz Republic - Summer University of Central Asia / Civic Education Project. Field study tour to Central Asia
2000-2001 – Plenipotentiary in informatics, Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw
06-08.2001 – Field study tour to Central Asia and Afghanistan, meetings with religious and political leaders of anti-Taliban coalition (president Burhanuddin Rabbani, general Ahmad Shah Masood, field generals of the Northern Alliance etc.)
01-02.2002 – Field study tour to the Middle East (including meetings with religious and political leaders: Patriarch of the Maronite Church, leaders of Hezbollah, Lebanese Parliament Members etc., Dar al-Fatwa, Academy of Islamic Studies etc).
07-08.2002 – research trip to Israel and Palestine, meetings with Shimon Peres, Yasser Arafat (president of Palestinian Autonomy), Hanan Ashrawi, Mustafa Barghouti, Ekrima Sabri (the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Holy Land), members of Palestinian Legislative Council, board of Jerusalem rabbis, etc.
04.2002-11.06.2007 – Founder and President of Association ‘Schools for Peace’ (Stowarzyszenie Szko³y dla Pokoju), a humanitarian non-governmental organisation with the aim to provide education for young people from the regions affected by poverty and neglect (including Afghanistan and Inner Asia). In these five years the Association ‘Schools for Peace’ constructed three school buildings in Northern Afghanistan (Qaramqul near Andhkoi and Mohmandan near Balch) for approx. 2400 schoolgirls and schoolboys, sent a number of volunteer teachers of computers and English to teach in Afghanistan, collected and transported approx. 15 tonnes of schoolbooks, writing materials, computers, printers etc. The association was transformed in summer 2007 and now operates under the name Association ‘Education for Peace’ (Stowarzyszenie Edukacja dla Pokoju, www.edukacjadlapokoju.org). More
2002 – project to found a UNESCO Chair of Intercultural Relations at University of Warsaw
10.2002 – OSCE International Polling Supervisor in Kosovo
03–04.2005 – research trip to Kyrghyzstan and Kazakhstan
07–08.2005 – research trip to Kazakhstan, Ferghana Valley (Uzbekistan), and Afghanistan
since 06.2007 – Member of Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee for Oriental Studies [Polska Akademia Nauk, Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych].
since 06.2007 – Founder and President of Association ‘Education for Peace’, an NGO to provide education and promote changes for peace in regions affected by poverty and neglect (including Afghanistan, Central Asia and Tibet).
Numerous other tours to Central and South Asia, including Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Nepal. Approx. 70 countries visited.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Books authored by...
Continents – An Illustrated Handbook of English in 3 Volumes with Cassettes. [co-author: Katarzyna Balcerowicz], Centrum Kszta³cenia Triada, Warsaw 1998. [Second and Revised Edition: Warsaw 1999].
Jaina Epistemology In Historical And Comparative Perspective - A Critical Edition And An Annotated Translation Of Siddhasena Divakara’s Nyayavatara, Siddharsiganin’s Nyayavatara-vivrti And Devabhadrasuri’s Nyayavatara-tippana. Volume I & II. Alt- und Neu-Indische Studien 53,1 & 53,2. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2001. XLI + 536 pages.
Afganistan: historia - ludzie - polityka ["Afghanistan: History – People – Politics"]. Wydawnictwo Akademickie DIALOG, Warszawa 2001 [175 pages, 35 photographs, in Polish]. Reviews in English:
www.warsawvoice.pl/archiwum.phtml/5859, www.wgsr.uw.edu.pl/pub/uploads/aps04/9_Recenzja_Afganistan.pdf
A review in English: Beata Maciejewska in Asia & Pacific Studies 1 (2004) 119-122:
www.wgsr.uw.edu.pl/biblioteka/Asia%20&%20Pacific%20Studies.pdf
D¿inizm. Staro¿ytna religia Indii ["Jainism. An Ancient Indian Religion"]. Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog, Warszawa 2002. [336 pages, 145x235 mm, ISBN 83-88938-31-2, in Polish]
Historia klasycznej filozofii indyjskiej. Czêœæ pierwsza: pocz¹tki, nurty analityczne i filozofia przyrody ["History of Classical Indian Philosophy. Part One: Beginnings, Analytical Trends i Philosophy of Nature"]. Vol. 1, Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog, Warszawa 2003. [488 pages, 165x235 mm, ISBN 83-88938-55-X, in Polish.
Jaina Epistemology In Historical And Comparative Perspective - A Critical Edition And An Annotated Translation Of Siddhasena Mahamati’s Nyayavatara, Siddharsiganin’s Nyayavatara-vivrti And Devabhadrasuri’s Nyayavatara-tippana. Volume I & II. Second revised edition. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2009. [548 pages].
Jainism and the Definition of Religion. Edited by Manish Modi, Hindi Granth Karyalay, Mumbai 2009.
Books edited by...
Materials of the International Conference on Sanskrit and Related Studies “On the Understanding of Other Cultures” to Commemorate the Centenary of the Birth of Stanis³aw Schayer (1899-1941) [Co-editor], Uniwersytet Warszawski, 7-10 October, 1999, Warszawa 1999.
On the Understanding of Other Cultures. Proceedings of the International Conference on Sanskrit and Related Studies to Commemorate the Centenary of the Birth of Stanislaw Schayer (1899–1941). Warsaw University, Poland, October 7–10, 1999. Ed. by Piotr Balcerowicz and Marek Mejor. Studia Indologiczne 7, Warsaw 2000, 503 pages. [in English] ***
Mi³oœæ niejedno ma imiê. Orientalna liryka mi³osna [“Oriental love lyrics”]. Ed. by Piotr Balcerowicz and Stanis³aw Godziñski, Festiwal Nauki 15-24 September 2001, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa 2001. [In Polish]. ***
Materials of the International Seminar “Argument and Reason in Indian Logic”. Ed. by Piotr Balcerowicz and Marek Mejor, Kazimierz Dolny 2001. [in English] ***
O piêknie i niewiernoœci czyli o przek³adach z literatur orientalnych [“On the beauty and infidelity, or on translations from Oriental literatures”]. Ed. by Piotr Balcerowicz and Stanis³aw Godziñski. Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa 2002. [In Polish]. ***
Proceedings of the International Seminar “Argument and Reason in Indian Logic” 20–24 June, 2001 — Kazimierz Dolny, Poland [Editor], Journal of Indian Philosophy 1–3 (2003) [Kluwer Academic Publishers, 381 pages].
Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion [Proceedings of the International Seminar on Jainism “Aspects of Jainism”. Warsaw University 8th–9th September, 2000]. [Editor], Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2003. [in English]
Essays in Indian Philosophy, Religion and Literature. Edited by Piotr Balcerowicz and Marek Mejor, with the help of Anna Trynkowska (assistant editor). Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2004. [in English]
Logic and Belief in Indian Philosophy. Edited by Piotr Balcerowicz. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2010 [ISBN 978-81-208-3446-0; 685 pages]. www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/LogicandBelief1.pdf
Sztuka i kultura wizualna Indii [in Polish; Art and Visual Culture of India]. Edited by Piotr Balcerowicz & Jerzy Malinowski. Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa 2010 [171 pp., 127 photos, A4 format]. http://www.dig.com.pl/index.php?s=karta&id=808, table of contents: http://www.dig.com.pl/strony/Sztuka_Indii_spis_tresci677.pdf
Œwiat Orientu – Orient w œwiecie [in Polish; The World of the Orient – the Orient in the World]. Edited by Agata Bareja-Starzyñska, Piotr Balcerowicz, Jan Rogala, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2010 [256 pages]. http://www.wuw.home.pl/ksiegarnia/product_info.php?products_id=4475 ***
Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Vol. XIV: Jaina Philosophy, Part II. Edited by Piotr Balcerowicz and Karl Potter, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2011 [in print].
Art, Myths and Visual Culture of South Asia. Edited by Piotr Balcerowicz in collaboration with Jerzy Malinowski. Manohar, Delhi 2011. www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/South_Asian_Art_2011.pdf ***
Articles:
“Kolebki cywilizacji indyjskiej” ["Craddles of Indian Civilisation"], Mówi¹ Wieki [A Historical Monthly], 08.1988, Warszawa. [in Polish].
“Ancient Indian Civilisation”, The Movement, Los Angeles, USA, 06.1987. [In English].
“Zagadnienie sztuki w filozofii Rabindranatha Tagore’a” [“On the question of art in the philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore”], Pismo artystyczno-literackie [A Historical-Artistic Journal] 8 (1988) pp. 145-152, Kraków. [in Polish].
“¯ycie i obrzêdy w dawnych Indiach” [“Life and Rituals in Ancient India”], Kontynenty [A Geographical Monthly] 09 (1988) p. 32-37, Warszawa. [in Polish].
“Some Remarks on the Sensuous Cognition (mati-jana) Process”, Jain Journal Vol. XXIV Nr.1 (Juli 1990) pp. 17-20, Calcutta, India. [In English].
“Animals Within Ontological Framework of Jainism and Buddhism”, in Jinmanjari Vol.1, No.2 (1990) pp. 9-15, Kanada-USA. [In English].
“Naya-vada or the Jaina Doctrine of Predications”, in Jinmanjari Vol.3 No.2 (1991) Kanada-USA. [In English].
A Series of encyclopaedia articles and entries on Jainism for the Concise Comprehensive Encyclopaedia (Ma³a Encyklopedia Powszechna), Polish Scientific Publishes (PWN), Warsaw 1991-1992. [in Polish].
A Series of encyclopaedia articles and entries on Jainism: the Large Comprehensive Encyclopaedia (Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna) in 6 volumes, Polish Scientific Publishes (PWN), Warsaw 1991-1992. [in Polish].
Encyclopaedia articles “Buddhist literature” and “Jaina literature”: The Catholic Encyclopedia, Catholic University of Lublin, 1992. [in Polish].
“Poznanie i wolnoœæ w filozofii indyjskiej - od upaniszad do Krishnamurtiego” [“Knowledge and freedom in Indian Philosophy - from the Upanisads to Jiddu Krishnamurti”], Przegl¹d Orientalistyczny [Oriental Journal] 1 (1994) pp.113–135. [in Polish].
“Zarys d¿inijskiej teorii poznania” [“Outline of Jaina theory of knowledge”], Studia Indologiczne [Indological Journal] 1 (1994) pp. 12-67, Uniwersytet Warszawski. [in Polish].
“S³owo wstêpne (o transliteracji wyrazów indyjskich w jêzyku polskim)” [“On the transliteration of Indian words in the Polish Language”], Studia Indologiczne [Indological Journal] 1 (1994) pp. 5–8, Uniwersytet Warszawski. [in Polish].
“Formal Analysis of Catuskoti - a Buddhist Anticipation of Multiple-valued Logic?”, in: Proceedings of International Conference on Sanskrit and Related Studies in Cracow, September 23-25, 1993. Cracow Indological Studies Vol. 1, Cracow 1995, pp. 27-44. [In English].
“Œankarasvamin: Nyaya-praveœa – “Wprowadzenie w logikê” [“Sankarasvamin: Nyaya-pravesa: Introduction to Logic – Part One: I. Polish Translation, II. Sanskrit Text, III. Notes § I, Abbreviations and Bibliography”], Studia Indologiczne 2 (1995) 39-87. [In Polish].
“O treœciach Pustyni Nubijskiej czyli o systemach spolszczania wyrazów indyjskich” ["On the Meanings of the Nubian Desert, or on the Systems of Polish transcription of Indian Words"], Studia Indologiczne 2 (1995) 175-6. [In Polish].
“Miêdzynarodowa Konferencja nt. studiów nad d¿inizmem: filozofia, logika, rytua³y i symbole (Toronto, Kanada, 31.03-2.04.1995) — sprawozdanie” ["Report of the International Conference on Approaches to Jaina Studies: Philosophy, Logic, Rituals and Symbols, 31.03–2.04.1995 Toronto"], Studia Indologiczne 2 (1995) pp. 39-87. [In Polish].
“Œankarasvamin: Nyaya-praveœa – “Wprowadzenie w logikê” [“Sankarasvamin: Nyaya-pravesa: Introduction to Logic” — Part Two: III. Notes §§ II-V, IV. Comments, V. Glossary of Selected Sanskrit Logical Terms; VI. Indices”], Studia Indologiczne 3 (1996) 5-47. [In Polish].
“Jaina Concept of Religion”. In: Contributions On Oriental Traditions (On Non-Monotheistic Religions), Dialogue and Universalism 11-12 (1997) 197-215. [In English].
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/Balcerowicz1997.pdf
“Jak uczyniæ z krowy byt diachronicznie i synchronicznie homogeniczny, czyli o pojêciach urdhvata-samanya i tiraœcina-samanya” ["How to make a cow a synchronically and diachronically homogenous entity, or on the notions of urdhvata-samanya and tirascina-samanya"], Studia Indologiczne 5 (1998) 22-60. [In Polish].
“Nurty monistyczne i dualistyczne w filozofii indyjskiej - artyku³ recenzyjny: Joanna Jurewicz: O imionach i kszta³tach Jednego. Monizm indyjskiej filozofii Tradycji. PWN, Warszawa 1994” ["Monistic and Dualistic tendencies in Indian Philosophy, A Review Article"], Studia Indologiczne 5 (1998) 143-164. [In Polish].
“Trzecia Miêdzynarodowa Konferencja nt. Dharmakirtiego (Hiroszima, Japonia, 4–6.11.1997) — sprawozdanie” ["Report of the Third International Dharmakirti Conference — Hiroshima, November 4–6, 1997"], Studia Indologiczne 5 (1998) 195-196. [In Polish].
“Taxonomic approach to drstantabhasa in Nyaya-bindu and in Siddharsigani’s Nyayavatara-vivrti—Dharmakirti’s typology and the Jaina criticism thereof”. In: Dharmakirti’s Thought and Its Impact on Indian and Tibetan Philosophy (Proceedings of the Third International Dharmakirti Conference — Hiroshima, November 4–6, 1997). Ed. Shoryu Katsura, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften: Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens Nr. 32, Wien 1999, pp. 1-16. [In English].
“How could a cow be both synchronically and diachronically homogenous, or on the Jaina notions of tiryak-samanya and urdhvata-samanya”. In: Approaches to Jaina Studies: Philosophy, Logic, Rituals and Symbols. [Proceedings of the International Conference on Approaches to Jaina Studies: Philosophy, Logic, Rituals and Symbols, 31.03–2.04.1995 Toronto]. Ed. by N.K. Wagle and Olle Qvarnström, SASP 11, University of Toronto: Centre for South Asian Studies, Toronto 19992, pp. 211–237. [In English].
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/Balcerowicz1999b.pdf
“Wasubandhu: »Dowód na wy³¹czne istnienie treœci œwiadomoœci w dwudziestu strofach« (Vinsatika – Vijñapti-matrata-siddhi). — I. Tekst sanskrycki, II. T³umaczenie, III. Pos³owie.” ["Vasubandhu: “The Proof of the Sole existence of the Contents of Consciousness in Twenty Verses (Vinsatika – Vijñapti-matrata-siddhi)"] (Parts I and II co-authored with Monika Nowakowska). Studia Indologiczne 6 (1999) pp. 5-44. [In Polish].
“Szko³a epistemologiczna i filozofia przyrody”. ["Epistemological School and the Philosophy of Nature"] In: Handbook of Indian Philosophy. Ed. by Beata Szymañska, Instytut Filozofii, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 2001, pp. 83-106. [In Polish].
“D¿inizm i filozofia d¿inijska” ["Jainism and Jaina Philosophy"]. In: Handbook of Indian Philosophy. Ed. by Beata Szymañska, Instytut Filozofii, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 2001, pp. 155-177. [In Polish].
“G³ówne nurty buddyzmu” ["Main Schools of Buddhism"]. In: Orient – kolebka religii œwiatowych [The Orient – the Cradle of World religions]. Ed. by Piotr Balcerowicz and Stanis³aw Godziñski, Festiwal Nauki 15-24 September 2000, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa 2000, pp. 5-14. [In Polish].
A Series of encyclopaedia articles and entries (Letters A-I: 1999/2000) for the Great Comprehensive Encyclopaedia in 30 Volumes, Polish Scientific Publishes (PWN), Warsaw 2001: (1) longer articles (approx. 300 lines and more): Buddhism, Jainism, Indian Philosophy; (2) shorter entries (10-30 lines): Advaita, Ajiva, Ajivikas, Akalanka Bhatta, Akriya-vada, Anga, Annanbhatta, Anviksiki, Apoha, Asanga, Astika, Badarayana, Brhaspati, Carvaka, Citta, Darsana, Duhkha, Dasgupta Surendranath, Dharma, Dharmakirti, Dhyana, Digambara, Dignaga, Jñana, Jayarasi Bhatta, Jaimini, Jina, Jainism, Jiva, Gauðapada, Gautama Aksapada, Maskarin Gosala, Guna, Haribhadra, Hemacandra, Isvarakrsna, Nastika. [In Polish].
A Series of encyclopaedia articles and entries: “Jainism”, “Mahavira”, “Tirthamkara”. In: Encyklopedia Historyczna Œwiata. [Encyclopaedia of the World History]. Vol. III, “Staro¿ytnoœæ - czêœæ 2” [Antiquity - Part 2], Agencja Publicystyczno-Wydawnicza Opres, Kraków 2000. [In Polish].
A Series of encyclopaedia articles and entries (on Indian philosophy and religion) for the Great Encyclopaedia of Religion in 10 Volumes, Polish Scientific Publishes (PWN), Warsaw 2001–…: [In Polish].
“On the Date of the Nyayavatara”. In: On the Understanding of Other Cultures. Proceedings of the International Conference on Sanskrit and Related Studies to Commemorate the Centenary of the Birth of Stanis³aw Schayer (1899–1941). Warsaw University, Poland, October 7–10, 1999. Ed. by Piotr Balcerowicz and Marek Mejor. Studia Indologiczne 7 (2000) 17-57. [In English].
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/Balcerowicz1999a.pdf
“Two Siddhasenas and the Authorship of the Nyayavatara and the Sanmati-tarka-prakarana”. Journal of Indian Philosophy 29/3 (2001) pp. 351-578. [In English].
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/Balcerowicz2001a.pdf
“The Logical Structure of the Naya Method of the Jainas”. Journal of Indian Philosophy 29/3 (2001) 379-403. [In English].
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/Balcerowicz2001b.pdf
"Na ile powszechna powinna byæ encyklopedia?" ["How comprehensive should be an encyclopaedia"], Kwartalnik Filozoficzny 29/4 (2001) 149-157.
www.kul.lublin.pl/efk/recenzje/balcerowicz.html
A Series of encyclopaedia articles and entries (Letters A-I: 2001-2002) for the Great Comprehensive Encyclopaedia in 30 Volumes, Polish Scientific Publishes (PWN), Warsaw 2002: Yoga, Yogacara, Kanada, Kapila, Karman, Krishnamurti Jiddu, Kriya-vada, Kumarila Bhatta, Lokayata, Nagarjuna, Nagasena, Nama-rupa, Nastika, Nimbarka, Nirvana, Nyaya. [In Polish].
A Series of encyclopaedia articles and entries for Comprehensive Encyclopaedia of Philosophy [Powszechna encyklopedia filozofii] in 6 Volumes, SITA – Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu, Lublin 2001, 2002, 2003 [Citta, Devasuri-vadin, Dharma, Digambara, jinism, Gunaratna Suri, Gunaratna Gani, Haribhadra Suri, Hemacandra Suri, jina, jiva]. [in Polish].
“[The last] Interview with Ahmad Shah Masood” (August 2001), Omaid Weekly - The Most Widely Read Afghan Publication in the World, New York, November-December 2001 (www.omaid.com). [in English].
“Afghanistan at the Cross-roads”, Dialogue and Universalism 11-12 (2001) 97-105. [in English].
“Interview with Ahmad Shah Masood”, Dialogue and Universalism 11-12 (2001) pp. 107-121. [in English].
www.omaid.com/english_section/back_issues_archive/496.htm#item2
“Wywiad z Ahmedem Szahem Masudem” [“Interview with Ahmad Shah Masood”], Rzeczpospolita, 22-23.09.2001, p. 6. [Reprinted in: Komandos, 05/2002]. [in Polish] [in English] [in Italian: Intervista AREA, Dicembre 2006].
“Allah ponad narodami” ["Allah above all nations – on modern Panislamism"], Polityka nr 39, 29.09.2001, pp. 36-39. [in Polish].
“W drodze do Masuda” [“On the Was to Masood – Afghanistan a forthnight before 11 Sept. 2001”], Polityka nr 41, 13.10.2001, pp. 100-105. [in Polish].
“Afgañskie domino” ["Afghan Domino – on ethic issues and power in modern Afghanistan”], Sprawy Polityczne [Politological Journal], nr 6/12, listopad-grudzieñ 2001, pp. 9-25. [in Polish].
“O planie ataku mówili g³oœno. Wywiad z Piotrem Balcerowiczem” [“The plans of 11 Sept. were well known in Afghanistan - an Inteview with Piotr Balcerowicz”], Trybuna, 4.10.2001, p. 12. [in Polish].
“Œwiête pró¿nowanie - ten ramadan bêdzie inny ni¿ poprzednie” [“Holy leisure – this Ramadhan will be different”], Polityka nr 46, 17.11.2001, pp. 78-80. [in Polish].
“Teraz my: Afganistan” [“Now we take Afghanistan”], Polityka nr 5, 2.02.2002, pp. 39-41. [in Polish].
“Afganistan: w nadziei na pokój” [“Afghanistan: in the hope for peace”], Sprawy Polityczne [Politological Journal], nr 13/14, 2002, ss. 3-12. [in Polish].
“Niezale¿na Palestyna to klucz do pokoju - wywiad z kardyna³em Nasrallahem Butrosem Sfeirem, patriarch¹ maronitów” [“Independent Palestine is the key to peace – an interview with Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, the Patrirarch of the Maronite Church”], Rzeczpospolita, 27.03.2002, p. 7. [in Polish].
“Nie ma miejsca dla Izraela - rozmowa z Mohammadem Raadem, deputowanym do Parlamentu Libañskiego z ramienia Hezbollahu” [“'There is no room for Israel' says Mohammad Raad” – an interview with the Hezbollah leader and Hezbollah deputy to Lebanese Parliament”], Polityka nr 17, 27.04.2002, pp. 42-43. [in Polish].
“Front terroru przeciwko terroryzmowi” [“Front of terror against terrorism”], Res Publica Nowa 05 (2002) pp. 8–24. [in Polish]. http://publica.pl/media/archiwum/02-5-Balcerowicz-Front_terroryzmu.pdf
‘Recenzja: Edward W. Said: Za ostatnim niebem. Palestyñczycy’ [Review: Edwar Said: After the Last Sky. Palestinian Lives’], Res Publica Nova 2002.[in Polish].
“Some Remarks on the Naya Method”, In: Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion [Proceedings of the International Seminar on Jainism “Aspects of Jainism”. Warsaw University 8th–9th September, 2000], Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2003, pp. 37-67.
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/balcerowicz2003a.pdf
“On the Date of the Nyayavatara”, revised and reprinted in: Essays in Indian Philosophy, Religion and Literature, Ed. by Piotr Balcerowicz and Marek Mejor. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2004, pp. 323-362.
“Yasser Arafat: Widzê Palestynê demokratyczn¹ i œwieck¹” [“I see Palestine as a democratic and secular country - an interview with Yasser Arafat"], Rzeczpospolita, 4.09.2002, pp. 1, 5. [in Polish].
“Arafat mnie zawiód³ - rozmowa z Szimonem Peresem, ministrem spraw zagranicznych Izraela” [“Arafat disappointed me – an interview with Shimon Peres"], Minster of Foreign Affairs of Israel”], Polityka 39, 28 wrzeœnia 2002, pp. 44-46. [in Polish].
“Is 'Inexplicability Otherwise' (anyathanupapatti) Otherwise Inexplicable?”, Journal of Indian Philosophy [Kluwer Academic Publishers] 1–3 (2003) 343–380.
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/balcerowicz2003b.pdf
“Rok w Afganistanie” [“A Year in Afghanistan”], Sprawy Polityczne [Politological Journal], nr 9/21, 2002, pp. 6-15. [in Polish].
“Dysputa miêdzy materialist¹, królem Paesim, a ksiêciem-ascet¹ Keœinem. Fragment Opowieœci o królu Paesim (Paesi-kahanayan)” [“A Dispute between King Paesi and prince-monk Kesi. A Fragment of the Story of the King Paesi (Paesi-kahanayam)" - A Translation], Sudia Indologiczne 10 (2003) 11-29. [in Polish]
„Rozmowa z Ekrim¹ Sabrim, Muftim Jerozolimy i Ziemi Œwiêtej: “Przyjdzie czas dla nas’” [“An Interview with Ekrima Sa’id Sabri, The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Holy Land: ‘Our time will come’”]. Polityka 23 (2404), 7 czerwca 2003, s. 58-59.
“Perski dywan” [“Persian Carpet” – on the contemporary political situation in Iran], Polityka 27, czerwiec 2003. [in Polish].
“Karzaj dla Polityki” [Interview with Hamid Karzai], Polityka 27, July 2003. [in Polish].
“Willem Bollée: The Story of Paesi (Paesi-kahanayan). Soul and Body in Ancient India. A Dialogue on Materialism” [A Review Article], Studia Indologiczne 10 (2003) 270-275. [in Polish].
“On the Relationship of the Nyayavatara and the Sanmati-tarka-prakarana”, Proceedings of the XIth World Sanskrit Conference (Turin, April, 3rd-8th, 2000), Indologica Taurinensia 29 (2003) 31–83.
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/balcerowicz2003c.pdf
„Po¿ar stepu – Tyrani siê boj¹" ["The Steppe on fire: they tyrants are scared" - on 2005 Revolution in Kyrgyzstan], Polityka 21/2005.
“Rewolucje w Azji Œrodkowej” [“Revolutions in Central Asia” – on political and ethnic changes and Islamic movements in Central Asia], Sprawy Polityczne 31, 06.2005.
“Pramanas and language. A Dispute between Dignaga, Dharmakirti and Akalanka”, Journal of Indian Philosophy 33/4 (2005) 343–400.
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/balcerowicz2005c.pdf
“Monks, monarchs and materialists”, Journal of Indian Philosophy 33/5-6 (2005) 571-582.
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/balcerowicz2005a.pdf
“Akalanka und die buddhistische Tradition: Von der Nichtwahrnehmung von Unsichtbarem (adrsyanupalabdhi) zu Allwissenheit”, Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 49 (2005) 151–226.
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/balcerowicz2005b.pdf
„Dignaga, Dharmakirti i Akalanka. Epistemologia buddyjska a modele kryteriów poznawczych w d¿inizmie" [“Dignaga, Dharmakirti and Akalanka: Buddhist Epistemology and Models of Cognitive Criteria in Jainism“], Studia Indologiczne 12-13 (2005-2006) 4–38.
"Foreword" to: Vyavahara-bhasya-pithika (Prakrit-English). Edited, translated and annotated by Willem B. Bollée. Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 4, Hindi Granth Karyalay, Mumbai 2006: ss. 1–3.
Wywiad z Piotrem Balcerowiczem: "Indie – gospodarczy tygrys czy s³oñ?" [An Interview with Piotr Balcerowicz: "India: economic tiger or elephant" – on Indian economy"], Gazeta Wyborcza 13-06-2006:
http://gospodarka.gazeta.pl/gospodarka/1,33211,3410378.html
http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/texts/Indiegospodarka.pdf
"Implications of the Buddhist-Jaina dispute over the fallacious example in Nyaya-bindu and Nyayavatara-vivrtti", in: Peter Flügel (ed.): Studies in Jaina History and Culture, Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies, Routledge, London–New York 2006: 117–153.
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/balcerowicz2006a.pdf
"Bin Laden, i talebani i servizi segreti pachistani" [An Interview with Piotr Balcerowicz, in Italian] - Intervista: AREA, Dicembre 2006. www.area-online.it/Area.htm
Wywiad z Piotrem Balcerowiczem: "Tata kupuje Zachód" [An Interview with Piotr Balcerowicz: "Tata buys the West" – on modernisation in India], Wysokie Obcasy / Gazeta Wyborcza 20-08-2008.
www.wysokieobcasy.pl/wysokie-obcasy/1,96856,5608883,Tata_kupuje_Zachod.html
"Some Remarks on the opening sections in Jaina epistemological treatises", Walter Slaje (ed.): :Œāstrārambha. Inquiries into the Preamble in Sanskrit. Prefaced by Edwin Gerow. Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Band LXII, Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2008: 25-81.
Wywiad z Piotrem Balcerowiczem: "“Azjatycka wielka gra” (o losach Pakistanu i Afganistanu)" [An Interview with Piotr Balcerowicz: "Asian Great Game (on the fate of Pakistan and Afghanistan)"], Polska Zbrojna 22, 31.05.2009, pp. 39-42.
http://www.polska-zbrojna.pl/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=180&format=raw&Itemid=111
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/texts/pb_polska-zbrojna-nr-222009.pdf
“What Exists for the Vaisesika?”, in: Piotr Balcerowicz (ed.): Logic and Belief in Indian Philosophy. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2010: 241–348.
www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/What_Exists_for_the_Vaisesika.pdf
Wywiad z Piotrem Balcerowiczem: "Co daje pasja? — ¯adne studia nie gwarantuj¹ pracy i pieniêdzy" [An Interview with Piotr Balcerowicz: "What brings passion to your life? — No studies can guarantee you work or money"], Gazeta Edukacja — Dodatek do Gazety Wyborczej 63 ,16.03.2010, pp. 2-4.
"Gospodarcze wcielenie Indii – tygrys czy s³oñ?" [In Polish: “Economic incarnation of India – the Tiger of the Elephant?”], in: in: Agata Bareja-Starzyñska, Piotr Balcerowicz, Jan Rogala (eds.): Œwiat Orientu – Orient w œwiecie [in Polish; The World of the Orient – the Orient in the World]. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2010: 135–157. www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/texts/Indie-gospodarka.pdf
“Siddhasena Mahamati and Akalanka Bhatta: A revolution in Jaina epistemology", in: Companion to Classical Indian Philosophy. Ed. by Matthew Kapstein, Cambridge University Press, [in press]. www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/Jaina_epistemology.pdf
"Jayarasi [Bhatta]" [Jayarāœi Bhaṭṭa], in: The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/jayaraasi, www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/Jayarasi.pdf
"Synopsis: Prabhacandra's Prameyakamalamartanda on Manikyanandin’s Pariksamukha" [Synopsis: Prabhācandra's Prameyakamalamārtaṇḍa on Māṇikyanandin’s Parīkṣāmukha], in: Piotr Balcerowicz and Karl Potter (eds.): Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Vol. XIV: Jaina Philosophy, Part II, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi [to appear in] 2011. www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/prabhacandra-PKM.pdf
“Inroduction: Some Remarks on the Naya Method”, in: Piotr Balcerowicz and Karl Potter (eds.): Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Vol. XIV: Jaina Philosophy, Part II. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 2011: 23–38 [in print].
"Dharmakirti’s criticism of the Jaina doctrine of multiplexity of reality (anekanta-vada)", in: Helmut Krasser, Horst Lasic, Eli Franco, Birgit Kellner (eds.): Religion and Logic in Buddhist Philosophical Analysis. Proceedings of the Fourth International Dharmakirti Conference Vienna, August 23–27, 2005. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Denkschriften, 424. Band, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 2011: 1–31. www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/balcerowicz2011a.pdf
“Do Ethnic and Religious Conflicts Exist?” (in Polish, “Czy istniej¹ konflikty etniczne i religijne?”), in: Wojciech Kostecki (ed.): Advanced Conflict Prevention (in Polish, Zaawansowane zapobieganie konfliktom). Katedra Stosunków Miêdzynarodowych, Szko³a Wy¿sza Psychologii Spo³ecznej, Warszawa 2011: 29–62. www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/texts/konflikty_etniczne.pdf
“The Principle of Justice in International Relations and the Causes of Ethnic Conflicts” (in Polish, “Zasada sprawiedliwoœci w stosunkach miêdzynarodowych a przyczyny konfliktów etnicznych”), in: Wojciech Kostecki (ed.): Advanced Conflict Prevention (in Polish, Zaawansowane zapobieganie konfliktom). Katedra Stosunków Miêdzynarodowych, Szko³a Wy¿sza Psychologii Spo³ecznej, Warszawa 2011: 63–96. www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/texts/sprawiedliwosc.pdf
“The Body and the Cosmos in Jaina Mythology and Art”, in: Piotr Balcerowicz (ed.): Art, Myths and Visual Culture of South Asia. Edited in collaboration with Jerzy Malinowski. Manohar, Delhi 2011: 95–151. www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/balcerowicz2011b.pdf
“Rationality as a Common Public Domain", Dialogue and Universalism 1 (2011) 73–94. http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/texts/balcerowicz2011c.pdf
Note: The University of Warsaw and the Institute/Faculty of Oriental Studies in Warsaw have not and do not subsidise the above-mentioned research and projects, except for those indicated with the triple asterisk ***.
Selected music reviews and articles:
“W poszukiwaniu Ÿróde³ (1)” ["In the Search for Origins: an Essay on Ancient Music - Part I"], In: Ruch Muzyczny [Musicological Journal] 23 (2000) pp. 21-24. [In Polish].
“W poszukiwaniu Ÿróde³ (2)” ["In the Search for Origins: an Essay on Ancient Music - Part I"], In: Ruch Muzyczny [Musicological Journal] 24 (2000) pp. 36-38. [In Polish].
“Muzyka Indii czyli o samochodach na Placu Czerwonym” [“On Indian Music. A Review Article”], In: Ruch Muzyczny [Musicological Journal] 11, 27.05.2001, pp. 36-38.
“Idomeneo wœród terrorystów” ["Idomeneo among the terrorists" - A review of the premiere of Mozart's Idomeneo, Hamburgische Staatsoper], In: Ruch Muzyczny [Musicological Journal] 13 (2006) 30-31. [In Polish].
"Kurzak œpiewa ‘Salut à la France!’ – La fille du régiment w Hamburgu" ["Kurzak sings ‘Salut à la France!’ – La fille du régiment in Hamburgu" - A review of the premiere, Hamburgische Staatsoper], In: Ruch Muzyczny [Musicological Journal] 15 (2006) 32-33. [In Polish].
"Obietnica muzykologa i eseisty", recenzja ksi¹¿ki: Bohdan Pociej: Z perspektywy muzyki. Wybór szkiców. Warszwa 2005. ["A promise of a musicologist and essayist", a review of a book] In: Ruch Muzyczny [Musicological Journal] 24 (2006) . [In Polish].
Concert reviews for Ruch Muzyczny [Musicological Journal] - In Polish.
"Wydmuszka muzyczna" ["Musical eggshell" - A review of 14th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw], Tygodnik Powszechny 15, 11.04.2010, p. 32. http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/texts/beethoven2010.pdf
Selected translations from / into
German / English on Indology:
Gerhard Oberhammer: “The History of Revelation as a Problem of Hermeneutics of Religion”, Dialogue and Universalism Vol. 7, No. 11-12/1997, pp. 165-177. [“Offenbarungsgeschichte als Problem der Religionshermeneutik”]
Stanis³aw Schayer: “Studies on Indian Logic”. [= “Z badañ nad logik¹ indyjsk¹ I. (Studien zur indischen Logik. Der indische und der aristotelische Syllogismus)”, Presented at the session on 28 June 1932. Bulletin International de l’Academie Polonaise des Sciences et des Lettres, Classe de Philologie, Kraków 1932 fasc. 4–6, pp. 98–102. “Z badañ nad logik¹ indyjsk¹ II. (Studien zur indischen Logik. Altindische Antizipationen der Aussagenlogik)”. Bulletin International de l’Academie Polonaise des Sciences et des Lettres, Classe de Philologie, Kraków 1933 fasc. 1–6, pp. 90–96. — translation from German and Polish into English], in: Materials of the International Seminar “Argument and Reason in Indian Logic”, Warsaw University 2001, pp. 23-34.
Stanis³aw Schayer: “On the Method of the Nyaya research” [“Über die Methode der Nyaya-Forschung”; Festschrift für Moritz Winternitz, Leipzig 1933, SS. 247–257. — translation from German and Polish into English], in: Materials of the International Seminar “Argument and Reason in Indian Logic”, Warsaw University 2001, pp. 35-44.
John E. Cort: “Obrzêd oddawania czci wizerunkom d¿inów”, in: Praktyki religijne w Indiach, praca zbiorowa pod red. D.S. Lopeza, Jr., Wydawnictwo Akademickie DIALOG, Warszawa 2001: Chapter 19, pp. 393-402.
Phyllis Granoff: “Opowieœci d¿inijskie inspiruj¹ce wyrzeczenie”, in: Praktyki religijne w Indiach, praca zbiorowa pod red. D.S. Lopeza, Jr., Wydawnictwo Akademickie DIALOG, Warszawa 2001: Chapter 26, pp. 490-496.
Rosalind Lefeber: “D¿inijskie opowieœci o cudownych mocach”, in: Praktyki religijne w Indiach, praca zbiorowa pod red. D.S. Lopeza, Jr., Wydawnictwo Akademickie DIALOG, Warszawa 2001: Chapter 28, pp. 507-516.
John E. Cort: “D¿inijskie pytania i odpowiedzi: Kim jest bóg i jak oddaje mu siê czeœæ?”, in: Praktyki religijne w Indiach, praca zbiorowa pod red. D.S. Lopeza, Jr., Wydawnictwo Akademickie DIALOG, Warszawa 2001: Chapter 42, pp. 702-714.
Participation in conferences
and selected lectures abroad:
01.1988 - 1st All-India Conference on Prakrit & Jaina Studies w Varanasi, India; paper: “Some Remarks on the Analysis of the Sensuous Cognition (mati-jnana) Process”.
27.08-2.09.1990 - VIIIth World Sanskrit Conference in Vienna; paper: “The Jaina Doctrine of Predications (naya-vada)”.
23-26.09.1993 - The International Conference on Sanskrit and Related Studies in Kraków (Poland); paper: “Formal Analysis of Catuskoti - a Buddhist Anticipation of Multiple-valued Logic?”.
24-26.06.1994 - International Seminar on Buddhism “Aspects of Buddhism”, Liw–Warsaw, Poland.
31.03-2.04.1995 - International Conference on Approaches to Jaina Studies: Philosophy, Logic, Rituals and Symbols, University of Toronto, Canada; paper: “On the Jaina Notions of tiryak-samanya (horizontal homogeneity) and urdhvata-samanya (vertical homogeneity)”.
4-6.11.1997 - The Third International Dharmakirti Conference, Hiroshima, November 4–6, 1997, Japan; paper: “Taxonomic approach to drstantabhasa in Nyaya-bindu and in Siddharsigani’s Nyayavatara-vivrti—Dharmakirti’s typology and the Jaina criticism thereof”.
17.06-20.06.1997 - “Data-Exchange and Printing-Preparation of Oriental Texts”, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg; 3 papers–presentations: (1) "Keyboard drivers and keyboard emulation for non-Latin scripts"; (2) "Creating concordances and dictionaries for Oriental languages, text interlinearisation for Oriental languages"; (3) "Amrita – a Sanskrit / Devanagari programme".
9.12.1997 - Seminar on the occasion of 65. anniversary of Institute of Oriental Studies in Warsaw; paper: “Sociological implications of the Buddhist–Jaina debate on logic”.
710.101999 - “On understanding other cultures” - the International Conference on Sanskrit and Related Studies to Commemorate the Centenary of the Birth of Stanislaw Schayer; paper: “On the Date of the Nyayavatara”.
3-8.04.2000 - XI World Sanskrit Conference, Turin, Italy; paper: “On the Relationship of the Nyayavatara and the Sanmati-tarka-prakarana”.
11.04.2000 - University of Naples (Dipartimento di Studi Asiatici), Italy; paper: “Jaina epistemology and formal logic”.
9.09.2000 - the International Seminar on Jainism “Aspects of Jainism”, University of Warsaw, 8-9.09.2000; paper: “Some Remarks on the Naya Method”.
27.01.2001 - 5th Bimal Matilal Conference on Indian Philosophy, 27th January 2001, King’s College, London; paper: “The logical structure of the naya method of the Jainas”.
22-24.02.2001 - Asceticism and Power in the Asian Context, the Royal Asiatic Society, the School of Oriental and African Studies and the British Academy, London.
20–24.06.2001 - International Seminar “Argument and Reason in Indian Logic”, 20–24.06.2001; paper: “Is ‘inexplicability otherwise’ (anyathanupapatti) otherwise inexplicable?”.
4.06.2002 - Seminar für Indologie der Universität Tübingen, Germany; lecture: “Jaina logical models: syad-vada and naya-vada”.
5.06.2002 - Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Zürich (Seminar für Indologie und Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft), Switzerland; lecture: “Can yogins have supernatural perception–a debate among Indian philosophers”.
11-20.12.2002 - Tokyo University (Department of Indian Philosophy and Buddhist Studies, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology); lectures and seminars on Indian logic.
23–26.04.2003 - international conference “Dialogue among Civilisations – the Key to a Safe Future”, Warsaw, Poland; paper: “Rationality as a Common Public Domain”.
07.08.2003 – University of Almaty, Kazakhstan; lectures and seminars: (1) "Western theories of democracy and presuppositions for the notion of open society", (2) "Social and institutional solutions proposed in Islamic thought as a counterpart of and response to western-type democracy, democratic institutions and human rights", (3) "Globalisation and conflict solution strategies within culture-based sets of values: Muslim and Western perspectives", (4) "Current situation in the Middle East: cultural background to politics".
22–23.04.2004 – Indological conference: “India in Warsaw”, University of Warsaw, Poland; paper: “Cognitive criteria – a dispute between Dharmakirti and Akalanka”.
05.2004 – Institut für Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria; lectures: “Die Natur von Erkenntnismitteln (pramana) bei den Jainas”, “Afghanistan und Zentralasien: zur Talebanzeit und jetzt”.
21.07.2004 - Universität Hamburg, Germany; lecture: “Afghanistan und Zentralasien: zur Talebanzeit und jetzt”.
20–24.09.2004 - 29. Deutscher Orientalistentag Halle/Salle, Germany; paper: “Akalankas Argument von der Nichtwahrnehmung von Unsichtbarem (adrsyanupalabdhi) und die buddhistische Tradition”.
26.01.2005 – Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften, Universität Leipzig, Germany, lecture: “Afghanistan zur Talibanzeit: kulturelle Hintergründe des Konfliktes”.
25-31.03.2005 - Regional Seminar in Excellence in Teaching Philosophy, Educational Center ‘Bilim–Central Asia’, Kyrgyzstan / Kazakhstan; lectures and seminars: (1) “Beginnings of Islamic political philosophy”, (2) “The political thought of neo-Platonists (Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina) and Ibn Khaldun”, (3) “Current trends in Islamic political philosophy: salafiyya, philosophy after 1967 and paradigms of contemporary trends”.
3–23.07.2005 - Educational Center ‘Bilim–Central Asia’, HESP Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET Political Philosophy, Almaty, Kazachstan, lectures: “Islamic Political philosophy”.
18-23.07.2005 - HESP Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET Political Philosophy) w Almacie (Kazachstan), seminars “Ислам и демократия” [“Islam and Democracy”, in Russian].
23-27.08.2005 - Fourth International Dharmakirti Conference, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria; paper: “Dharmakirti’s criticism of the Jaina doctrine of multiplexity of reality (anekanta-vada)”.
5-7.11.2005 - International Seminar on Islam and Politics, Western University, Baku (Azerbaijan); lectures: (1) “Современная политическая мuсль ислама" ["Contemporary Islamic Political Thought”, in Russian], (2) “Культурнuе предположения и идея демократии (в контексте сравнения западной и исламской политической философии)” [“Cultural Presuppositions and Democracy (within the context of comparison between Western and Islamic political thought”, in Russian].
www.wu.edu.az/news/2005-09-05.html
18.10.2005 - Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Boston, USA; lecture: “On the Development of the Concept of Valid Knowledge in the Jaina Tradition” (the lecture series: The Sanskrit and Indian Studies Department Lecture Series);
www.fas.harvard.edu/~sanskrit/events.html
19.10.2005 - Department of Religious Studies, Yale University, USA; lecture: “Levels of truth in Jainism?”.
www.yale.edu/religiousstudies/events.html
20.10.2005 - Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Boston, USA; lecture: "The Logical Structure of Supernatural Perception (yogi-pratyaksa) in the Indian Tradition and its Doctrinal Implications” (the lecture series: The Sanskrit and Indian Studies Department Lecture Series).
www.fas.harvard.edu/~sanskrit/events.html
31.05.2006 - Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg, Germany: "Islam und Kultur in Zentralasien”.
www.loss.de/fmv/index.html?termine.htm
8-10.06.2006 - International Seminar: "Multiculturalism, Nationality, Identity" («Мультикульткрализм. Национализм. Идентификаця»), the International Solomon University, Kiev, Ukraine (Международный Соломонов Университет, Украина, Киев), lecture: "Multiculturalism in Europe: failure or necessity?" («Мультикультурализм в современной Европе: неуспех или необходимость»).
www.is.svitonline.com/philosophy/Seminar.htm
18-23.09.2006 - European Congress of the History of Religions, organised by the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR), the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) and the Romanian Association for the History of Religions (RAHR), Bucharest, Romania; paper: "Why did Indian philosophers need God?".
www.rahr.ro/RAHR/Conference2006/index.htm
17.10.2006 - South Asia Seminar, the University of Chicago, USA; lecture: "How many realities are there? Jainas and Buddhists on the complexity of what there is".
http://southasia.uchicago.edu/newsevents.htm
7–9.12.2006 - International Seminar on Yoga Traditions of India (India International Centre Annexe), organised by B. L. Institute of Indology, Delhi; paper: "Extrasensory perception (yogi-pratyaksa) in Jainism and its soteriological implications".
16.12.2006 - Centre for Buddhist Studies / Department of Sanskrit, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur (Raj.), India, lecture: "The history of Buddhist Pramana Tradition".
11.05.2007 - "Fascination and Fear of the Other - Religions in Film", Institut für praktische Theologie, Universität Hamburg, Germany, lecture: "Islam and pilgrimage tradition".
18-19.04.2008 - International Conference "Art and Visual Culture of India" & Festival of Indian Art and Culture, organised by Polish Society of Oriental Art and Piotr Balcerowicz, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland, paper: "The Body and the Cosmos in Jaina Mythology and Art". www.swps.edu.pl/indie
25-27.04.2008 - BIOS Conference: "Life - Body - Person. Intercultural Aspects of an Intricate Relationship" (Tagung "Leben – Leib – Person. Interkulturelle Aspekte eines problematischen Verhältnisses"), Philosophisches Seminar / Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany, paper: "Personbegriff im Jinismus" ("Jainism. Person without personality"). http://www.inter-bios.de/html/bios_conference_april_2008.html
27-31.07.2008 - Seminar: "Contemporary Legal Theory" (Summer session), Open Society Institute, Higher Education Support Program (Eurasian Political Science Network), St. Petersburg, Russia, seminars: "Political Idea and Philosophy of Law in Classical India".
12-13.03.2009 - 11th Jaina Studies Workshop: Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Great Britain, paper: "Do Attempts to Formalise Syād-vāda Make Sense?". www.soas.ac.uk/events/event46212.html
26–30.04.2009 - International Conference ‘World view and theory in Indian philosophy’ / Congreso Internacional ‘Teoría e ideología en las filosofías de la India’, Barcelona, Spain, paper: "The Nyāya-Vaœeṣika Tradition and the Artha-œāstra". www.orient.uw.edu.pl/pl/indologia/barcelona
1–5.09.2009 - 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto, Japan, paper: "Omniscience of the Jina and the truth of Jainism". http://www.indology.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/14thWSC/
31.10–2.11.2009 - International Conference ‘Hermeneutics in the Ancient World’ / International Workshop ‘Classification as a Hermeneutic Tool’, Vienna, Austria, paper: "The Method of Classification of Doctrines and Ideas in Jainism".
18-19.03.2010 - 12th Jaina Studies Workshop: Jaina Yoga, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Great Britain, paper: "Extrasensory perception in Jainism: its proofs and soteriological implications". http://www.soas.ac.uk/events/event55189.html
4-6.06.2010 - Modern Formalisms for Pre-Modern Indian Logic and Epistemology - Interdisciplinary Workshop, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany), paper: "In search of complete context within a truncated language. A Jaina way". http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/loewe/MoFPILE/
30.06-6.07.2011 - 4th SSEASR Conference on Mountains in the Religions of South and Southeast Asia: Place, Culture, and Power, Thimphu, Kingdom of Bhutan, paper: "Mount Meru in Jainism and the Idea of the World Soul". http://www.sseasr.org
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