Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

Websitehttps://stb.univie.ac.at

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Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2 (Campus)
1090 Wien
Austria

Vitus Angermeier
- Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
Person: Academic staff
20112024
Sahishnu Bhattacharyya
- Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
Person: Academic staff
20242024
Tashi Bhutia
- Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
Person: Academic staff

1 Curtailed
7 Active
20 Finished

The Voice of the Voiceless
Chudal, A. (Project Lead)
1/07/25 → 30/06/27
Project: Research funding
Mantras in Religion, Media and Society in Global Southern Asia (MANTRAMS)
Larios, B. (Project Lead), Bhattacharyya, S. (Scientific Project Staff), Constantini, L. M. (Scientific Project Staff), Goet, P. S. (Scientific Project Staff) & Pruthi, K. (Scientific Project Staff)
1/09/24 → 31/08/30
Project: Research funding
Religious Dimensions of Buddhist Logic and Epistemology
Franco, E. (Project Lead), Matsuoka, H. (Scientific Project Staff), Preisendanz, K. (Cooperation Partner), Moriyama, S. (Cooperation Partner), Mc Allister, P. (Cooperation Partner) & Miyo, M. (Cooperation Partner)
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Research funding

Crafting Potency: Sowa Rigpa Artisanship across the Himalayas
Gerke, B., Van der Valk, J., Tidwell, T. L. & Blaikie, C., 2026, (Submitted) Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing.
Publications: Book › Peer Reviewed
Ten annoying things about digitizing under-resourced and under-represented languages (And what might help fixing them): OCR/HTR for Under Researched and Under Represented Languages in DH, Vienna
Berg, O., Brisson, C., Boykov, G., Chandran, S., Grigoriou, D., de Fremery, W., Griffiths, R., Horvath, A., Knüchel, J., Köse, Y., Lainé, B., McAllister, P., Kurz, S., Merkel-Hilf, N., Odstrčilík, J., O'Neill, A. J., Reimitz, H., Rusinek, S., Stauder, A., Steindl, C. & Viehbeck, M., 2026
Publications: Electronic/multimedia output › Web publication
Automated Character Recognition in Early Tibetan Canonical Manuscripts
Viehbeck, M. & Werner, E., Oct 2025, In: Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines. 79, p. 55-65 11 p.
Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Reading Gangadhar on the Carakasaṃhitā
Pecchia, C. (Speaker)
22 Dec 2025
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Eurocentrism and de/colonial agency in academic discourse
Bhattacharyya, S. (Speaker)
21 Dec 2025
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
book launch of "Among Tibetan Materialities: Materials and Material Cultures of Tibet and the Himalayas"
Gerke, B. (Participant), Surbhi, M. (Contributor), Singh, S. (Participant) & Van der Valk, J. (Contributor)
16 Dec 2025
Activity: Academic events › Participation in ...

2016 Best Publication Award by the “Anniversary Funds of the City of Vienna for the Austrian Academy of Sciences”
Pecchia, C. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize, award or honor
2024 Translation Grantee, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies
Pecchia, C. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Fellowship
Bruno Kreisky Preis für das politische Buch Anerkennungspreis
Tieber, C. (Recipient), 1996
Prize: Prize, award or honor

Interview for Ö1 Radio on the topic of yoga.
Larios, B.
13/06/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Religionen der Welt
Gaenszle, M.
3/11/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities