Re: Pali studies at U of T

From: Bryan Levman
Message: 4638
Date: 2016-05-31

Dear Ven. Yuttadhammo,

I took a course at McMaster a few years ago and nothing was required as there is a reciprocal agreement between the two universītes (I was a U of T student), so I suspect it will be easy.

The best persons to speak to are Marilyn Colaco, undergraduate secretary in the Department of Religion, religion.undergrad@...
or Fershteh Hashemi graduate secretary at religion.grad@...

Hope to see you in the Fall,

Best wishes,

Bryan




From: "Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu yuttadhammo@... [palistudy]" <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: [palistudy] Pali studies at U of T

 
As a McMaster student, what would I have to do to take one of the pali courses this fall?
On May 31, 2016 2:06 AM, "Christoph Emmrich christoph.emmrich@... [palistudy]" <palistudy@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
Dear Venerable Yuttadhammo, Dear Mark, Dear Steve, Dear Bryan,

Thank you for you generous remarks. Apart from thanking you, Bryan for your role, which goes far beyond that of merely helping out, I want to thank Libbie Mills who has played a crucial role in (re-)starting Pali at UofT. I also express my gratitude to our doctoral student Anthony Scott, who is supporting our classes with his tutorials. Our modest attempt at continuing
A. K. Warder's legacy of teaching Pali at the University of Toronto would not be possible without the three of them.

With warm regards,
Christoph

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Christoph Emmrich
Associate Professor, Buddhist Studies
Chair, Numata Program UofT/McMaster
University of Toronto
 
Department for the Study of Religion
University of Toronto, 170 St. George Street
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 303
Toronto, Ontario M5R 2M8, Canada
+416.978.6463 (o), +416.978.1610 (f)
 
Private, currently: Villa Devotion, 8, rue Labourdonnais, Pondicherry 605001, India
 


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On 31-May-2016, at 3:39 AM, Bryan Levman bryan.levman@... [palistudy] <palistudy@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Dear Mark and Steve,

Thanks very much. It is Christoph who deserves all the credit for this initiative. I am just helping out. And yes, I think it does speak well for the U of T's commitment to Buddhist studies; hopefully the program will grow over the years. I fogot to mention that Christoph's course introduces the Pali students to the Burmese script which is also very valuable, since so much of Pali is written in non-Roman scripts.

Ven Yuttadhammo - hope to see you at U of T next fall!

Best wishes,

Bryan





From: "Steven Collins scollins951@... [palistudy]" <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
To: "palistudy@yahoogroups.com" <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2016 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: [palistudy] Pali studies at U of T

 
Bryan (and Christoph),

Yes this indeed good news.  Congratulations.  Here at Chicago I insist that students have done at least a year's Sanskrit before undertaking Pali, and then we read whatever the students (rarely more than 2 or 3) want to read, at whatever level they happen to be at.  Somewhat haphazard and not at all a structured program such as you have! in Toronto.


Well done,

Steve Collins



From: "Mark Allon mark.allon@... [palistudy]" <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
To: "palistudy@yahoogroups.com" <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2016 9:45 PM
Subject: RE: [palistudy] Pali studies at U of T



Dear Bryan,
 
Great to hear that you have been able to set up a program for all three years. Such a program is rarely offered in universities outside Asia.
 
Best wishes
Mark Allon
University of Sydney
 
From: palistudy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:palistudy@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Monday, 30 May 2016 12:28 PM
To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [palistudy] Pali studies at U of T [1 Attachment]
 
[Attachment(s) from Bryan Levman included below]


Dear Friends,
 
I enclose a write-up on Pali studies available at he University of Toronto for the 2016-2017 academic year, under the supervision of Prof. Christoph Emmrich. Prof Emmrich  is teahing introductory Pali, and Libbie Mills and myself are teaching intermediate and advanced.
 
If you know of anyone in the Toronto area who is thinking of studying Pali, please pass this information circular on to them. Classes will start in September.
 
May I al so take this opportunity to remind the group that the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS) conference will be held in Toronto next August (2017), and anyone interested in presenting a paper at the conference should submit it at home - International Association for Buddhist Studies 2017 University of Toronto. Subissions are open unttil October 1, 2016,
 
Best wishes,
 
Bryan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Best wishes,
 
Bryan
 
 












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