Re: Mahidol University's Buddhist Studies Programme

Well, then, good news all around:

Except, perhaps, somebody should tell Hinuber that his name is being
used to advertise the programme!

Lance: yes, I agree, about half of the list seems legitimate or
reasonable --however, the pessimists among us might instead say that
the other half is not so!

With any such international programme in Thailand, I am in part
concerned that the foreign professors are "really there" at all.  It
is possible to fly them in for a lecture (and a beach holiday) for
just a short period in any given year, and then list them as staff,
etc.

In any case, I am sure it will be easy for Mahidol's programme to earn
my trust and respect, shall we say, once they have operated for more
than a full calendar month --or perhaps have a proud tradition of a
single year "under their belts".

I am indeed mortified to find that, at 11:30 PM last night, with my
head-cold, I managed to type "Hundius" instead of "Hinuber" --a pure
error, confusing two German professors, both of whose work is indeed
important reading for me (past and present).

Hundius is the leading figure in his field (Lanna & Lao literature),
as Hinuber is the leading figure in his own --but aside from this and
the letter "H" at the start of their names, they have nothing in
common.

For my next trick: the difference between "Austroasiatic" and "Austronesian"!

Yes, it was Hinuber whose e-mail Pathompong was trying to acquire, etc.

E.M.