Robert Zydenbos
Robert Zydenbos (* 1957 in Toronto ) is a Canadian Indologist .
Life
He studied at the Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht (doctorandus 1983, doctor 1989). He was a visiting professor at the University of Madras in 1987 and a visiting professor at the University of Toronto from 1992-1993. He did research in India for a. a. the Netherlands Foundation for Tropical Research, the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen , the Institut Français de Pondichéry . Since 2000 he has been Professor of Modern Indology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .
His research and teaching focuses on Jainism , Indian philosophy , Kannada and Kannada literature and the history and culture of South India, especially Karnatakas .
Fonts (selection)
- Mokṣa in Jainism, according to Umāsvāti . Wiesbaden 1983, ISBN 3-515-04053-6 .
- The Concept of Divinity in Jainism . Toronto 1993, OCLC 606450633
- The Calf Became An Orphan. A study in contemporary Kannada fiction . Pondicherry 1996, OCLC 37693958 .
- Jainism Today and Its Future . Munich 2006, OCLC 778412147 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zydenbos, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zydenbos, Robert J .; Zydenbos, Robert Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian Indologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto |