No, that was done by the government. The Arabist Silvestre de Sacy had
long lobbied for them.
Best,
Rosane
On 6/27/21 9:15 AM, Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY wrote:
Were these the ones founded by the church to facilitate conversion to
Christianity, as so many of those early positions were?
Best,
Dean
On Sunday, June 27, 2021, 2:56:15 PM GMT+5:30, Eli Franco
<[email protected]> wrote:
Yes, the two chairs, for Sanskrit and Chinese, were created at the
same time.
Best wishes,
Eli
Zitat von Richard Mahoney via INDOLOGY <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>:
> Curious, I was just reading that Abel-Rémusat (1788--1832) secured the
> first chair in Chinese at the Collège de France, also in 1815;
> enviable time.
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> Dear colleagues,
> I just noticed a typo in my post. Please correct it: Chézy’s chair in
> Collège de France was created in 1815.
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> My very best,
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> Lyne
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>> Le 25 juin 2021 à 23:52, Rosane Rocher via INDOLOGY
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
a écrit :
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> It strikes me that I ought to have given some reason for my abrupt
>> warning against the English translation of Raymond Schwab'sOriental
>> Renaissance. Let me quote the introductory paragraph of the review I
>> gave it back in 1988:
>>
>> "Scholars interested in the East-West intellectual encounter will
>> welcome the publication of an English translation of Raymond
>> Schwab's "La Renaissance Orientale", a book that, though 34 years
>> old, has not been replaced. A look at the contents of this handsome
>> volume reveals useful added features, such as an alphabetical and
>> updated bibliography and a fuller and more readable index. A
>> thorough perusal of the English translation, however, turns elation
>> into disappointment. Not only was Schwab's difficult, poetic French
>> occasionally beyond the powers of the translators, their lack of
>> familiarity with Indian culture and Anglo-Indian history not
>> infrequently led them astray."
>>
>> Examples are given in the core of the review. The full text can be
>> found in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 86.4, 1988, coll.
>> 471–473.
>>
>> Rosane
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