I remember him as one the brightest minds I have ever met. But he was not only a great scholar, he was also a warm and exquisite person. It is a great loss for all of us.
Raffaele Torella > Il giorno 9 mag 2023, alle ore 09:24, Isabelle Ratie via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> ha scritto: > > This is very sad news indeed - Albrecht Wezler was a remarkably gifted > scholar who made important contributions to Sanskrit studies in general and > the history of Indian philosophy in particular. He also had a delightful > sense of humour, and as no doubt many others, I did experience his warm and > impressive personality, in Harunaga's apt words, as well as his great > kindness to young researchers. > > Isabelle Ratié > --- > Isabelle Ratié > Professeur, Département des Études Orientales, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris > Membre Senior de l'Institut Universitaire de France > http://www.univ-paris3.fr/ratie-isabelle--302292.kjsp > > > Le mar. 9 mai 2023 à 08:35, Michaels, Prof. Dr. Axel > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> a > écrit : >> I am deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Albrecht Wezler. As my >> teacher in Hamburg, he had a significant impact on my academic journey, >> imparting invaluable knowledge with his profound expertise and meticulous >> philological attention to detail. He played a crucial role in opening doors >> to various career opportunities for me. It is thanks to him that I had the >> opportunity to come to Nepal and lead the Nepal-German Manuscript >> Preservation Project (NGMPP), where I could combine my passion for textual >> studies with field research. >> >> I am particularly grateful to Albrecht Wezler for his remarkable openness to >> different approaches to Indian culture and history. His generosity in >> embracing alternative perspectives has left a lasting impression on me. I >> will always cherish the memories of his mischievous sense of humor and his >> genuine care and warmth in numerous aspects of our interactions. >> >> My thoughts are with his family, friends, and all those who were fortunate >> enough to know him. >> >> Axel Michaels >> >> >> >> >> >> Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels >> >> Seniorprofessor - Vorsitzender des Kuratoriums der Josefine und Eduard von >> Portheim-Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Kunst >> >> >> >> Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS) / Südasien-Institut der >> Universität Heidelberg >> >> Vossstr. 2, Geb. 4130 • D-69115 Heidelberg • Tel. +49-6221-5415209 >> >> Email [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Websites https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/krs/abteilung/michaels.html • >> https://www.hadw-bw.de/forschung/forschungsstelle/religions-und-rechtsgeschichtliche-quellen-des-vormodernen-nepal >> • >> https://www.hadw-bw.de/en/research/research-center/nepal-heritage-documentation-project-nhdp >> >> >> >> My latest book publications >> https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/reader/download/769/769-68-93823-1-10-20210602.pdf >> • >> https://www.amazon.de/Kultur-Geschichte-Nepals-Axel-Michaels/dp/3520212013 • >> https://www.amazon.de/Homo-Ritualis-Oxford-Ritual-Studies/dp/019026263X >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: INDOLOGY <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of >> "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Reply to: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Date: Tuesday, 9. May 2023 at 00:16 >> To: Harunaga Isaacson <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>, "[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Albrecht Wezler († 11 April 2023) >> >> >> >> Very sorry to hear this sad news. I had several fruitful communications with >> him. He was a multi-dimensional scholar. May he rest in peace. >> >> >> >> Madhav M. Deshpande >> >> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics >> >> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA >> >> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies >> >> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India >> >> >> >> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 2:22 PM Harunaga Isaacson via INDOLOGY >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> With sorrow I inform the list-members that Albrecht Wezler, Emeritus >> Professor >> of classical Indology, Universität Hamburg, passed away last month. >> >> Prof. Wezler was never active on this list; but many >> listmembers will still have met him and experienced his warm >> and impressive personality; others will have encountered his >> publications, covering with incisive intelligence a vast range of areas >> within (mainly) Sanskrit studies. >> >> Harunaga Isaacson >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology Prof. Raffaele Torella Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit Sapienza University of Rome www.academia.edu/raffaeletorella -- **Fai crescere le giovani ricercatrici e i giovani ricercatori* **con il 5 per mille alla Sapienza *Scrivi il codice fiscale dell'Università *80209930587 Cinque per mille <https://www.uniroma1.it/it/node/23149>*
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