Merci Lyne! mon inspiration est toujours de la langue française bien que ce soit écrit en anglais!
On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 2:25 PM Lyne Bansat-Boudon < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Jesse, > > This is a very fine "Défense et Illustration", if not "de la langue > française" , at least of this incomparable Library. > > Thanks for this. > > Lyne > > Lyne Bansat-Boudon > > Directeur d'études pour les Religions de l'Inde > > Ecole pratique des hautes études, section des sciences religieuses > > Membre senior honoraire de l'Institut universitaire de France > ------------------------------ > *De :* INDOLOGY <[email protected]> de la part de Jesse > Knutson via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> > *Envoyé :* mardi 5 mars 2024 14:16 > *À :* Robert P. GOLDMAN <[email protected]> > *Cc :* Indology <[email protected]> > *Objet :* Re: [INDOLOGY] Statement Regarding the Murty Classical Library > of India > > I cannot fathom why this is happening, but I fear that I already know the > kinds of forces compromising academic integrity in this instance, since > they are likely the same ones at work in many other less spectacular ones. > Leaving speculation aside for now, I’ll just say that MCLI has been to my > mind one of the most exciting and uplifting initiatives in our field. The > way it has weathered previous attacks with solemn dignity has also been a > model and inspiration. MCLI is exactly the kind of thing I yearned for when > I first started getting interested in Sanskrit as a tender youth, and it > really stands to change the world as I see it. I can also say from > firsthand experience that each of our colleagues who has been fired from > their position is a scholar and editor of the highest possible order. Their > dismissal is an act of such insanity that I wonder if anyone behind it > could even be fit to stand trial. In any case this is an indelible stain on > the reputation of MCLI and HUP. > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 7:58 PM Robert P. GOLDMAN via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > This is deeply disturbing although, alas, hardly surprising. It reflects, > no doubt ,political interference with this groundbreaking and outstanding > scholarly series. List members should add their voices to those of the > former members of the editorial board. > > Dr. R.P. Goldman > William and Catherine Magistretti Professor of Sanskrit Emeritus > and > Joint Editor of the South Asia Across the Disciplines Publication Series > Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies > Berkeley, CA 94720-2540 > > > > > > > On Mar 4, 2024, at 8:29 AM, Archana Venkatesan via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Respected Colleagues, > > With apologies for cross-posting, please see the attached communication > from the former editors of the Murty Classical Library of India. > > Archana > > -- > *"When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an > incarnation."* Jorge Luis Borges > > Archana Venkatesan > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archana.faculty.ucdavis.edu/__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!VgfNW29l13F9XyBjEt94VIJ9a8371sf67wcOStxwK7VmoIZj1n9oow9QuPXnNJ95juwrN0UuVpm8yceWS3u8JDPoQTXc$> > (archana.faculty.ucdavis.edu > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://archana.faculty.ucdavis.edu/__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!VgfNW29l13F9XyBjEt94VIJ9a8371sf67wcOStxwK7VmoIZj1n9oow9QuPXnNJ95juwrN0UuVpm8yceWS3u8JAURrzEc$> > ) > Graduate Advisor, Graduate Program in the Study of Religion > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://religionsgrad.ucdavis.edu/__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!VgfNW29l13F9XyBjEt94VIJ9a8371sf67wcOStxwK7VmoIZj1n9oow9QuPXnNJ95juwrN0UuVpm8yceWS3u8JObnZLoy$> > (2022-2024) > *Professor, Religious Studies and Comparative Literature* > Phone: 530-754-2821 (Office) > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!VgfNW29l13F9XyBjEt94VIJ9a8371sf67wcOStxwK7VmoIZj1n9oow9QuPXnNJ95juwrN0UuVpm8yceWS3u8JIgiUC1u$> > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!VgfNW29l13F9XyBjEt94VIJ9a8371sf67wcOStxwK7VmoIZj1n9oow9QuPXnNJ95juwrN0UuVpm8yceWS3u8JIgiUC1u$ > > > > -- > Jesse Knutson PhD > Professor of Sanskrit Language and Literature > Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures > University of Hawai'i, Mānoa > 461 Spalding > > E io ch’avea d’error la testa cinta, > dissi: «Maestro, che è quel ch’i’ odo? > e che gent’ è che par nel duol sì vinta? > > Ed elli a me: «Questo misero modo > tegnon l’anime triste di coloro > che visser sanza ’nfamia e sanza lodo. > > Mischiate sono a quel cattivo coro > de li angeli che non furon ribelli > né fur fedeli a Dio, ma per sé fuoro. > > Caccianli i ciel per non esser men belli, > > né lo profondo inferno li riceve, > > > ch’alcuna gloria i rei avrebber d’elli». (Inferno 3.31-39) > -- Jesse Knutson PhD Professor of Sanskrit Language and Literature Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures University of Hawai'i, Mānoa 461 Spalding E io ch’avea d’error la testa cinta, dissi: «Maestro, che è quel ch’i’ odo? e che gent’ è che par nel duol sì vinta? Ed elli a me: «Questo misero modo tegnon l’anime triste di coloro che visser sanza ’nfamia e sanza lodo. Mischiate sono a quel cattivo coro de li angeli che non furon ribelli né fur fedeli a Dio, ma per sé fuoro. Caccianli i ciel per non esser men belli, né lo profondo inferno li riceve, ch’alcuna gloria i rei avrebber d’elli». (Inferno 3.31-39)
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