142254 KO Colloquium on the Philosophies and Religions of South Asia for Advanced Students (2024S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 07.02.2024 18:00 to We 28.02.2024 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2024 10:00
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Oral presentations, submission of written peer feedback exercises, submission of a written chapter of the thesis (or a thesis proposal, if the student is at the beginning of her/his work).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Prerequisites for obtaining a positive grade are attendance (three absences are tolerated if compensation tasks are completed), active participation, oral presentations, submission of written peer feedback exercises, submission of a written chapter of the thesis (or a thesis proposal, if the student is at the beginning of her/his work).
The grade is based 50% on the oral and 50% on the written contributions.
The grade is based 50% on the oral and 50% on the written contributions.
Examination topics
The oral and written work to be done is thematically closely related to the students' theses.
Reading list
If necessary, bibliographies and handouts will be provided online in Moodle.
Association in the course directory
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• to be familiar with recent research contributions in the field of South Asian religion and philosophy
• to be familiar with the various relevant discourses
• to be able to elaborate and present a selected academic topic in a focused, systematic and clearly conceived manner and to establish and justify one's own theses
• to be familiar with the formal aspects of academic work in the field of South Asian studies
• to be able to present research questions and results orallyIn terms of content, the course will focus on the subject areas of the participants' theses. For the first meeting, please prepare a short informal presentation (5-10 min) introducing the topic of your thesis, its content structure, and a proposal of what you would like to deal with in the colloquium.Teaching methods of the course: Joint text reading of primary and, if required, secondary literature, oral presentation of one’s own research results, joint discussion of participants' texts, practice in giving and receiving oral and written feedback.
The course will be held hybrid and in English, unless all participants prefer it to be held in German.