Time Schedule

Thursday, 19 September 2013

08:30 – 09:15       

Registration

09:15 – 09:45       

Addresses of Welcome
09:45 – 10:30Philipp A. Maas On Postures in the Pātañjala Yogaśāstra
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45Dominik Wujastyk Some Problematic Yoga Sūtras and Their Buddhist Background
11:45 – 12:30Noémie Verdon Bīrūnī’s Choices of Interpretation and Methods in His Kitāb Pātanjal
12:30 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 14:45David White “Classical Yoga”? The Fall and Rise of the Yoga Sūtras
14:45 – 15:30Marion Rastelli Yoga in the Daily Routine of the Pāñcarātrins
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:45

Jason Birch Unpublished Manuscript Evidence for the Practice of Many Āsanas in the 17th/18th Centuries

Public Evening Lecture with Panel Discussion
18:00 – 18:45

Mark Singleton Evaluating Modern Yoga and its Relationship to the Past

18:45 – 19:15

Panel Discussion: Jason Birch, Elizabeth de Michelis, James Mallinson

19:15 – 19:45General Discussion

Friday, 20 September 2013

09:45 –10:30

Gudrun bühnemann Nāga, Siddha and Sage: Tracing the Development of Patañjali's Iconography
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45        

James Mallinson Yoga and Sex: What is the Purpose of Vajroli Mudrā?

11:45 – 12:30     

IAN BAKER Yogic Practice in Tibetan Buddhism as Revealed in Pema Lingpa's "Secret Key to Channels, Winds, and Inner Essences"
12:30 – 14:00      Lunch
14:00 – 14:45     

Karl Baier Yoga and the Viennese Occult Revival

14:45 – 15:30     

Joseph S. Alter Indian Yoga and German Nature Cure: Parochial Philosophies, Prāṇāyāma and the Provincialization of Modernity

15:30 – 16:00      Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:45     

Maya Burger Sāṃkhya Interpretation in a Transnational Perspective: Śrī Anirvāṇa and Lizelle Reymond

Presentation

16:45 – 17:15 

 

Hans-Jörg Weber BDY and the Situation of Yoga Teachers in Germany

18:00 – 18:45     

Meera Nanda Pseudoscience and Resemblance Thinking in the Construction of Modern Yoga

18:45 – 19:15      Panel Discussion: Joseph Alter, Anand Amaladass, Anne Koch, Beatrix Hauser
19:15 – 19:45General Discussion

Saturday, 21 September 2013

09:00 – 9:45

Beatrix Hauser Bodily Practices from Afar: Global Flows and Cultural Interferences in Postural Yoga

09:45 – 10:30      

Anand Amaladass Christian Response to Yoga

10:30 – 11:00     

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:45      

Anne Koch “It’s Time to Give Back!” Competitive Charity in Today’s Global Yoga

11:45 – 12:30      Suzanne Newcombe Spaces for Yoga
12:30                 Conclusion