Robert Zydenbos

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	Germany
Title	Professor
Affiliation	Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
Email	zydenbos@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Mailing Address	Institut für Indologie und Iranistik Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 D-80539 München GERMANY
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 49/89-2180-5782 Fax: 49/89-2180-5827
Countries of Specialization	India
Education	Two doctorandus degrees (Indian philosophy and Dravidian studies) followed by a D.Litt. from the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands). Further studies in Indian religions and languages at the South Asia Institute, Univ. of Heidelberg (Germany). Taught Sanskrit at the Univ. of Heidelberg; later taught Jaina philosophy at the Univ. of Madras (India); later taught Sanskrit, Buddhism and South Asian religions at the Univ. of Toronto (Canada). First Westerner (binational: Canadian / Dutch) to write a doctoral thesis on contemporary Kannada fiction.
Research Interests	- Kannada language and literature; Sanskrit, Prakrit; Tulu, Tamil - religion and philosophy in India, particularly southern India - intercultural and religious psychology; intercultural communications - Jainism (esp. southern Digambara Jainism); Buddhism - Dvaita Vedanta, i.e., the tradition of Madhva - Virasaivism - contemporary Indian literature Present activities: Writing the first comprehensive Western history of Kannada literature; translating Kannada literature into German and English. Also translating Dvaitin, Virasaiva and Jaina writings from Sanskrit. Has lived in India (Mysore) for 16 years.
Publications	None on file.
Keywords	Kannada language ; literature ; Sanskrit ; Prakrit ; religion ; philosophy ; Jainism ; Virasaivism ;