Скачать или смотреть Indo-European Languages: Origins and Dispersal Part 1| Dr. Koenraad Elst |Dr. Ramakrishnan Sitaraman

The Origin and Dispersal of Indo-European languages, tracing their spread from Northwestern China to Iceland and their influence worldwide through English, Spanish, and Portuguese. the early observations of linguistic kinship by European traders, the pioneering work of scholars in the 18th century, and the contributions of figures like the French Jesuit Gaston-Laurent Coeurdoux and Voltaire. The talk covers debates around the Aryan Invasion/Migration Theory, archaeological insights from B.B. Lal and Mortimer Wheeler, and the role of the Saraswati civilization. It also examines misconceptions about “Aryan” as a racial concept, connections to Uralic languages, and the broader historical and cultural context of Indo-European studies.

"The opinions expressed in this program are entirely those of the individuals concerned and do not represent the opinions of Sarayu Foundation, TERI School of Advanced Studies, or TERI."

Key Points:
How Voltaire weaponized Indo-European theory against Christianity.
Archaeological evidence of cultural continuity from Harappan to modern times.
Max Müller's failed retractions and lasting academic influence.
The distinction between linguistic and genetic heritage.

About the speaker:
Dr. Koenraad Elst is a Belgian Indologist with Master's degrees in Indology, Sinology, and Philosophy, followed by original fieldwork at BHU and a doctorate on Hindu nationalism. He is known as an oriental philologist and historian, as well as an independent researcher. One of the few Westerners actively defending Hinduism, he is known for his blunt and objective views, with a dissertation (prepared without any funding) on the ideological development of Hindu revivalism in India. He earned his Master’s degrees in Chinese Studies, Indo-Iranian Studies, and Philosophy at KU Leuven. He completed one year of postgraduate research in Indian philosophy at Banaras Hindu University and was accepted for a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies. He completed a doctorate in 1998 in Asian Studies.
Book Chapter: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10....
Resume: https://koenraadelst.blogspot.com/202...

Dr. Ramakrishnan Sitaraman is a microbiologist by training, with research interests in microbial pathogenesis, gene regulation, and science education. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (U.S.A.) and conducted post-doctoral research at the National Institutes of Health (U.S.A.) and Vanderbilt University (U.S.A.). Currently, he is a faculty member in the Department of Biotechnology at the TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, India.

Topics Covered:
00:00 Introduction to the topic
01:35 Historical background of Indo-European Languages
06:02 India's Early Importance and the 'Out-Of-India' Theory
06:55 Gaston-Laurent Coeurdoux’s contributions and the historical development of linguistics
12:13 Dr. Elst’s involvement in IE issues, mistaken archaeological ‘proof’ of IE movement in painted grayware (PGW), B.B. Lal’s work
21:46 Uralic languages; historical view of language and ‘race’
26:42 Max Mueller’s contributions; rise & decline of racial ideas

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