Where: University of Toronto Mississauga Campus
When: June 23-July 31, 2025
Eligibility: This program is for adult learners, graduate students, and researchers in the field. Participants are expected to be at the intermediate level of Sanskrit
Administration Fee: $250 + tax (CAD)
Due Dates: April 30, 2025*
Participants are to arrange their own transportation, lodging, food, and other costs associated with other personal items.
*International participants wishing to stay at the UTM Residence shall apply before February 1, 2025.
UTM Residence is a convenient option as it is directly on campus. UTMLA will be happy to connect the UTM Residence with you for boarding on campus.
Please contact utmla@utoronto.ca for more information and the program syllabus.
Join us for our intensive Summer Sanskrit led by expert scholar, Prof. Christopher Minkowski, formerly Boden Professor of Sanskrit in the University of Oxford, UK. For 6 weeks, participants will take part in daily reading of various types of Sanskrit texts. In addition to lectures and study group work, the cohort is invited to enjoy engaging social events. Upon successful completion, participants will receive a certificate of completion from UTMLA.
For further information, please contact us at utmla@utoronto.ca.
Meet Your Instructor
Christopher Minkowski was the Boden Professor of Sanskrit in the University of Oxford until 2021. He is currently a visiting professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale. He has studied aspects of early modern Indian intellectual history, Indian history of science, and the Brahminical tradition’s reception of the Vedas and of the Sanskrit epics. He specializes in Sanskrit knowledge systems in the early modern period, the history of Indian astronomy, Vedic language, literature and religion. His current research is on commentaries on the Mahabharata, funded by a grant from the Leverhulme Trust.
