Sept. 25 - Positioning Indian Alchemy: Histories of knowledge, matter, and transformation

Join us for the first talk in our 2026-27 Colloquium Series.

Positioning Indian Alchemy: Histories of knowledge, matter, and transformation, a talk by Dr. Dagmar Wujastyk.

Friday, September 25
3 p.m.
Tory 2-58

Join us for a lecture by Prof. Dagmar Wujastyk, who will introduce her most recent publication: Indian Alchemy: Sources and Contexts, a comprehensive study of Sanskrit alchemical literature spanning the tenth through seventeenth centuries. This lecture will discuss the evolving theories, methods, and goals of medieval Indian alchemists alongside primary translated excerpts.