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UFR Etudes arabes, hébraïques, indiennes et iraniennes (EAHII)
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
13, rue de Santeuil - 75005 Paris - France
isabelle.ratie@univ-paris3.fr
Research field
History of Indian Philosophy - Buddhist, Brahmanical and Śaiva philosophical literatures in Sanskrit - Sanskrit manuscripts - Medieval Kashmir
Current employment and service
- 2016- : Responsable du diplôme de doctorat "Langues, civilisations et sociétés orientales" à l’Ecole Doctorale 268 ("Langage et langues : description, théorisation, transmission"), Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.
- Professor of Sanskrit Language and Literatures, University Sorbonne Nouvelle
- Deputy member, Conseil National des Universités (French National Board of Universities), 15th Section
- Member of the Board, Department of Arabic, Hebrew, Indian and Iranian Studies, University Sorbonne Nouvelle
- Project coordinator for the research unit’s theme #4 (“Religions, Philosophies, Societies in the Iranian and Indian Worlds”)
Ongoing research
Ongoing collective research projects
- With Vincent Eltschinger (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris), Michael Torsten Much (University of Vienna) and John Taber (University of New Mexico) : annotated English translation of Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārttika, Chapter 1 (vv. 40-185)
- With Vincent Eltschinger : critical edition and annotated English translation of Śaṅkaranandana’s Dharmālaṅkāra, Chapter 2
- Participation in D. Goodall & M. Rastelli (eds.), Tāntrikābhidhānakośa. A Dictionary of Technical Terms from Hindu Tantric Literature, vol. IV, Vienna : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften [in preparation]
Ongoing individual research projects
- Critical edition and annotated English translation of newly found fragments of Utpaladeva’s Vivṛti on the Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā
- Critical edition and annotated English translation of Abhinavagupta’s Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī, Chapter 2.4
Teaching
- Beginners : Sanskrit tales (Pañcatantra, Hitopadeśa)
- BA level : Somānanda’s Kathāsaritsāgara
- BA level : Kālidāsa’s Kumārasambhava
- Graduate seminar : Indian philosophical literature
- Graduate seminar : Indian representations of philosophical debate
Education and academic record
Education
- 1996-2001 : Studies in Philosophy (BA, MA summa cum laude in History of Greek Philosophy, Agrégation de Philosophie) in Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1)
- 2003 : BA in Sanskrit, summa cum laude, Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris 3)
- 2004 : MA in Asian Higher Studies, summa cum laude, École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris)
- 04/2005-06/2005, 10/2005-12/2005, 01/2006-03/2006 : terms of study in All Souls College, University of Oxford, at Alexis Sanderson’s invitation
- 2009 : PhD, summa cum laude, École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris)
- 2013 : Habilitation, École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris)
Employment record
- 09/2000-06/2002 : Philosophy teacher in High School
- 09/2004-09/2007 : Doctoral researcher, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris
- 09/2007-08/2008 : Part-time lecturer and research fellow (ATER), École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris
- 06/2010-11/2010 : Research fellow, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia), Vienna
- 12/2010-02/2014 : Research fellow, University of Leipzig (Institute for Indology and Central Asian Studies)
- 02/2014-09/2014 : Research fellow, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia), Vienna
- 10/2014-to date : Professor, Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris 3)
Fellowships and awards
- 08/2004-10/2004 : Travel grant from the École Pratique des Hautes Études (research stay in India : Center of the École Française d’Extrême-Orient, Pondicherry)
- 09/2004-09/2007 : Full scholarship for a doctorate, École Pratique des Hautes Études
- 08/2006-01/2007 : Travel grant from the École Pratique des Hautes Études (research stay in India : Srinagar University, Srinagar ; Sri Ranbir Institute, Jammu ; National Archives of India, Delhi ; Purnananda Sanskrita Visvavidyalaya and Benares Hindu University, Varanasi)
- 03/2008-08/2008 : Travel grant from the École Française d’Extrême-Orient (research stay in India : National Archives of India, Delhi)
- 01/2012 ¬-03/2012 : Travel grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (research stay in India : National Archives of India, Delhi ; Asiatic Society, Calcutta ; Adyar Library and Research Center, Chennai)
- 2012 : Friedrich Weller Prize 2012 for the book Le Soi et l’Autre. Identité, différence et altérité dans la philosophie de la Pratyabhijñā, Leiden-Boston : Brill, 2011
Membership of Academic Societies
- Member of the Société Asiatique
- Member of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
Conferences, lectures, publications
 
Conferences organized
- 2013, LEIPZIG : [with Eli Franco, University of Leipzig] International conference Around Abhinavagupta. Aspects of the Intellectual History of Kashmir from the 9th to the 11th Century, 8-10 June 2013, University of Leipzig
- 2016, PARIS : [with Whitney Cox, University of Chicago] International symposium Indological Connections between Paris and Chicago, 10 March 2016, University of Chicago Center, Paris
 
Participation in conferences, invited lectures
- 07-14/02/2005, PARIS : Invited lectures, École Pratique des Hautes Études : “La Mémoire dans les chapitres I, 2-4 de l’Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī”
- 07/03/2007, PARIS : Participation in the symposium Genres et pratiques de la louange en Inde, École Française d’Extrême Orient (Maison de l’Asie) : “Louange, hommage et dialectique. Le rôle des maṅgala dans l’Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī d’Abhinavagupta”
- 09/02/2009, PARIS : Invited lecture, École Pratique des Hautes Études : “La conscience de l’existence d’autrui dans la Pratyabhijñā”
- 11/03/2009, LONDON : Invited lecture, School of Oriental and African Studies (Circle of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies) : “Buddhist Arguments in a Śaiva Demonstration : the influence of Dharmakīrti’s School on the Pratyabhijñā’s Idealism”
- 12/06/2009, OXFORD : Invited lecture, Balliol College, University of Oxford : “How free is imagination ? An answer from Medieval Kashmir”
- 04/09/2009, KYOTO : Participation in the 14th World Sanskrit Conference (01-05/09/2009), University of Kyoto : “Can one prove that objects exist outside of consciousness ? The Pratyabhijñā’s criticism of inferential externalism”
- 30/09/2009, OXFORD : Participation in the International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (28-29/09/2009), University of Oxford : “Pāramārthika or apāramārthika ? On the ontological status of separation according to Abhinavagupta”
- 22/06/2011, NEW TAIPEI CITY : Participation in the 16th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (20-25/06/2011), Dharma Drum Buddhist College : “On the distinction between epistemic and metaphysical idealisms : a Śaiva perspective on Buddhist arguments in the nirākāra/sākāra debate”
- 07/01/2012, NEW DELHI : Participation in the 15th World Sanskrit Conference (05-10/01/2012), Vigyan Bhavan : “A Śaiva interpretation of the satkāryavāda : on the Transformation of Sāṃkhya Causality in the Pratyabhijñā System”
- 17/06/21014, HAMBURG : Invited lecture, Asien-Afrika-Institut, University of Hamburg (Numata Center for Buddhist Studies) : “A Buddhist Critique of the Self : Against the Hindu Argument of Self-Recognition”
- 18/02/2015, PARIS : Invited lecture, Sorbonne Nouvelle (Monde indien Seminar) : “Fragments inédits d’une œuvre perdue d’Utpaladeva : une source śivaïte pour l’histoire de la philosophie bouddhique”
- 27/03/2015, TORONTO : Participation in Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions : A Symposium in Honour of Alexis G. J. S. Sanderson (26-28/03/2015), University of Toronto : “Newly Discovered Fragments of Utpaladeva’s Lost Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛti”
- 10/04/2015, PARIS : Participation in the Conference Scholasticism’s practice, and practices’ scholasticism, Centre d’Études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud : “Scholasticism and Philosophy : on the Relationship between Reason and Revelation in India”
- 06/05/2015, PARIS : Invited lecture, École Pratique des Hautes Études : “Sur les sources indiennes non bouddhiques pour l’histoire des systèmes philosophiques bouddhiques”
- 28/05/2015, PARIS : Participation in the Symposium De Kaboul à Pondichéry via Angkor, Journée en hommage à Bruno Dagens, Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations : “Śivaïsme et bouddhisme : une rencontre philosophique ?”
- 07/2015, VIENNA : One-month workshop at the University of Vienna, with Vincent Eltschinger (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris), Michael Torsten Much (University of Vienna) and John Taber (University of New Mexico) : translation of Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārttika, Chapter 1 (I)
- 10/03/2016, PARIS : Participation in the Conference Indological Connections between Paris and Chicago, 10 March 2016, University of Chicago Center : “In Search of Utpaladeva’s lost Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛti : an account of the latest discoveries”
- 21/04/2016, ATLANTA : Invited lecture, Emory University : “On the loss and recovery of medieval Indian philosophical texts : the case of Utpaladeva’s Treatise on Recognition”  
 
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