The Philosophical Rasika Report

Interested in getting a PhD specializing in Indian Philosophy? The “Philosophical Rasika Report” offers some guidance. The report, which you can find at The Indian Philosophy Blog, was put together by Andrew J. Nicholson (Stony Brook) and covers universities in North America. (Elisa Freschi (Toronto) will be posting an updated report on European universities soon.) The report lists programs where prospective students could study Indian philosophy. They are not rankings. Nicholson writes, “In my opinion, it would be folly to try to give an overall ranking of Ph.D. programs in Indian philosophy. The types of disciplinary approaches and topics covered are too diverse.” The report includes information about what types of programs in Indian philosophy there are and what they tend to look for in applicants. It also includes some comments on how the state of the study of Indian philosophy has changed since the last version of the report, published seven years ago. Nicholson writes: The most obvious difference is that the list is now shorter. One well-documented phenomenon has been ongoing cuts in funding for humanities departments. If there is only one faculty member at a university supervising Ph.D. students in Indian philosophy, after that faculty member leaves they are often not replaced with another scholar of Indian philosophy. Another trend has been consolidation: certain universities (e.g., the University of Toronto) that were already good places for a Ph.D. have become even better thanks to multiple hires in Indian philosophy. Although the situation for students who wish to pursue advanced studies continues to become more challenging in some ways, there are still very good opportunities to study Indian philosophy in North America. The report is here.
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