Immerse yourself in the secret tantric land of Nepal

Date: Coming back in August 2026! Stay tuned for official course launch or contact Managing Director gitte@ochs.org.uk to secure you spot.

Hinduism & Buddhism in Nepal: Past & Present

What You Will Get

★ Daily lectures and workshops by leading international and Nepali scholars 
★ Expert-led tutorials and engagement with rituals, religious spaces, and traditional practices: understanding through participation
★ Unique fieldwork experiences and opportunities for ethnographic observation of Nepali culture 
★ Exclusive insight into some of the current cultural preservation and academic research projects being undertaken in the Kathmandu Valley
★ Expert-led excursions to World Heritage sites, influential places of worship, cultural hotspots, and unknown tantric locations, connecting theory to practice 
★ Festive traditional Newar and Himalayan dinners
★ Leadership and advisement from academic experts throughout the experiences

Course tutor

Dr Bjarne Wernicke-Olesen
Shakta expert and Lecturer in the History of Religions and Indic Languages, University of Oxford

Course tutor

Dr Silje Lyngar Einarsen
Associate Professor, History of Religions and Sanskrit, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society

Course tutor

Dr Rajan Khatiwoda
Chief Scientific Documentation Coordinator,  Nepal Heritage Documentation Project (NHDP), Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Course tutor

Prof Gavin Flood
Piramal Dean of Hindu Studies at the OCHS and Professor Emeritus of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion, the University of Oxford