South Asian religious and philosophical studies
Faculty of Theology/Arts
Besides the Sanskrit/Indological/Buddhological department (Faculty of Humanities/Arts), South Asian religious and philosphical studies are also carried out at other departments, often belonging to a theological and/or philosophical faculty. In that case such studies have a more comparative approach and are included in courses such as on world religions.
Leiden University: Faculty of Arts
| 1953-1977 | F. Sierksma (lecturer, associate professor, and, from 1973 onwards, professor in religious history and phenomenology) |
| 1980-1984 | A. Schepers (lecturer, department of philosophy) |
Utrecht University: Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (formerly the Faculty of Theology)
| 1961-1982 | C.J. Hoens (professor in the living and non-Christian religions) |
| 1970-2003 | M.A.G.T. Kloppenborg (lecturer, also in Groningen; from 1984 associate professor, and, from 1988 onwards, professor in the living religions and comparative religious studies) |
| 2003-present | F.L. Bakker (assistant professor in inter-religious dialogue, comparative religion, Hinduism and Buddhism, religion and film) |
Amsterdam University (UvA): Faculty of Arts
| 1962-1967 | J.F. Staal (professor in systematics of philosophy, general and comparative philosophy) |
| 1972-2000 | B.M.J. Nagel (lecturer in comparative philosophy) |
| 1992-1994 | P.T. van der Veer (professor in comparative religion) |
Free Amsterdam University (VU): Faculty of theology, Department of Philosophy of Religion and Comparative Study of Religions
| 1970-2004 | C.J.G. van der Burg (lecturer in South Asian religions, modern Hinduism in and outside India) |
| 2004-present | L. Minnema (assistant professor in the study of religions) |
| …-present | V.A. van Bijlert (lecturer in religious studies and Sanskrit) |
Nijmegen University: Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies
| 1969-1972 | B.M.J. Nagel (lecturer in religious studies) |
| 1992-1995 | Tineke Nugteren (associate professor in Asian religions) |
| 1996-present | Paul van der Velde (associate professor, and, from 2008 onwards, professor in Asian religions) |
| 2005-2007 | Netty Bonouvrié (lecturer in religions of Asia) |
Tilburg University: School of Humanities
| 1981-present | Tineke Nugteren (associate professor in religious studies) |