Corinna Lhoir, M.A.

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Lehrbeauftragte / Programmkoordinatorin Wissenschaftsschwerpunkt Yogastudien

Universität Hamburg

Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets

Alsterterrasse 1

20354 Hamburg

Raum: 109

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Corinna May Lhoir is a Lecturer of Yoga History and a PhD Student in Classical Indology. She is Program Coordinator of the Scientific Focus Yoga Studies, and works as Assistant to the Board for the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies.

2023 M.A. in Oriental Languages and Cultures — Main Subject India (Focus Jainism), Ghent University, summa cum laude

2021 B.A. in Languages and Cultures of India and Tibet, Universität Hamburg/Germany (B.A.-Thesis: "Die Yogapradīpa – ein vormodernes "Licht auf Yoga" aus der Jaina-Perspektive"; Note 1,0)
2020 M.A. in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation, SOAS University of London/Great Britain (Dissertation: "The Hour of Death – a Comparison of Medieval Indian Thought on Death in Tantric Buddhist, Haṭha Yogic and Jain Yogic Sources", distinction)
1997 M.A. in American, British and Slavonic Studies, Ruhr Universität Bochum/Germany

Geschichte und Philosophie des Yoga: Yoga-Studium an der Universität Hamburg. BDY: Deutsches Yoga-Forum 01/2021
Lhoir, Corinna May. Yogaphilosphie? – Frag doch einfach. Tübingen: UTB, forthcoming in 2023
Lhoir, Corinna May. “What is Sanskrit?”, “Has yoga always been associated with Hinduism?” and “Is yoga theistic, atheistic or non-theistic?” in: Wildcroft, Theo and Sojkova, Borbera (eds.): Yoga in five minutes. Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, forthcoming in 2025