Alessandro Giudice wins 2026 Prix Colette Caillat

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Congratulation to our postdoc Alessandro Giudice! He has just been awarded the 2026 Prix Colette Caillat for his outstanding achievements in the field of Indology.

Together with Prof. Dr. Tiziana Pontillo (University of Cagliari, Italy), Alessando Giudice won the price for their book "Medhātithi’s Grammatical Notes on the Mānavadharmaśāstra: How Technicalities Can Shed Light on Ancient Indian Law".

Alessandro Giudice and Tiziana Pontillo’s book investigates the relationship between the Sanskrit grammatical tradition and legal exegesis in Medhātithi’s "Manubhāṣya", one of the most authoritative commentaries on the "Mānavadharmaśāstra", composed in the ninth century. Its principal aim is to determine when, how, and why Medhātithi cites or draws upon grammatical authorities and to assess the exegetical value of these grammatical discussions for the interpretation of ancient Indian law.

The Prix Colette Caillat is named after Colette Caillat, a distinguished scholar of Middle Indo-Aryan languages and Jain and Buddhist studies, this international prize recognises outstanding scholarship in the field of Indology, with a particular emphasis on philology.