Jain Spirit 2004 06 No 19

Author(s): Jain Spirit UK
Publisher: UK Young Jains

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Professor J-P. Osier
Department of the Study of Religions, Dr. Ulrich Pagel, Professor J.C. Wright of the Faculty of Languages and Cultures, who is the Honorary President of the Centre, and by its Chair Dr. Peter Flügel of the Department of the Study of Religions.
The Centre will promote the following activities:
⚫ Research projects in Jain Studies,
Dissemination of new research through the Centre's publications and website,
Academic conferences, workshops, seminars, symposia and exhibitions,
• Public lectures in Jain Studies by leading scholars,
Academic exchange programmes, Courses on Jainism and postgraduate research in Jain Studies at SOAS,
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Establishment of links with individuals and institutions with an academic interest in Jain Studies.
Academic speakers at the one-day international conference on 'Jaina Doctrines and Dialogues' on 17 March were Erik Seldeslachts (University of Ghent) on 'Understanding Jaina Geography": Julia Hegewald (Oxford) on 'Meru, Samavasarana and Simhasana: The Recurrence of Three-Tiered Structures in Jaina Cosmology, Mythology and Ritual'; Hawon Ku Kim (University of Minnesota) on 'Formation of Identity: The Nineteenth-Century Jain Pilgrimage Site of Satrunjaya, Gujarat'; Peter Flügel (SOAS) on "The Lonkagaccha Revisited'; Jean-Pierre Osier (Paris) on 'The importance of faith in the last moments on account of
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Asadhara's Sagaradharmamrta VIII': Eva DeClerq (Ghent) on 'Doctrinal elements in
enhancement of Jain Studies at SOAS, both from governmental and non-governmental
Expansion of the resources relating | sources. At the launch of the Centre to Jain Studies in the SOAS Library,
a donation of £5,000 for a Small Research Fellowship for the Study of Jainism (to be annually reviewed) was announced on behalf of Jain Spirit. The Fellowship for a research project at all levels (MA, PhD or Postdoctoral Research) will be granted on the basis of an open competition, details of which will shortly be announced. At the 6th Jaina Studies Workshop a further donation of £1,000 for an annual essay competition was announced by the Institute of Jainology.
Svayambhudeva's Paumacariu, with reference to his own sect'; Christopher Chapple (Los
Angeles) on 'Classical Yoga and Jainism: A Comparison of
Patanjali and Haribhadra'; Sin
Fujinaga (Miyakonojo Miyazaki, Japan) 'On Samudghata' and Devendra Kumar Jain (Mumbai) on 'The Date of Kundakunda'. The Centre is seeking sponsorship for scholarships and resources for the
Contact:
Centre of Jaina Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
Thornhaugh Street Russell Square London WC1H 0XG pf8@soas.ac.uk www.soas.ac.uk/jainastudies
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