Jaina Material Culture
Key information
- Date
- Time
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9:00 am to 6:30 pm
- Venue
- SOAS University of London
- Room
- Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT)
About this event
This is the 27th International Jaina Studies Workshop, dedicated to Jaina material culture in the widest sense. Everyone is welcome!
The workshop follows the 25th SOAS Annual Jaina lecture by Julia B. Hegewald.
Programme
Opening
| Time | Details |
| 9.00 | Welcome |
First Session
| Time | |
| 9.15 | Ellen Gough (Emory University, Atlanta) The Art of Jain Festival Narratives |
| 9.45 | Whitney Kelting (Northeastern University, Boston) Ephemera and Permanence |
| 10.15 | John E. Cort (Denison University) The Value of Ephemera in the Study of Religious Culture |
| 10.45 | Tea & Coffee |
Second Session
| Time | |
| 11.15 | Herman Tieken (Leiden) The lesās in Uttarajjhāyā 34 |
| 11.45 | Nandita Punj (University of Phoenix) Jain Monks as Artists |
| 12.15 | Peter Flügel & Anna and Remy Sowa (SOAS) Material Culture of Jaina Mendicants |
| 12.45 | Group Photo & Lunch |
Third Session
| Time | |
| 2.00 | Saarthak Singh (École Française D'extrême-Orient, Paris) Jain Temple Patronage and Religious Processions under the Sultans of Malwa |
| 2.30 | Steven Vose (University of Colorado, Denver) Securing Sanctity: On the Form and Function of Jinālayas in Western Indian Jain Temples |
| 3.00 | Oshin Bamb (Deccan College, Pune) Bhāṇḍa Devala Jain Temple at Arang, Chhattisgarh: The Dialogue between Divinity and Erotics |
| 3.30 | Tea & Coffee |
Fourth Session
| Time | |
| 4.00 | Anna Tosato (University of Illinois) Dancing in Celebration of the Jinas: A Study of Performing Artists and Performing Arts as Represented in the Jain Sculptures at Mathura |
| 4.30 | Anchit Jain (Delhi University) Carving Jain Monkhood: Devotion, Discourse, and the Depiction of the Ideal Monastic Self (c. 8th–13th century) |
| 5.00 | Bhumi Shah (University of California, Riverside) Where Does the Stay-At-Home Pilgrim go?Pursuit of a Bhāvayātrā |
| 5.30 | Nick Barnard (V&A Museum, London) Changing Jaina Responses to a 7-headed figure of Candraprabha in the V&A Museum |
| 6.00 | Closing Remarks |
Registration
Please follow the link at the top of the page to register.
Image: Bhomiyājī, Śatruñjayatīrtha (Peter Flügel, 2024)
