[INDOLOGY] Call for Submissions | UC Davis Jain Studies Prizes

[Archana Venkatesan]

Dear Colleagues,

With apologies for cross-posting...

Please find below the call for submissions for two prizes in Jain
Studies--a dissertation prize and a graduate essay prize. Please circulate
widely.

Thank you,
Archana

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*The Mohini Jain Presidential Chair in Jain Studies Best Dissertation*
* Prize*

*Deadline: May 16, 2022*

The Department of Religious Studies at UC Davis is now accepting
submissions for the inaugural dissertation prize in Jain Studies. The prize
uses the generous gift of Mrs. Mohini Jain to celebrate the depth and
vibrancy of scholarship on Jainism across the world. The prize comes with a
$1500 cash prize, a citation, and an invitation to deliver a talk based on
the dissertation at UC Davis that covers travel and lodging expenses.

To be eligible, a dissertation must be written in English and engage in a
substantive way with the field of Jain Studies. We encourage submissions
from around the world and from scholars in any disciplinary field.
Dissertations that bring Jainism into conversations with other religious
traditions and practices are also welcome. Only dissertations completed and
submitted (or defended) in the 2020-2021 or 2021-2022 academic years are
eligible.

Applicants who submit a dissertation for consideration for the dissertation
prize may not also submit a graduate essay for The Mohini Jain Presidential
Chair in Jain Studies Best Graduate Essay Prize. Anyone submitting to both
prizes will be automatically disqualified from consideration.

The winner will be announced by July 1, 2022.

Submit the following information in a *single PDF in the order listed below*
 to jainstudies at ucdavis.edu by midnight, May 16, 2022. Please put the
following in the email’s subject line: *Submission for Mohini Jain
Dissertation Prize*. We will not accept late submissions. Email
confirmations will be sent within two weeks of receipt of the submission.

1.    A formal, signed, brief nomination letter from the graduate student’s
main advisor. The letter must state the date that the dissertation was
completed, submitted, and accepted by the student’s committee.

2.    The complete dissertation—this includes appendices and bibliography.

3.    A short CV (2 pages, listing the student’s educational background and
employment history if applicable).

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*The** Mohini Jain Presidential Chair in Jain Studies Best Graduate Essay
Prize*

*Deadline: May 16, 2022*

The Department of Religious Studies at UC Davis is now accepting
submissions for the inaugural prize for the best graduate essay in Jain
Studies. The prize uses the generous gift of Mrs. Mohini Jain to celebrate
the depth and vibrancy of scholarship on Jainism across the world. The
prize comes with a $750 cash prize and a citation.

To be eligible, the graduate essay must be written in English on any topic
relating to Jainism and/or within the field of Jain Studies. Only essays
written by graduate students currently enrolled in a graduate program (MA
or PhD) and submitted in a regular graduate course during the 2020-2021 or
2021-2022 academic years are eligible. We encourage submissions from around
the world and from graduate students in any disciplinary field and at any
stage in their graduate careers. Graduate essays that bring Jainism into
conversations with other religious traditions and practices are also
welcome.

The submitted essay may not be longer than 30 double-spaced pages in a
standard 12-point font with 1-inch margins. It is expected that the
graduate essay will be properly formatted according to an accepted academic
citation method (MLA, Chicago, APA).

Each applicant may only submit one essay. Students who submit more than one
essay will not be considered for the prize.

Applicants who submit a graduate essay for consideration for the best
graduate essay prize may not also submit a dissertation to be considered
for The Mohini Jain Presidential Chair in Jain Studies Best Dissertation
Prize. Anyone submitting to both prizes will be automatically disqualified
from consideration.

The winner will be announced by July 1, 2022.

Submit the following information in a *single PDF in the order listed below*
 to jainstudies at ucdavis.edu by midnight, May 16, 2022. Please put the
following in the email’s subject line: *Submission for Mohini Jain Graduate
Essay Prize*. We will not accept late submissions. Email confirmations will
be sent within two weeks of receipt of the submission.

1.    A brief, signed, formal letter from the student’s program stating
their full name, their graduate program (Discipline and University),
whether they are enrolled in an MA or PhD program, and their progress
towards the degree. This letter may be written by the student’s advisor or
the program’s graduate advisor.

2.    A signed, formal letter from the instructor in whose course the essay
was written. The letter must include the information about the course and
the term in which the essay was submitted and accepted.

3.    The essay, no longer than 30 double-spaced pages, in a standard
12-point font, with 1-inch margins. The essay should be properly formatted,
carry complete citations, and include a Works Cited page.

4.       A short 1-page CV (12-point standard font, 1-inch margins)

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*"When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an
incarnation."*  Jorge Luis Borges

Archana Venkatesan <https://archana.faculty.ucdavis.edu/> (
archana.faculty.ucdavis.edu)
Project Director: The Kampan Translation Project
<https://kampanproject.ucdavis.edu/>
*Professor, Religious Studies and Comparative Literature*
Phone: 530-754-2821 (Office)
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