[INDOLOGY] Jain Studies Unit Call for Papers AAR 2025

[Ana Bajzelj]

Dear Colleagues,

The Jain Studies Unit welcomes scholars to submit panel proposals for the
2025 AAR Annual Meeting in Boston as well as the online summer session in
June. We especially welcome suggestions for panels to be co-sponsored with
other units and for panels that address the 2025 Annual Meeting’s
Presidential Theme: “Freedom.” Finally, the Jain Studies Unit encourages
proposals to include voices that are diverse in terms of race, caste,
ethnicity, gender, sexuality, ability, age, socioeconomic status,
geographic region, professional rank, and institutional affiliation.
Questions can be addressed to either of the unit co-chairs, Gregory Clines (
gclines at trinity.edu) and/or Ana Bajzelj (abajzelj at ucr.edu).


Please note that the Jain Studies Unit *only accepts proposals for complete
panels*, *roundtables, book discussions, etc. and does not accept
individual paper proposals*. This is true for both the online summer
session and the in-person annual meeting.

The following are proposed panel titles with contact information as of
January 27th, 2025. If interested, please contact the listed person(s)
directly. Additional panel proposals are welcomed. The Jain Studies unit
exclusively uses the AAR PAPERS system for all submissions.


*November In-Person Meeting:*

   - Amṛtacandra and His Works (Jinesh Sheth, jineshrsheth13 at gmail.com)
   - *Caityavāsin*s, *Yati*s, *Bhaṭṭāraka*s: Revisiting Jain
   ‘Semi-Renouncers’ (Tillo Detige, tillodetige at gmail.com, and Anchit Jain,
   jn.anchit at gmail.com)
   - Contours of Freedom: Jain Approaches to Contemplation and
   Self-Realization
   <https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/9A-eC6YpnlfPy6ALRFpfBS5KMql?domain=papers.aarweb.org>
(Alba
   Rodriguez, alba.rodriguezjuan at email.ucr.edu), possible co-sponsorship
   with Contemplative Studies Unit
   - *Engaged Jainism* (SUNY Forthcoming) Sitting on the Lotus of Engaged
   Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Book Review Roundtable
   <https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/-8jjC7DqomizZXxGrHWhQSoJBND?domain=papers.aarweb.org>
(Christopher
   Miller, christopher.miller at arihantainstitute.org), possible
   co-sponsorship with Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit
   - Gender, Women, and Identity: From Texts to Contemporary Shifts
   (Shivani Bothra, Shivani.Bothra at csulb.edu, and Venu Mehta, vmehta at cst.edu
   )
   - Language of the Gods in the World of Jinas: Jainas and Sanskrit (Seema
   Chauhan, seemachauhan490 at gmail.com)
   - The Non-One-Sidedness of *Anekāntavāda* (Raja Rosenhagen,
   rosenhagen at mail.fresnostate.edu)


*Online Summer Session:*

   - Jainism and Technology (Corinne Smith, 257635 at soas.ac.uk)
   - Jain Texts on Conduct (Alba Rodriguez, alba.rodriguezjuan at email.ucr.edu
   )


*Statement of Purpose*

This Unit began in 2009 in recognition of the burgeoning state of the field
and its relative neglect in the AAR. Originating in India in the first
millennium BCE, Jainism — historically as dominant a South Asian religious
tradition as Buddhism and Hinduism and, in the light of current
demographics, a disproportionately powerful presence in the cultural and
economic life of India — is a world religion now extending far beyond South
Asia to East Asia, Europe, North America, Africa, and Australia. Given the
increasing focus of scholarly attention on Jainism both in India and around
the globe, this Unit provides a venue in North America for scholars of
Jainism to meet regularly and exchange ideas.


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Ana Bajzelj
Associate Professor
Shrimad Rajchandra Endowed Chair in Jain Studies
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department for the Study of Religion
Cooperating Faculty Member
Department of Philosophy
University of California, Riverside
Co-Chair, Jain Studies Unit, American Academy of Religion
She/her/hers
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