[INDOLOGY] Wellcome Trust returns ancient Jain texts in colonialist’s archive

[Marie-Hélène Gorisse]

Dear Patricia,



Thanks a lot for sharing the news!



Indeed, last Thursday at the House of Commons was a historic moment as the
Wellcome Collection restituted 2,000 precious Jain manuscripts to the Jain
community represented by the Institute of Jainology.

I was deeply honoured to co-sign this agreement as the Assistant Professor
in Jain Studies at the University of Birmingham, since our Dharmanath
Network in Jain studies has been asked to shelter this precious heritage as
we are working with the community to secure that this return has maximum
impact for students, researchers, members of the community, and for the
general public.



It will take a few more months for the manuscripts to be fully catalogued
and make their way to Birmingham, but I will be very much looking forwards
to updating you as this goes on!



As for now, you can find all the infos concerning our Jain Studies Network
here:

https://globalphilosophyofreligion.com/2026/05/18/the-dharmanath-network-in-jain-studies/


Kind regards,



Marie-Helene

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Dharmanath Assistant Professor in Jain Studies
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Le ven. 15 mai 2026 à 06:04, Patricia SAUTHOFF via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> a écrit :

> Wellcome to transfer 2,000 Jain texts to the Dharmanath Network in Jain
> Studies at the University of Birmingham.
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> https://www.thetimes.com/article/7fa1b43b-0e83-49cf-a5e1-436d9c2e22ff?shareToken=a61b5f430c4a83f0f930eb098104695d
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> Patricia Sauthoff
> 司徒 雛菊
> Assistant Professor
> Department of History
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