The Centre of Jaina Studies (CoJS) at SOAS is holding its 12th Annual Lecture and 14th Annnual Jaina Studies Workshop on 21-22 March 2012.
The Annual Lecture will be delivered by Dr Michael Tobias on: Mahavira, Don Quixote and the History of Environmental Ethics and Idealism. The theme of the conference is: Biodiversity and Animal Rights: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives. The event is free and open to all, but prior booking is recommended. Speakers include Marc Bekoff, Christopher Chapple, Stephen R.L. Clark, Lu Feng, Peter Flügel, Andrew Linzey, Sarra Tlili, Emma Tomalin, Paul Waldau, Michael Zimmermann.
The first volume of the SOAS Jaina Studies Series (Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies), first published in 2006, is now available in paperback: Disputes and Dialogues: Studies in Jaina History and Culture.
The SOAS International Journal of Jaina Studies (Online) (IJJS) published the following articles in 2011:
Burial Ad Sanctos at Jaina Sites in India
Author: Peter Flügel
Year: 2011
International Journal of Jaina Studies (Online) Vol. 7, No. 4 (2011) 1-37
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The Significance Of Adhyavasāya In Jain Karma Theory
Author: Kristi L. Wiley
Year: 2011
International Journal of Jaina Studies (Online) Vol. 7, No. 3 (2011) 1-26
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Temples And Patrons The Nineteenth-Century Temple Of Motīśāh At Śatruñjaya
Author: Hawon Ku
Year: 2011
International Journal of Jaina Studies (Online) Vol. 7, No. 2 (2011) 1-22
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Pūrṇabhadra’s Pañcatantra: Jaina Tales Or Brahmanical Outsourcing?
Author: McComas Taylor
Year: 2011
International Journal of Jaina Studies (Online) Vol. 7, No. 1 (2011) 1-17
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Dr Peter Flügel
Chair, Centre of Jaina Studies
Department of the Study of Religions
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
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