Jaina Art and Architecture
(10th Jaina Studies Workshop at SOAS, 6-7 March 2008)
The Annual Jain Lecture
(followed by a reception)
Maruti Nandan P. Tiwari
(Banaras Hindu University)
New Approach to the Study of Jaina Art and Architecture
Thursday 6.3.2008, 18.00-19.30
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Russell Square
The 10th Jaina Studies Workshop at SOAS
Friday 7.3.2008, SOAS, Russell Square, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
9.00 | Welcome | 9.05 | Christine Chojnacki
Eulogy and Ritual in Jaina Medieval Literature | 9.35 | Robert del Bontà
From Narrative to Icon: The Bāhubali Image at Śravaṇabeḷagoḷa | 10.05 | Avadhanula V.K. Babu
Jaina Stūpa at Vaddamanu, Andrah Pradesh | 10.35 | Nalini Balbir
Jain Yantras: Texts and Representations | 11.05 | Tea and Coffee | 11.35 | Peter Flügel
Jain Sacred Places: Sammeta Śikhara | 12.05 | Gerd Mevissen
North Bengal (Ancient Varendra): An Innovative Sub-Centre of Jaina Sculptural Art | 12.35 | Max Deeg
Indian Influence on Mani Reconsidered: The Case of Jainism | 13.05 | Lunch in the Brunei Gallery Suite | 14.05 | Alvappillai Veluppillai
South Indian Jainism: The Role of Religious Polemics in Tamil | 14.35 | Christoph Emmrich
The Man Who Fell from the Gopuram: Picking up Pieces in Kanchi | 15.05 | R. Uma Maheshwari
Sites of Identity: The Village and the Community in Tamil Jaina Stories | 15.35 | John Henry Rice
Orienting Jaina Polity: Temple Building in Vijayanagara-Period Kanara | 16.05 | Tea and Coffee | 16.35 | Olle Qvarnström & Niels Hammer
The Jain Cave Paintings at Ellora | 17.05 | Lisa Nadine Owen
Demarcating Sacred Space: The Jina Images at Kalugumalai | 17.35 | Janice Leoshko
Defining Jain Elements at Udayagiri-Khandagiri, Orissa | 18.05 | Prakash Shah
Jain Temple Art and Ritual in the Diaspora: The Derasar at Potters Bar | 18.35 | Final Remarks | |
Contact:
Centre of Jaina Studies, Department for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG,
Phone: 7898 4028,
E-mail:
Co-organised and co-sponsored by the Centre of Jaina Studies at SOAS, the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Lund (
www.sasnet.lu.se) and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (
http://www.vam.ac.uk/).