 | Date: 18 March 2011 Finishes: 18 March 2011 Venue: Brunei Gallery Type of Event: Workshop |
Programme
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 9.00 | Tea and Coffee |
| 9.15 | Samaṇī Pratibhaprajña, Jain Vishva Bharati Ladnun Ācārya Mahāprajña ’s Sanskrit Work Aśruvīṇā and its Canonical Sources |
| 9.35 | Sin Fujinaga, Miyakonojo Kosen, Japan Narratives in the Āgama Commentaries by Malayagiri |
| 9.55 | Peter Flügel, SOAS Narrative Paradigms for Jaina Mortuary Rituals? The Mythologies of the Worship of the Relics of the Jinas by the Gods |
| 10.15 | Discussion (Discussant: Nalini Balbir, Sorbonne Paris) |
| 10.30 | Tea & Coffee |
| 11.00 | Anne E. Monius, Harvard Divinity School The Curious Geography of Tamil Jain Narrative |
| 11.20 | Michael Willis, The British Museum, London New Discoveries from Old Finds: The Sculpture of Ambikā in the British Museum and its Relationship to Jain Narrative in Medieval India |
| 11.40 | Paul Dundas, University of Edinburgh Some Śvetāmbara Narrative Collections from the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries, with Particular Reference to 'the Other Hemacandra’ |
| 12.00 | Discussion (Discussant: Herman Tieken, University of Leiden) |
| 12.45 | Group Photo |
| 13.00 | Lunch: Brunei Gallery Suite |
| 14.00 | Christine Chojnacki, University of Lyon Remodeling Jain Novels in Medieval Times: Means and Motivations |
| 14.20 | Naomi Appleton, Cardiff University Jinas-to-be and Bodhisattvas: Paths to Perfection in Jain and Buddhist Rebirth Narratives |
| 14.40 | Whitney Kelting, Northeastern University Boston Narrating the Female Body in Śvetāmbar Jainism: Pregnancy Stories of the Jinamātās |
| 15.00 | Discussion (Discussant: Olle Qvarnström, University of Lund) |
| 15.15 | Tea & Coffee |
| 15.45 | Anna Aurelia Esposito, University of Würzburg Dialogical Narratives and Narrated Dialogues: Forms of Doctrinal Communication in Jain Narrative Literature |
| 16.05 | Basile Leclère, University of Lyon Evolving Patterns in Jain Narrative Literature: Stylistic and Structural Influence of Medieval Theatre on Storytelling |
| 16.25 | Richard Fynes, De Montfort University, Leicester Ānandghan and the Narratologists |
| 16.45 | Discussion (Discussant: Francesca Orsini, SOAS) |
| 17.00 | Tea & Coffee |
| 17.15 | Eva de Clerq, University of Ghent Rejecting and Appropriating Epic Lore |
| 17.35 | Jonathan Geen, King’s University College, Canada Nārada, Non-Violence and False Avatāras in Hindu and Jaina Purāṇas |
| 17.55 | Bradley M. Boileau, University of Ottawa From the Purāṇic Corpus to the Comic Strip: Narrative and Heroic Transformations in the Diwakar Chitra Katha (Jain Picture Stories) Series |
| 18.15 | Discussion (Discussant: Renate Söhnen-Thieme, SOAS) |
| 18.30 | General Discussion & Final Remarks |
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Enquiries: | Centres & Programmes Office, or Tel: +44 (0) 20 7898 4892 |
Organiser: | Centre of Jaina Studies, Centres & Programmes Office |
Sponsor: | AHRC, V&A Jaina Art Fund |