Jainpedia Project Team is delighted to announce that our first Gallery Talk ‘Jain Art from India’ will take place at the V&A in the Nehru Gallery of Indian Art, please see below for details. All are welcome to attend this interesting and educational event with Asia Curator Nick Barnard on 20th May 2010 at 13.00[…]
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Institute has built up a good rapport with the Office of His Holiness the Pope over the past several years. It has now become customary for the Institute and the Vatican to exchange greetings on each other’s festive days. Vatican has since then taken to sending greetings to major Jain organisations elsewhere as well to build wider relations.[…]
A ‘Learn Jainism’ Blog is being launched by Colin Hynson to provide updates on the web site with the same name.
The Institute had co-ordinated the first Interfaith Week’s celebration in England during November 2009. Oshwal Association of the UK had opened the doors of their temples at both Potters Bar and Croydon. This is a report by one of the visitors to Potters Bar.
Following Dr Sanghrajka’s work with RE Council – there is a recognition now that minority religions like Jainism should also be given a place in the regular RE curriculum of all primary schools. The Schools Minister, Ms Diana johnson supports this idea.
Dr Harshad Sanghrajka, Institute’s Hon Secretary/Director will be making a second tour of Jain Centres in the Far East following the successful tour of early last year. the centres to be visited are Perth, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
Jaipedia project is progressing at fast pace and the main partner for the project, Kings College, University of London has already produced the fist pages of the proposed database to give a taste of what is to come. Each section of every page is linked to a specific section of the database giving a much[…]
Scholars in Jain Community may wish to avail themselves of the opportunities being offered by the University of Oslo, Norway. Up to 3 fellowships are being offered at The Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Education through the Kultrans program. Up to two doctoral fellowships will be at the Faculty of Humanities. We’d be glad to[…]
Second Book in the Series Learn Jainism for Primary Schools to be launched in January 2010
Report on Foundation in Jain Studies Course: Sep – Dec 2009 Oshwal Association of UK ~ Oshwal Centre ~ Potters Bar After being recognised as an INSTITUTE by the Companies House and registered as the Institute of Jainology Limited, the Directors decided that courses in Jainism should be offered not only through the Birkbeck University[…]