SOAS JAINA STUDIES MA SCHOLARSHIP 2009
Jain Spirit has sponsored an award of scholarship worth GBP5000. It will be awarded to students registered at School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London for a MA degree with a major in Jaina Studies.
Applications by letter, accompanied by a short CV, should be submitted by e-mail to the Centre of Jaina Studies at the Department of the Study of Religions at SOAS, University of London before September 2009.
Contact:
Dr Peter Flügel
jainstudies@soas.ac.uk
Annual Essay & Dissertation Competitions
Undergraduate Essay Prize
A prize of £ 500 is offered for the best UG essay or ISP written at SOAS on any subject related to Jainism.
Deadline 30 May 2009.
Dissertation Prize
A prize of £ 500 is offered for the best PG dissertation or ISP essay at SOAS on any subject related to Jainism. A prize of £ 500 is offered for the best PG dissertation or ISP essay written at SOAS on any subject related to Jainism. The prize is sponsored by the Institute of Jainology in London.
Deadline 15 September 2009
The above prizes are sponsored by the N Sethia Foundation through the Institute of Jainology.
Contact: Dr Peter Flügel
Jainstudies@soas.ac.uk
Jainstudies@soas.ac.uk
Winners of the past UG Competition
Samantha Stapleford: 2005
Explore the status of women in Jainism with particular reference to the contrasting codes of conduct for Jain nuns and laywomen
Zsofia Gyurka: 2006
Discuss the principal features of the theory of Karma in Jainism
Mankiran Riyait: 2007
Discuss the nature of liberation and the means of achieving it with reference to the Tattvartha Sutra of Umasvati
Alexis Berko: 2008
Karmic exploration of Jain & Ajivika doctrine
Winners of the past PG Competition
Samani Pratibha Prajñā: 2006
The human body as a means of liberation in Jain literature
Zipporah Weisberg: 2007
A comparative analysis of nonviolence to nonhumans in Svetambara Jain doctrine and ascetic practice and animal liberation philosophy and practice
Hugh St Aubyn: 2008
Sallekhana: its place within the Jain religious tradition and the context of its status as voluntary death or suicide