understanding religious identities

International Graduate Student Conference on Jain Studies Yale University, May 1-2, 2015 Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 211 Understanding Religious Identities Saturday, May 2 9:00-10:15am – Medieval and Pre-modern Jain Literature Lynna Dhanani (Yale University) Making the Inaccessible Accessible: Aṣṭapada as Kailāsa Gregory Clines (Harvard University) Identity and Otherness in Brahma Jinadāsa’s Rām Rās Aleksandra Gordeeva (Yale University) One King, Two Virtues: Jain and Hindu Tellings of the Hariścandra Story 10:45-12:00 – Jain Tantra and Science Aaron Ulrey (UC Santa Barbara) Cruel Kalpas and the Goddesses who Occupy Them: Aggressive Magic in Two Jain Tantras Ellen Gough (Yale University) A Modern Śvetāmbara Monk's Daily Worship of a Maṇḍala Knut Aukland (University of Bergen) Science, Academia and Jain Identities: The Scientization and Academization of Jainism 1:30-2:45 – Jains through Time and Space Tillo Detige (Ghent University) Others Shaping Self, Self Becoming Other: Opposition to the Digambara Bhaṭṭārakas Julie Hanlon (University of Chicago) Jains, Merchants, and Kings: An Examination of the Socio-economic Role of Jains in Tamil Nadu, South India 300 BCE - 600 CE Tine Vekemans (Ghent University) Moving the Jina: Practices and Narratives of Jainism in New Global Environments 3:15-4:30 – Jain Philosophy and Poetics Lucas den Boer (University of Gronigen) Perspectivism and Apologetics: The Role of the Other in Jaina Doxography Marie-Helene Gorisse (Ghent University) Jain Philosophers in the Debating Hall: When Correct Argumentation Requires the Use of Hermeneutical Device Victor D’Avelia (University of Chicago) Hemacandra’s Linguistic Synthesis and the Definition of Poetry 5:00-5:45 – Response to Papers Steve Vose (Florida International University) Friday, May 1, 5:00pm Keynote Address: Phyllis Granoff On Students and Teachers: Reflections from a Jain Medieval Text Sponsored by the JivDaya Fund; The Hixon Visiting Speakers Fund, Department of Religious Studies; and the South Asian Studies Council.

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Page 1: Understanding Religious Identities

International Graduate Student Conference on Jain Studies

Yale University, May 1-2, 2015 Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 211

Understanding Religious Identities

Saturday, May 2 9:00-10:15am – Medieval and Pre-modern Jain Literature Lynna Dhanani (Yale University) Making the Inaccessible Accessible: Aṣṭapada as Kailāsa Gregory Clines (Harvard University) Identity and Otherness in Brahma Jinadāsa’s Rām Rās Aleksandra Gordeeva (Yale University) One King, Two Virtues: Jain and Hindu Tellings of the Hariścandra Story 10:45-12:00 – Jain Tantra and Science Aaron Ulrey (UC Santa Barbara) Cruel Kalpas and the Goddesses who Occupy Them: Aggressive Magic in Two Jain Tantras Ellen Gough (Yale University) A Modern Śvetāmbara Monk's Daily Worship of a Maṇḍala Knut Aukland (University of Bergen) Science, Academia and Jain Identities: The Scientization and Academization of Jainism

1:30-2:45 – Jains through Time and Space Tillo Detige (Ghent University) Others Shaping Self, Self Becoming Other: Opposition to the Digambara Bhaṭṭārakas Julie Hanlon (University of Chicago) Jains, Merchants, and Kings: An Examination of the Socio-economic Role of Jains in Tamil Nadu, South India 300 BCE - 600 CE Tine Vekemans (Ghent University) Moving the Jina ��: Practices and Narratives of Jainism in New Global Environments 3:15-4:30 – Jain Philosophy and Poetics Lucas den Boer (University of Gronigen) Perspectivism and Apologetics: The Role of the Other in Jaina Doxography Marie-Helene Gorisse (Ghent University) Jain Philosophers in the Debating Hall: When Correct Argumentation Requires the Use of Hermeneutical Device Victor D’Avelia (University of Chicago) Hemacandra’s Linguistic Synthesis and the Definition of Poetry 5:00-5:45 – Response to Papers Steve Vose (Florida International University)

Friday, May 1, 5:00pm Keynote Address: Phyllis Granoff

On Students and Teachers: Reflections from a Jain Medieval Text

Sponsored by the JivDaya Fund; The Hixon Visiting Speakers Fund, Department of Religious Studies; and the South Asian Studies Council.

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