Please see the links below for details on upcoming and past events sponsored by UNT's Jain Studies Program.

3/1/2025 Jain Cultural Fair

Join us for a fun day of food, performances, and activities as we celebrate Jain traditions and engage with the local DFW Jain community. Please see our webpage for more details and our call for submissions to get involved. 

2/28/2025 Lecture: South Asian Philosophical Debates and the Intervention of Jain Many-Sidedness

We're kicking off our Jain Cultural Fair with a special pre-event lecture by Anil Mundra, the Bhagvan Vimalnath Endowed Chair in Jain Studies and South Asian Religions at UC Santa Barbara. More details soon! 
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10/16 and 10/18/2024 Workshop and Lecture: Enriching Civil Discourse

Dr. Amy Donahue (Kennesaw State University) is a publicly engaged intellectual working at the intersection of Indian philosophies, feminist and gender theory, and epistemology. Join Jain Studies at UNT for a workshop and lecture with Dr. Donahue focusing on the broad relevance of Indian models of reasoning and debate to public discourse as well as critical pedagogy today.

4/27/2024 Lecture: Intellectual Aparigraha and Democracy

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Anand Vaidya (San Jose State University and UCLA) followed by a respondent from the Jain Society of North Texas. Please visit the link above to register and learn more.

11/16/2023 Workshop: Jain Practices for Contemplative Pedagogy and Critical Thinking

An innovative pedagogy workshop sponsored by UNT's Jain Studies Program, aimed at CLASS faculty and graduate instructors, featuring the resources that Jainism offers to undergraduate learning across a wide array of disciplines and fields. Please see the event page at the link above for details and to RSVP.

10/8/2022 Workshop: Preksha Meditation

Two samanis (or ordained Jain nuns) provide instruction for meditation and other spiritual practices in their presentation Living Lightly on the Planet: Jain Practice for Reducing Accumulation, Moderating Consumption, and Letting Go of What Weighs Us Down.

3/26/2022 Colloquium: Exploring Jain Perspectives on Interfaith Dialogue and Religious Pluralism

A group of international scholars gather at UNT to discuss Jainism's perspectives religious diversity both today and historically.

4/14/2018 Conference: Jainism and the Environment

The inaugural conferece sponsored by the Jain Studies Program at UNT.