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2018
Tantric Meditation in Jainism
Eighth Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Video of Lecture by Ellen Gough
2017
Life's Subtlest Forms: The Elements of Jainism
Seventh Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Video of Lecture by Dr. Kristi L. Wiley
The Spirit of Dialogue: Lessons from Faith Traditions in Transforming Conflict
Fifth Annual Mahavir Nirvan Lecture
Video of Lecture by Dr. Aaron T. Wolf
2016
Locating Jainism in Maharashtra
Sixth Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Video of Lecture by Dr. Whitney Kelting
Jainism, Animal Rights and Veganism
Fourth Mahavir Nirvan Lecture on Applied Jain Ethics
Video of Lecture by Dr. Gary Francione
Santhara: A Challenge to Indian Secularism?
Documentary Film Screening and Discussion with Director: Shekhar Hattangadi
2015
Jain Ethics in Philosphical Perspective
Fifth Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Video of Lecture by Dr. Jayandra Soni
Nonviolence: An Educational Imperative
Third Annual Bhagwan Mahavir Nirvan Kalyanak Lecture
Video of Lecture by Dr. Tara Sethia
Online Lecture Series on Jain Texts: Ācārāṅga Sūtra*
May 16 - Professor Nalini Balbir (Sorbonne) Monastic Discipline in the Ācārāṅga Sūtra
May 23 - Professor Christopher Chapple (Loyola Marymount) Ethics of Ācārāṅga Sūtra
May 30 - Professor Ellen Gough (Emory University) Enlightenment and Liberation in the Ācārāṅga Sūtra
June 6 - Ven. Samani Unnata Pragya (JVBI) Mahavira in the Ācārāṅga Sūtra
2014
An Interior Kingdom: Jain Allegorical Narratives in the Twelfth Century/Fourth Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Highly-respected scholar of Jainism, Dr. Dundas delivers Fourth Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture on "An Interior Kingdom: Jain Allegorical Narratives in the Twelfth Century".
At the Heart of Compassion: Exploring the Principles of Jainism
A special presentation by FIU Jain Studies Faculty.
International Conference: Acharya Tulsi and the Making of Modern Jainism
International conference commemorating the 100th birth anniversary of Acharya Tulsi.
Dr. Peter Flugel (SOAS) delivered the keynote address on Acharya Tulsi's Middle Path: Jaina Modernism between Orthodoxy and Reorm
2013
Women in Jainism
Third Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Lecture by Dr. Nalini Balbir
Applying Jain Principles in Medical Practice
Second Annual Mahavir Nirvan Lecture
Dr. Manoj Jain delivered The Second Annual Mahavir Nirvan Lecture on "Applying Jain Principles in Medical Practice".
2012
Jain Art - Icons and Iconoclasts in Jainism
Second Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Lecture by Dr. John Cort
2011
Visions of the Conqueror - Jain Art
First Annual Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture
Lecture by Professor Phyllis Granoff of Yale University delivered the First Mahavir Jayanthi Lecture on "Visions of the Conqueror - Jain Art," based on her recent book, Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection
Miscellaneous
Prof. Kusum Jain
Prof. Nirmal Baid
