Abhishek Jain

Biography

Abhishek Jain (Ph.D., Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2021) is currently Visiting Bhagwan Mallinath Assistant Professor of Jain Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Prior to joining LMU, Abhishek was a Gonda Postdoctoral Fellow at Leiden University, The Netherlands. At LMU, Abhishek has been teaching two undergraduate courses, namely Hinduism, Jainism, Yoga, and Comparative Theology. The major focus of his research is on classical and modern South Asian languages and literature, literary theory, philosophy, and translation theory.

Education (4)

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: Ph.D. in Indian Literary Studies with a special Jain Literature 2021

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University: M.Phil. in Jain Philosophy, Sanskrit Studies 2015

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University: M.A. in Jain Philosophy, Sanskrit Studies 2014

Rashtriya Sanskrit University: B. A., Sanskrit Honors 2012

Areas of Expertise (5)

Classical Indian Studies

Translation Theory

Literary Studies

Jain Studies

South Asian Languages and Literatures

Accomplishments (4)

Rector Scholarship from the Adam Mickiewicz University

2019 - 2020

Visiting Doctoral Candidate under Professor Haun Saussy at the University of Chicago

2019

PhD Stipend from the ERC Project “Narrative Modes of Historical Discourse in Asia” (NAMO)

2016 - 2019

Pratibha Puraskar Award by Delhi Sanskrit Academy

2014 - 2015

Affiliations (2)

• Leiden University
• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Languages (8)

• Hindi
• English
• Sanskrit
• Rajasthani
• Prakrit
• Apabhramsha
• Gujarati
• Kannada

Event Appearances (3)

Invited Lecture

“Spirituality in Indian Philosophical Traditions”  Loyola Marymount University

2022-09-21

Invited Lecture

“Local Biographies in Jain Literary Production”  Universiteit Leiden

2022-08-25

Invited Job Talk

“Reconsideration of Repetitions in Historical Discourse: An Emphasis on Making an Identity”  Florida International University

2022-05-05

Articles (2)

A Preliminary Study on the Indian Grammar Manuscripts of the Āmer Śāstrabhaṇār in Jaipur

Przegląd Orientalistyczny

2019

Use and Evolution of Languages in Jain Literature

Tulsī Prajñā

2015