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 Orientalistyczny2019
Use and Evolution of Languages in Jain Literature
Tulsī Prajñā2015