A lecture by Peter Flügel, Founding Chair of the Centre of Jaina Studies, and Professor of the Study of Religions and Philosophies at the Department of History, Religions and Philosophies in the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Event moderated by Robert P. Goldman, Professor of the Graduate School and Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Sanskrit Emeritus
Talk Abstract
How can the blind spots in Jaina social and intellectual history be investigated in a systematic fashion given the fragmentary nature of the evidence? The idea of a prosopographical database with a sociological focus emerged organically from a SOAS Centre of Jaina Studies project onJohannes Klatt’s Jaina-Onomasticon. The initial aim of the JPD project was to cross-reference the complex bio-bibliographic data on more than 5,000 historical Jaina individuals collated by Klatt between 1880 and 1892 and make them available in form of a database with the capacity to incorporate potentially all available historical information on the Jaina tradition. The JPD, a product of international research collaboration between SOAS and researchers in India, now offers linked data on more than 21,000 individuals and on more than 7,000 works in Indic and European languages. What makes the JPD unique is its combination of sociological and indological methodologies with advanced data visualisation technology. The presentation will highlight key innovations and outcomes and discuss sociological, indological and technological challenges and strategic plans for this long-term research project.
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SPEAKER BIO
Peter Flügel is Founding Chair of the Centre of Jaina Studies, and Professor of the Study of Religions and Philosophies at the Department of History, Religions and Philosophies in the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has published extensively on the history, anthropology and sociology of contemporary Jain schools and sects, Jain relic stūpas, Jaina-Vaiṣṇava syncretism, and on the socio-political and legal history of the Jain tradition. He is also working on social theory, and questions of comparative philosophy, pluralism and non-violence. He convenes the Annual Jaina Studies Workshops at SOAS, is editor of the International Journal of Jain Studies, series editor of Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies, and Jaina Studies of Harrassowitz, and principal investigator of the Jaina-Prosopography project.
Peter Flügel has published extensively on the history, anthropology and sociology of contemporary Jain schools and sects, Jain relic stūpas, Jaina-Vaiṣṇava syncretism, and on the socio-political and legal history of the Jain tradition. He is also working on questions of comparative philosophy, pluralism and non-violence. He is the editor of the International Journal of Jain Studies, co-editor of Jaina Studies - Newsletter of the Centre of Jaina Studies, and series editor of Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies, and Jaina Studies (Harrassowitz).
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