[INDOLOGY] Reminder | UC Davis Jain Studies Prizes

[Archana Venkatesan]

Dear Colleagues,

With apologies for cross-posting.

On behalf of the Department of Religious Studies, University of California,
Davis, it is my pleasure to announce the call for the biannual Jain Studies
prizes. Please circulate these calls widely. I've pasted the calls below
and also attached them. Deadline for submission is *May 17, 2024.*

Archana

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*The Mohini Jain Presidential Chair in Jain Studies Best Dissertation*


* PrizeDepartment of Religious StudiesUniversity of California,
Davis**Deadline:
Friday, May 17, 2024*

The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis
is now accepting submissions for the bi-annual dissertation prize in Jain
Studies. The prize uses the generous gift of Mrs. Mohini Jain to celebrate
the depth and vibrancy of scholarship on Jainism across the world. The
prize comes
with a *$1500 cash prize*, a citation, and an invitation to deliver a talk
based on the dissertation at UC Davis. This invited lecture will take place
in person (circumstances permitting) during the 2024-2025 academic year,
and we will cover the costs of travel and local hospitality.

To be eligible, a dissertation must be written in English and engage in a
substantive way with the field of Jain Studies. We encourage submissions
from around the world and from scholars in any disciplinary field.
Dissertations that bring Jainism into conversations with other religious
traditions and practices are also welcome. Only dissertations completed and
submitted (or defended) in the *2022-2023* or *2023-2024* academic years
are eligible.

Applicants who submit a dissertation for consideration for the dissertation
prize *may not* also submit a graduate essay for The Mohini Jain Presidential
Chair in Jain Studies Best Graduate Essay Prize. Anyone submitting to both
prizes will be automatically disqualified from consideration.

The winner will be announced in August 2024.

Submit the following information in a *single PDF in the order listed below*
 to rstprizes at ucdavis.edu by midnight, *Friday, May 17, 2024*. Please put
the following in the email’s subject line: *Submission for
Mohini Jain Dissertation Prize*. We will not accept late submissions. Email
confirmations will be sent within two weeks of receipt of the submission.

1.    A formal, signed, brief nomination letter on official letterhead,
from the graduate student’s main advisor/dissertation director. The letter
must state the date that the dissertation was completed, submitted, and
accepted by the student’s committee.

2.    The complete dissertation—this includes appendices and bibliography.

3.    A short CV (2 pages, listing the student’s educational background and
employment history if applicable).



*The*


* Mohini Jain Presidential Chair in Jain Studies Best Graduate
Essay PrizeDepartment of Religious StudiesUniversity of California,
Davis**Deadline:
Friday, May 17, 2024*

The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis
is now accepting submissions for the bi-annual prize for the best graduate
essay in Jain Studies. The prize uses the generous gift of Mrs. Mohini Jain to
celebrate the depth and vibrancy of scholarship on Jainism across the
world. The prize comes with a *$750* cash prize and a citation.

To be eligible, the graduate essay must be written in English on any topic
relating to Jainism and/or within the field of Jain Studies. Only essays
written by graduate students currently enrolled in a graduate program (MA
or PhD) and submitted in a regular graduate course during the *2022-2023*
 or *2023-2024* academic years are eligible. We encourage submissions from
around the world and from graduate students in any disciplinary field and
at any stage in their graduate careers. Graduate essays that bring Jainism into
conversations with other religious traditions and practices are also
welcome.

The submitted essay may not be longer than *30* double-spaced pages in a
standard 12-point font with 1-inch margins. It is expected that the
graduate essay will be properly formatted according to an accepted academic
citation method (MLA, Chicago, APA).

Each applicant may only submit *one* essay. Students who submit more than
one essay will not be considered for the prize.

Applicants who submit a graduate essay for consideration for the best
graduate essay prize *may not* also submit a dissertation to be considered
for The Mohini Jain Presidential Chair in Jain Studies Best Dissertation
Prize. Anyone submitting to both prizes will be automatically disqualified
from consideration.

The winner will be announced in August 2024.

Submit the following information in a *single PDF in the order listed below*
 to rstprizes at ucdavis.edu by *midnight, **Friday, May 17, 2024*. Please put
the following in the email’s subject line: *Submission for
Mohini Jain Graduate Essay Prize*. We will not accept late submissions.
Email confirmations will be sent within two weeks of receipt of the
submission.

1.    A brief, signed, formal letter on official letterhead from the
student’s program stating their full name, their graduate program
(Discipline and University), whether they are enrolled in an MA or PhD
program, and their progress towards the degree. This letter may be written
by the student’s advisor or the program’s graduate advisor.

2.    A signed, formal letter on official letterhead from the instructor in
whose course the essay was written. The letter must include the information
about the course and the term in which the essay was submitted and
accepted.

3.    The essay, no longer than *30* double-spaced pages, in a standard
12-point font, with 1-inch margins. The essay should be properly formatted,
carry complete citations, and include a Works Cited page.

4.       A short 1-page CV (12-point standard font, 1-inch margins)

-- 
*"When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an
incarnation."*  Jorge Luis Borges

Archana Venkatesan <https://archana.faculty.ucdavis.edu/> (
archana.faculty.ucdavis.edu)
Graduate Advisor, Graduate Program in the Study of Religion
<https://religionsgrad.ucdavis.edu/> (2022-2024)
*Professor, Religious Studies and Comparative Literature*
Phone: 530-754-2821 (Office)
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