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Living with Difference in an Age of Algorithms: Anekāntavāda, Ahiṃsā, and the Ethics of Limits

March 27, 2026

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4th Annual Engaged Jain Studies Conference: "Engaged Anekāntavāda and Interreligious Dialogue"

April 25-26, 2026

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SHARED WORLDS: Concepts, Conflicts, and Connections in Human-Animal Studies

August 1, 2026

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Letting Nature Lead: Lessons for Our Ecosystems and Our Lives

March 16, 2026

Voices in Vegan Studies online speaker series features re-wilder, podcast host & author of "Think Like a Vegan," Emilia A. Leese.

Living with Difference in an Age of Algorithms: Anekāntavāda, Ahiṃsā, and the Ethics of Limits

March 27, 2026

Engaged Anekāntavāda — A collaborative speaker series brought to you by University of California, Santa Barbara and Arihanta Institute.

Animal-Free Meat: The Next Agricultural Revolution

April 20, 2026

Voices in Vegan Studies features Bruce Friederich, Founder & President of the Good Food Institute in our online speaker series.

Conference

4th Annual Engaged Jain Studies Conference: "Engaged Anekāntavāda and Interreligious Dialogue"

April 25-26, 2026

A FREE 2-day online event bringing together leading scholars of the dharma traditions: Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism.

Practicing Anekāntavāda in Times of Crisis: Public Dialogue, Health, and Vaccine Hesitancy

May 4, 2026

Engaged Anekāntavāda — A collaborative speaker series brought to you by University of California, Santa Barbara and Arihanta Institute.

Drs. Jasvant and Meera Modi join hands with Dr. Namrata Patel to establish the Tīrthaṅkara Śreyāṃśanātha Endowment for Professorship in Vegan and Animal Advocacy Studies.

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Donkey Skin Trade from Pakistan to China

May 18, 2026

Voices in Vegan Studies features Muhammad Kavesh, Associate Professor, South Asia Research Institute at ANU.

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Arihanta Institute Announces $1 Million Endowment for Professorship in Vegan and Animal Advocacy Studies

Why Language Training Matters for South Asian Studies:

Arihanta Institute’s Commitment

By Cogen Bohanec, MA, PhD

At Arihanta Institute, we are developing innovative, academically rigorous programs to make South Asian language training more widely accessible.

4th Annual Engaged Jain Studies Conference

“Engaged Anekāntavāda and Interreligious Dialogue”

The 4th Annual Engaged Jain Studies Conference aims to show how Jainism—especially the principle of anekāntavāda—can foster meaningful interreligious dialogue and be applied to some of today’s most pressing social issues.

By Christopher Miller, PhD

AAR 2025 Boston

An Update from the Field

Prof. Miller has returned from the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Boston. It was an exciting and wonderful opportunity to meet with colleagues and friends and to share the methods of Engaged Jain Studies across multiple disciplinary communities. He shares some of the highlights of this annual academic ritual.