Dear Colleagues, It is a pleasure to announce the winners of the inaugural UC Davis dissertation and graduate essay prizes in Jain Studies. The dissertation prize comes with a $1500.00 cash prize and a citation. The winner of the graduate essay prize receives a cash prize of $750.00 and a citation. Congratulations to both the winners.
Best, Lynna Dhanani Archana Venkatesan ================ *The Mohini Jain Presidential Chair in Jain Studies Best Dissertation Prize * Winner: *Eric Gurevitch*, University of Chicago for his dissertation, "Everyday Sciences in Southwest India" *The** Mohini Jain Presidential Chair in Jain Studies Best Graduate Essay Prize * Winner: *Eric Villalobos*, for his essay, "The Benefits of Bending the Rules: the Social Functions of *Yati*s in Mūrtipūjaka Śvetāmbara Jainism (c. 18th century-Present)" Eric has just completed his MA from SOAS and will embark on his PhD at Emory. -- *"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) Interim Director of the Davis Humanities Institute <https://dhi.ucdavis.edu/> Project Director: The Kampan Translation Project <https://kampanproject.ucdavis.edu/> *Professor, Religious Studies and Comparative Literature* Phone: 530-754-2821 (Office)
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