The University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the creation of a new fund that will support the study of Jainism, an ancient religious tradition with roots in India.
Established through a generous $500,000 gift from a group of donors, the Sri Kanjiswami Endowment in Jain Studies will fund graduate students, symposiums, coursework, lectures and other offerings. Jain perspectives on topics such as nonviolence, nature of soul, liberation of self, the nature of knowledge, environmental ethics, and gender will be included in courses, research projects and events that cover South Asian religions. Vasudha Narayanan, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Religion, will administer the endowment.
The formal announcement from UF CLAS can be found HERE