University of North Texas 
Campus Events
Jain Studies at UNT sponsors an eclectic mix of workshops, lectures, art shows, festivals, and other events for the UNT community. Below you'll find information on our upcoming and past activities. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to receive announcements on what we're planning next.
April 26, 2025
Graduate students from our seminar on Religion and Ecology will present their
research at a special poster session at the Jain Society of North Texas.
April 25, 2026
Join Jain Studies and the Lab for Engaged, Applied, and Public Humanities at the downtown CoLab for an event featuring student research and ongoing projects
in animal studies at UNT.
March 31, 2026
Join us for a session of Arham Dhyan Yog in the gallery at the Elm Fork Education Center, where we'll be surrounded by the art of Melissa Townsend from Book Two the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali.
March 20, 2026
Explore the work of artist, scholar, and Yoga practitioner Melissa Townsend at
the Elm Fork Center, March 16 to April 3. We'll host a gallery talk with the artist
on March 20, 3 to 5 pm.
November 14, 2025
Dr. Gereon Kopf presents his innovative "fourth-person philosophy" and "multi-entry approach" methodology in the study of global-critical philosophy of religion.
October 17, 2025
Jain Studies is excited to welcome back Professor Emeritus George James, who inaugurated the Bhagwan Adinath Professorship in 2017 and held the position until his retirement in 2020.
March 1, 2025
Join us for a fun day of food, performances, and activities as we celebrate Jain traditions and engage with the local DFW Jain community.
February 28, 2025
We're kicking off our Jain Cultural Fair with a special pre-event lecture by Anil Mundra, the Bhagvan Vimalnath Endowed Chair in Jain Studies and South Asian Religions at UC Santa Barbara.
October 16 and 18, 2024
Dr. Amy Donahue (Kennesaw State University) is a publicly engaged intellectual working in Indian philosophies. Join us for a workshop and lecture with Dr. Donahue focusing on the broad relevance of Indian models of debate to public discourse today.
April 27, 2024
Dr. Anand Vaidya passed away only a few months following his lecture for UNT. We extend our deepest condolences to his family and friends. Our Jain Studies community will always deeply value the time that Dr. Vaidya spent with us.
November 16, 2023
An innovative pedagogy workshop sponsored by UNT's Jain Studies Program, aimed at CLASS faculty and graduate instructors, featuring the resources that Jainism offers to undergraduate learning across a wide array of disciplines and fields.
October 8, 2022
Two samanis (ordained Jain nuns) provide instruction for meditation in their presentation Living Lightly on the Planet: Jain Practice for Reducing Accumulation, Moderating Consumption, and Letting Go of What Weighs Us Down.
March 26, 2022
A group of international scholars gather at UNT to discuss Jainism's perspectives religious diversity both today and historically.
April 14, 2018
The inaugural conference sponsored by the Jain Studies Program at UNT following the founding of the program through the generous support of the Jain Education and Research Foundation.