Participants & Presentations
Audrey Truschke (Rutgers)
Jains as Empire Builders during Akbar’s Reign
Sudesh Seth (UPENN)
Nagarseth, or Chief Merchant of the City: The Making of an Urban Institution in 18th Century Ahmedabad
Steven Vose (UC Denver)
You Can’t Get There from Here: Svetāmbara Jain Geographies of the Early Modern Delhi Sultanate
Subahi Dayal (NYU)
Routes of Regulation: Transit Permits, Everyday Rule, and the Afterlives of Mughal Archives
Tamara Sears (Rutgers)
Forgotten Migration: Tracing the Expansion of Jain Networks in Medieval Central India
Neha Tiwari (UPENN)
From Illumination to Influence: Changing Conceptions of Prabhāva in Medieval Jainism
Divya Cherian (Princeton)
Having it Both Ways? Caste and Sect among Marwari Mahajans in the 18th Century
John Cort (Denison)
Elite but not Courtly: Digambar Jain Literature in 18th c. Jaipur
Tillo Detige (RS)
Jain Monks and Other Kings: The Social Identity of Early Jain Ascetics