The Center for the Study of Ancient and Modern Jainism (CSAMJ) was founded in May 2011 at the suggestion of Prof. Klaus Bruhn (1928-2016), who held the chair of Indology at Freie Universität Berlin (FU) until 1991 and is one of the leading experts on Jainism in the western world. In the beginning CSAMJ was situated at the Department of History and Cultural Studies of Freie Universität Berlin. In
2014 CSAMJ was shifted to Humboldt-Universität, and in 2016 it moved finally to Leipzig. Research and teaching of CSAMJ is focused on ancient, medieval and modern Jainism, which comprise all related fields of Jain history, culture and religion as well as Jain literature and philosophy. The fundamental idea for establishing the Center for the Study of Ancient and Modern Jainism was in particular to continue the tradition of German Jainology. Morever, the CSAMJ is intended as a central institution in Germany where western academic Jainology cooperates with Jain organizations of research and education in India and North America to introduce Jainism to the German academics (Religious Studies, Cultural Anthropology etc.) and, moreover, to to the German public, where this religion is currently nearly unknown. Staff:
Dr. Patrick Krueger (Lecturer and head of CSAMJ)
Theresa Suski, B.A. (Assistant)
Advisory Board:
Prof. Dr. Nalini Balbir (Paris)
Prof. Dr. Klaus Bruhn (Berlin) †
Prof. Dr. Adalbert Gail (Berlin and Prague)
Prof. Dr. Jyotindra Jain (Delhi)
Prof. Dr. Adelheid Mette (Munich)
Prof. Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah (Bangalore)
Prof. Dr. Samani Charitra Prajna (Ladnun)
Prof. Dr. Monika Zin (Leipzig)
Honourable Members:
Pierre Amiel (Nice)
Contact:
Universität Leipzig
Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften
Center for the Study of Ancient and Modern Jainism
Schillerstrasse 6
04109 Leipzig
Germany
