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ANA BAJŽELJ Curriculum Vitae November 2018 Department of Religious Studies 2022 CHASS INTN University of California, Riverside 900 University Ave ANA BAJŽELJ Curriculum Vitae November 2018 Department of Religious Studies 2022 CHASS INTN University of California, Riverside 900 University Ave. Riverside, CA 92521, USA Website: https://ucriverside.academia.edu/AnaBaj%C5%BEelj Email: [email protected] PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2018–Present Associate Professor and Shrimad Rajchandra Endowed Chair in Jain Studies University of California, Riverside 2014–2018 Polonsky Academy Fellow Polonsky Academy, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Project Title: “Being in Time: Analysis of the Jain Doctrine of Time and Temporality” 2014–2018 Visiting Researcher Hebrew University of Jerusalem Joint appointment with the Polonsky Academy 2013–2014 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Centre for Advanced Study in Philosophy, University of Rajasthan Project Title: “The Historical Development of Jain Ontology” 2009–2013 Junior Research Fellow Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana 2009–2012 Researcher Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana Project Title: “Philosophical Relevance of Death and Dying” (Project Leader: Maja Milčinski) EDUCATION 2013 PhD in Philosophy Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana Dissertation Title: “The Nature of Change in Jain Philosophy” 2008 BA in Philosophy Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana 2008 BA in Sociology of Culture Department of Sociology, University of Ljubljana 1 RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS AOS Jainism, South Asian Religions, South Asian Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Ethics and Bioethics AOC Philosophy of Mind, Sanskrit PUBLICATIONS Books Under contract (Co-authored with Brianne Donaldson) Insistent Life: Foundations for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition. Manuscript under contract at Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. 2016 The Nature of Change in Jaina Philosophy. Ljubljana: Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts. Edited Volumes 2011 (Co-edited with Maja Milčinski) Life, Death and Dying in Intercultural Perspective. Ljubljana: Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts. Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles 2015 “Mahāvīra: From Heretic to Fordmaker.” Education About Asia, Vol. 20, No. 3, Winter 2015, pp. 8–11. 2013 “At the End of Knowing: Reflection on the Nature of Extraordinary Ways of Knowing in Indian Philosophies.” Poligrafi, Vol. 18, No. 71/72, pp. 155–174. 2013 “The Jain Ontological Model According to Kundakunda and Umāsvāti.” Asian Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 3–16. 2011 “The Concept of Time and its Relationship to Change in Kundakunda’s Philosophy.” Śramaṇa, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 18–35. 2009 “Nāgārjuna’s Philosophical Deconstruction in Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.” Anthropos, Vol. 41, No. 1/2, pp. 191–209. Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters Forthcoming “Clay Pots, Golden Rings, and Clean Upper Garments: Causality in Jaina Philosophy.” In: Confrontations in Context: Intellectual and Lived Spaces across South Asia and Beyond. Eds. Lucas den Boer and Elizabeth Cecil. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2011 “Ethics and Death: Establishing Theravāda Buddhist Ethics on the Basis of the Concept of Impermanence.” In: Life, Death and Dying in Intercultural Perspective. Eds. Maja Milčinski and Ana Bajželj. Ljubljana: Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts, pp. 113–124. Non-Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles 2008 “Confucianism and Philosophical Daoism.” Filozofija na maturi, Vol. 15, No. 3/4, pp. 109–118. 2 Non-Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters 2018 “Kundakunda on the Modal Modification of Omniscient Jīvas.” In: Jaina studies: Select Papers Presented in the ‘Jaina Studies’ Section at the 16th World Sanskrit Conference, Bangkok, Thailand & the 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto, Japan. Eds. Nalini Balbir and Peter Flügel. New Delhi: DK Publishers Distributors, pp. 97–110. 2017 “Nonviolence Toward One-Sensed Beings in Jainism.” In: Nonviolence as a Way of Life: History, Theory, Practice. Vol. I. Eds. Predrag Cicovacki and Kendy Hess. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, pp. 236–260. 2016 “When Earth Comes Alive: Earth-Bodied Beings in Jain Tradition.” In: Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy: Metals, Gems and Minerals in South Asian Religions and Culture. Eds. Fabrizio M. Ferrari and Thomas Dähnhardt. Sheffield and Bristol, CT: Equinox, pp. 255–274. 2016 (Co-authored with Shivani Bothra) “The Rise of Non-Veg: Meat and Egg Production and Consumption in Contemporary India.” In: The Future of Meat Without Animals. Eds. Brianne Donaldson and Christopher Carter. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 67–86. Encyclopedia Entries 2017 “Khandha, Buddhism” (pp. 655–660), “Materialism, Buddhism” (pp. 758–760), “Middle Way, Buddhism” (pp. 775–778), “Puḍgala (Puggala), Buddhism” (pp. 948–951), “Reality, Buddhism” (pp. 985–993), “Rebirth, Buddhism” (pp. 996– 1003), “Relativity, Buddhism” (pp. 1003–1005), “Theravāda, Buddhism” (pp. 1205–1219), “Ajīva, Jainism” (pp. 54–57), “Dharma, Jainism” (pp. 385–388), “Dravya, Jainism” (pp. 404–406), “Jīva, Jainism” (pp. 594–598), “Tattvārtha Sūtra, Jainism” (pp. 1188–1191), “Time, Jainism” (pp. 1238–1241), “Reality, Jainism” (pp. 993–996). In: Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Buddhism and Jainism. Eds. Arvind Sharma, K. T. S. Sarao, and Jeffery D. Long. Dordrecht: Springer. Translations Forthcoming Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. Translation from Sanskrit to Slovenian with Sebastjan Vörös and Gašper Kvartič. Ljubljana: KUD Logos. Book Reviews 2012 Review of Indigenous Philosophizing: Indian Horizons. Ed. Saju Chackalackal. Bangalore: Dharmaram publications, 2010. Published in Anthropos, Vol. 44, No. 1–2, pp. 345–348. 2009 Review of China-West Interculture: Toward the Philosophy of World Integration. Essays on Wu Kuang-ming’s Thinking. Ed. Jay Goulding. New York: Global Scholary Publications, 2008. Published in Anthropos, Vol. 41, No. 3/4, pp. 303– 308. AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS 2014–Present Polonsky Academy Fellowship, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute 3 2015 First International Appreciation Award, Gyan Sagar Foundation 2013–2014 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Indian Council for Cultural Relations 2013 Summer School of Spoken Sanskrit Grant (South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University), University of Ljubljana 2009–2013 Junior Research Fellowship, University of Ljubljana 2011 Prakrit Language Summer Program Grant (Apabhraṃśa Sāhitya Academy, Jaina Vidyā Saṃsthāna), University of Ljubljana 2010 Pali Language Summer Program Grant (University of Peradeniya), University of Ljubljana 2010 Sumer School Fellowship, International School for Jain Studies 2009 Prakrit Summer School Grant (Department of Cultural Studies of East and South Asia, University of Würzburg), University of Ljubljana 2009 Research Fellowship, University of Ljubljana 2008 Prešeren Award for best BA thesis in Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana 2000–2008 Zois Fellowship for talented students, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia INVITED TALKS 2017 “Foundations and Systematization of Jainism.” Department of Asian Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, November 16, 2017. 2017 “An Introduction to Jaina Philosophy.” Department of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University, June 28, 2017. 2017 “Clay Pots, Golden Bracelets, and Clean Upper Garments: Causality in Jaina Philosophy.” Department of Asian Studies, Departmental Seminar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, June 21, 2017. 2016 “Hemacandra on Omniscience: Analysis of Pramāṇamīmāṃsā with Svopajñavṛtti.” Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, Austrian Academy of Sciences, July 15, 2016. 2015 “Can a Stone Feel? One-Sensed Beings in Jainism.” Departments of Religious Studies and Asian Studies, Indo-Tibetan Studies Forum, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, May 11, 2015. 2014 “What is Permanent and What is Changing? Analysis of Jain Ontology.” Department of Asian Studies, University of Haifa, December 11, 2014. 2013 “A Universe of Permanence and Change: Exploring the Jain Ontological Model.” Centre for Jain Studies, Claremont School of Theology, July 24, 2013. 2011 “Jain Ontology.” Centre for Jaina Studies, Free University of Berlin, October 28, 2011. 4 2011 “From a Moment to Eternity: Jain Philosophy of Time as a Meeting Point of Science and Religion.” Parshwanath Vidyapeeth Institute, Varanasi, February 18, 2011. 2010 “Understanding Life, Death, and Impermanence: An Intercultural Perspective.” Individual, Culture, and Contemporary Challenges Workshop, The National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, March 16, 2010. CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS 2018 “Own-Being (Svabhāva) in Jaina Philosophy.” 50th Annual Conference of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Pedagogical University of Cracow, June 8–11, 2018. 2018 “Jaina Philosophers on the Nature of Causal Relations.” Annual Conference of the Israeli Philosophical Association, Haifa University, February 20, 2018. 2017 “Is Perfection Static? Kundakunda on Omniscience in Temporal Perspective.” 5th Gyan Sagar Foundation International Conference on Jainism and Science, Vahelna, October 14–15, 2017. 2017 “The Change of the Perfect: Kundakunda on the Modal Modification of Omniscients.” 49th Annual Conference of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Peking University, June 9–12, 2017. 2016 “Playful Skepticism of Jayarāśi’s Tattvopaplavasiṃha.” World Philosophy Day Symposium, Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, November 18, 2016. 2016 “Appropriating the Centre: The Jaina Doctrine of Causality.” 7th Annual Asian Studies Symposium: Comparisons across Time and Space, Leiden University, September 8–10, 2016. 2016 “Upakāra in Akalaṅka’s Tattvārthavārtika.”
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