Members

Current Researchers on Jaina Studies at Ghent University:

• Prof. Dr. Eva De Clercq 

Professor

Apabhraṃśa literature, Jaina Rāmāyaṇas and Digambara monastic history

• Prof. Dr. Tine Vekemans 

Professor, Ācārya Mahāprajña Chair for Jain Studies and Post-doctoral researcher [FWO]

Jain migration history, contemporary Jainism in the digital age, Jain diaspora

• Prof. Dr. Heleen De Jonckheere

Visiting professor

Jain narrative literature and manuscript culture

• Dr. Sander Hens (Post-doctoral researcher; Jaina literature, mahākāvya)
• Dr. Agnieszka Rostalska
• Dr. Charles Di Simone (Post-doctoral researcher [FWO], manuscripts, Buddhist monasticism)

• Dr. Lucas den Boer (Post-doctoral researcher [FWO], Jaina philosophy, Cārvākas, early Buddhism)

• Dr. Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette (Post-doctoral researcher [FWO]; philosophy]
• Simon Winant (Doctoral researcher, Jain versions of the Mahābhārata)
• Yifan Zhang (Doctoral researcher, Jainism in South-East Asia)

Former and Associated Members:

• Aasha Bhandari (teacher of Jainism and member of the Jain Community; Wilrijk-Antwerp)
• Prof. Dr. Marie-Hélène Gorisse (University of Birmingham, Jaina epistemology and philosophy)
• Prof. Dr. Claire Maes (University of Tübingen, monastic rules, relation Buddhism-Jainism)
• Dra. Kate Kragh (Doctoral researcher; Jaina ontology of mind in ascetic movements)