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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Happy Diwali, everyone!
We’d just like to remind you that there are special Diwali events this weekend at the V&A in South Kensington, London.
You can:
All the events are free, though they will be popular!
And of course you can marvel at the beautiful exhibits in the free display of Jain manuscripts in the Nehru Gallery.
Enjoy!
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Saturday, November 6th, 2010
On 8 October, the British Library launched JAINpedia in a stunning display in the Treasures Gallery running until the end of April 2011.
Consisting of around 40 striking objects from the library’s Jain collection, the display appears in the rotating Sacred Texts permanent exhibition in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery, also known as the Treasures Gallery of the British Library.
- Mahāvīra’s incarnation as a god in the Puśpottara heaven
Kalpa-sūtra © The British Library Board
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Friday, October 29th, 2010
Nick Barnard, Curator of South Asian art in the Asian Department, will give a talk at 1.15pm on Wednesday 3 November. It’s free and you don’t need to book in advance – just turn up!
Nick’s specialist Curator Talk will be held in the Victoria and Albert Museum‘s Hochhauser Auditorium to accompany the launch of JAINpedia – an ambitious project digitising Jain manuscripts in the UK.
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
The daily BBC World Service programme called ‘The Strand’ on 22nd June features the exhibition of Jain artefacts at the V&A. The curator of the display, Nick Barnard, talks about the exhibits in chapter 3.
You can listen to Nick at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0084t6r
The exhibition opened last month in the Nehru Gallery and is the first in a series of exhibitions at museums and galleries round the country.
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
We are excited to announce that the first Jainpedia exhibition will open on Friday 14th May at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. (more…)
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Hello Readers! I am Rajiv Anand and I work as the museum/heritage consultant on the Jainpedia project. I have been involved since April 2009 and will see this part of the project through till April 2012.
I am glad to state that the project is going from strength to strength and developing further its professional links and contacts. It’s now a familiar brand with its major heritage partners, which are the V&A, British Library, Bodleian Library (University of Oxford) and Wellcome Library.
There will be a series of exhibitions and displays at these institutions, which house some of the most important Jain collections outside the Indian subcontinent. (more…)
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
We are now beginning to recruit people to support the outreach activity that will be part of JAINpedia.
On Saturday 3rd October 2009 we will be holding our first sign-up session at the JVB Sayer Centre in London. A training session will take place in the afternoon. Light refreshment will be provided.
The morning session will be an informal ‘find out more about the project’ session, where you will get the chance to ask questions and see how you can be involved. Anyone can go to this general session.
The afternoon session will be a formal INSET training session. It is only for those who want to get involved in the education part of the outreach programme.
Although the majority of the work will be delivered in 2010, we urgently need volunteers with the following skills as soon as possible:
- good IT/research skills
- a teaching background
If you would like to be a volunteer with JAINpedia then please get in touch now.
Spaces on the day are limited so to find out more information and register your interest, please email: chetna.kapacee@jainpedia.org or call 0208 997 2300.
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