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Jain Journal<\/em>\u00a0was founded in 1966 at the Jain Bhawan in Kolkata as one of the first academic journals in English dedicated to the study of Jainism. In 2026, a new editorial board was established to oversee a revitalization of this important resource for Jain Studies. It is now online, peer-reviewed, open access, and co-published by Jain Bhawan in Kolkata, India, and the Jain Education and Research Foundation, USA.<\/p>\n Committed to intellectual openness,\u00a0Jain Journal\u00a0<\/em>rejects all forms of dogmatism and instead upholds diverse perspectives, critical inquiry, and academic rigor. The journal provides a\u00a0forum for students and scholars of Jainism to contribute academic insights across a range of length and form, from short translations, to transcribed interviews, to photo essays.\u00a0Jain Journal\u00a0<\/em>is a\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>place where scholars can publish scholarship that may not find a home in journals dedicated to publishing standard research articles.<\/p>\n Articles will be published on a rolling basis throughout the year in electronic form (downloadable PDFs). Each year\u2019s collection will constitute a single volume of\u00a0Jain Journal<\/em>. From time to time, articles may be grouped under specific thematic headings. Guest editors may be invited to curate special issues devoted to particular topics or areas of interest.<\/p>\n We express our sincere gratitude to\u00a0Rajesh Kankariya for Jain Journal<\/em> website development and deployment, Ana Baj\u017eelj (University of California, Riverside) for initial support in reimagining\u00a0Jain Journal,\u00a0<\/em>and Debraj Sen for Jain Journal<\/em> website design.<\/p>\n