Abhishek Jain (Ph.D., Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, 2021) is a philosopher of history and literary theorist entering the Department of Religious Studies and Classics as the Tirthankara Naminath Visiting Lecturer of Jain Studies for the 2025-2026 academic year. He was the Bhagwan Vasu Pujya Postdoctoral Fellow of Jain Studies at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), where he conducted multiple research projects. Before joining Pitt, Abhishek was Bhagwan Mallinath Visiting Assistant Professor of Jain Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Abhishek was also a Gonda Postdoctoral Fellow at Leiden University, The Netherlands. During his PhD, Abhishek conducted research at the University of Chicago, the University of Oxford, and Apabhramsha Sahitya Akademy in Jaipur. Abhishek has taught undergraduate and graduate courses, namely Indian philosophy, Yoga, Comparative Theology, Sanskrit, and Jaina Yoga. The primary focus of his research is on classical and modern South Asian languages and literature, literary theory, classical Indian philosophy, Jain studies, and translation theory.