CFA due March 15, 2026. June 29 – July 4, 2026, Yenching Academy of Peking University.
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2026 Glorisun International Intensive Summer Program for Buddhist Studies with Peking University
CFA due April 15, 2026. Mount Kuaiji Advanced Institute for Buddhist Studies, Shaoxing, China, July 7–13, 2026.
“Translation across the Four Directions”: Buddhist Translation Institutions, Canon Formation, and the Translingual Shaping of Asian Civilizations
CFP due April 15, 2026. Mount Kuaiji Advanced Institute of Buddhist Studies, Shaoxing, China.
New Sources and Perspectives on Asian Civilizations
CFP due April 15, 2026. University of Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Dharma in Diaspora. Religiosity and Buddhist Practices in Italy’s Chinese Communities
March 5, 2026, 5 pm PST, with Ester Bianchi (University of Perugia). UC Berkeley.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Visual Paritta: word/image relationships in Burmese popular posters
March 9, 2026, 5 pm GMT, with Alexandra Green (The British Museum). University of Oxford, and online.
Yin-Cheng Lecture: How did the Buddha get into the marriage business? And what is so Special about Buddhist Women’s Marriage?
March 10, 2026, 5 pm GMT, with Alicia Turner (York University). University of Oxford.
Asian-Global Networks and Relationships in the Modern Spread of Buddhism
CFP due March 31, 2026. University of Oxford Department of Continuing Education, Rewley House, Oxford. June 30–July 1, 2026.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Visions of Sublime Excess: Visionary Literature, Expansive Art, and Transformative Technologies in Ancient and Modern Buddhism
March 26, 2026, 4:30 pm EST, with David L. McMahan (Franklin & Marshall College). Princeton University, and online.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Stranger things: supranormal Events in Modern Chinese Buddhist Autobiography
May 22, 2026, 5:30 pm BST, with Benjamin Brose (University of Michigan). SOAS University of London, and online.
Twelfth volume of Brill Book Series
Twelfth volume of Brill Book Series: Beyond the Silk and Book Roads. By Yi Liu, edited by Jinhua Chen.
Eleventh Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”
Eleventh Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”. Edited by Ru Zhan and Jinhua Chen.
Tenth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”
Tenth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”. Edited by Ru Zhan and Jinhua Chen.
New Professor for Tibetology: We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schwerk!
The Institute of South and Central Asian Studies at Leipzig University welcomes Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schwerk as the new Professor for Tibetology.
Social Life History of Chinese Buddhist Monks
New open access book edited by Jinhua Chen and Sheng Kai
Buddhist Narrative Literature
New open access book edited by Ru Zhan and Jinhua Chen
Fourth volume of SCR SPIB Series
We are pleased to announce the release of the fourth volume in the SCR SPIB series published by Routledge. Edited by Jinhua Chen
Third volume of SCR SPIB Series
We are pleased to announce the release of the third volume in the SCR SPIB series published by Routledge. Edited by Jinhua Chen
