CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Inaugural World Young Sinologists Summer Institute
CFA due March 15, 2026. June 29 – July 4, 2026, Yenching Academy of Peking University.Continue reading
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.Continue reading
“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.
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New Sources and Perspectives on Asian Civilizations
CFP due April 15, 2026. University of Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.Continue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: The Buddhist Cosmopolis: Connectivity, Diversity, and Materiality in Global Asia
March 11, 2026, 5 pm PST, with Tansen Sen (NYU Shanghai and NYU). In person Room 604, Asian Centre, UBC, and onlineContinue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: A Paradigmatic Case? The Unpredicted Revitalization of Newar Buddhist Traditions in the Kathmandu Valley
October 28, 2025, 5 pm PST, with Todd T. Lewis (Holy Cross College and Harvard University). In person Room 604, Asian Centre, UBC, and online.Continue reading
Origins and Development of the Pure Land Tradition through the Lens of Sacred Site Transference
June 17–19, 2025. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.Continue reading
2025 Wutai International and Intensive Program on Buddhist Studies
June 17–23, 2025. Tsinghua University, Beijing and Mount Wutai, Shanxi, China.Continue reading
2025 Hotan International and Intensive Program on Buddhist Studies
CFA deadline February 10, 2025. June 25–July 3, 2025. Hotan College, Hotan, Xinjiang, China.Continue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Zhao Puchu’s Concept of “Buddhism as Culture” and the Revival of Buddhism in Contemporary Mainland China
October 25, 2024, 6 pm PST, with Sheng Kai (Tsinghua University). Online via Zoom and YouTubeContinue reading
International Conference on Chinese Buddhist Rituals and Spiritual Life in Asia
August 23–26, 2024. Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery, SingaporeContinue reading
Microcosm Holds Mountains and Seas: The Sinicization of Buddhism in the ‘Multi-layered Contextualization’ from Local to Global History
August 18–21, 2024. Buddhist College of Minnan, South Putuo, Xiamen, ChinaContinue reading
