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
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
Cross-Regional and Cross-Cultural Interaction and Integration between Buddhism and Other Asian Religions
August 16–19, 2024. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang, ChinaContinue reading
Canonical, Non-Canonical and Extra-Canonical: Interdisciplinary and Multi-media Studies of the Formation, Translation and Transmission of Buddhist Texts
August 11–15, 2024. Great Bamboo Grove Monastery, Mount Wutai, Shanxi, ChinaContinue reading
Asian Buddhism: Text, Art, and Practice
Registration closes June 20. June 22–23, 2024. Vandenhove Pavilion, GhentContinue reading
From the Ground to the Cloud: Insights from Seven Years of Fieldwork, Training, and Data Collection
Online, UBC, April 13-14, 20-21, 2024, 6:00-8:00am (Vancouver) | 9:00-11:00pm (Beijing)Continue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Mindful China: Embracing Early Meditation and Vipassanā Practices in Search for Awakening, and Secular Well-being
March 28, 2024, 4 pm PDT, with Ester Bianchi (University of Perugia). In person, Room 604, Asian Centre, UBC, and onlineContinue reading
Ghent Doctoral School: “Chinese Buddhist Iconography and Manuscript Culture”
June 17-21, 2024. Ghent University.Continue reading
Guest Lecture: Jātaka, Purgatory, and Supernatural Stories (zhiguai)—On the Classicization of Buddhist Stories from the Perspective of Fa Yuan Zhu Lin
Professor Yu ZHANG. Thursday, March 28, 2024, 2:00 pm PST. In person at UBC Asian Centre, Room 604, and onlineContinue reading
Chinese Religious Texts Authority (CRTA) workshop
Paris, France. January 4-7, 2024. Updated with schedule.Continue reading
