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  • About
    • About the Project
      • Mission
      • Project Summary
    • About Us
      • Governance
      • Project Participants
      • Institutional Partners
      • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
  • Research
    • Contour
    • Background
    • Methodology
    • Research Programs
    • Clusters
    • Expected Outcomes
    • Originality
    • Significance
  • Publications
    • Project Book Series and Journals
      • Brill Series on East Asian Religions
      • SCR SPIB Series
      • Series on “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries”
      • Series on “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (Chinese)
      • Wutai Research Institute for Eastern Buddhist Culture Series
      • Goodness Studies Series
      • Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies
      • Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies (Chinese)
      • Hualin Translation Series on Buddhist Studies (Chinese)
      • Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions
      • BIG SCHOLARS//Small Books (Chinese)
      • Religions Special Issue Reprints
      • Studies in Chinese Religions
      • Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies
      • Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies (Chinese)
      • Journal of Chan Buddhism
      • Yin-Cheng Journal of Contemporary Buddhism
    • Publications by Team Members
    • BEAR Research Briefs
  • Training
    • Training Philosophy
    • Training Program—Mission
    • Training Program—FROGBEAR Summer 2021 Training Sessions
    • Summer Program
    • Winter Program
    • Intensive Program
    • Exchange Student Program
    • Postdoctoral Program
  • Field Trips
    • Philosophy
    • Fieldtrip Guidelines
    • Cluster Field Trip Plans
      • Clusters in Phase 1 (2017-2019)
      • Clusters in Phase 2 (2020-2023)
    • Data Collection
    • Map of Field Sites
  • Resources
    • FROGBEAR Database of Religious Sites in East Asia
    • Glossary
    • Funding & Opportunities
      • Opportunities from this project
      • Opportunities from partners and collaborators
    • Relevant Projects
  • News
    • Conference Series
    • Lecture Series
    • Newsletters
  • English
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News

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Mar 26 2026
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Visions of Sublime Excess: Visionary Literature, Expansive Art, and Transformative Technologies in Ancient and Modern Buddhism

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.Continue reading

Posted in: News
Mar 11 2026
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: The Buddhist Cosmopolis: Connectivity, Diversity, and Materiality in Global Asia

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

Posted in: Lecture, News
Mar 10 2026
Yin-Cheng Lecture: How did the Buddha get into the marriage business? And what is so Special about Buddhist Women’s Marriage?

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.Continue reading

Posted in: News
Mar 09 2026
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Visual Paritta: word/image relationships in Burmese popular posters

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.Continue reading

Posted in: News
Mar 05 2026
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Dharma in Diaspora. Religiosity and Buddhist Practices in Italy’s Chinese Communities

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.Continue reading

Posted in: News
Feb 11 2026
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Inaugural World Young Sinologists Summer Institute

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Inaugural World Young Sinologists Summer Institute

CFA due April 15, 2026. June 29 – July 4, 2026, Yenching Academy of Peking University.Continue reading

Posted in: Summer Program, Feature, News
Feb 09 2026
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2026 Glorisun International Intensive Summer Program for Buddhist Studies with Peking University

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

Posted in: Intensive Program, Feature, News
Feb 08 2026
“Translation across the Four Directions”: Buddhist Translation Institutions, Canon Formation, and the Translingual Shaping of Asian Civilizations

“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.
Continue reading

Posted in: Glorisun, Conference, Feature, News
Feb 08 2026
New Sources and Perspectives on Asian Civilizations

New Sources and Perspectives on Asian Civilizations

CFP due April 15, 2026. University of Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.Continue reading

Posted in: Glorisun, Conference, Feature, News
Jan 12 2026
Asian-Global Networks and Relationships in the Modern Spread of Buddhism

Asian-Global Networks and Relationships in the Modern Spread of Buddhism

June 30–July 1, 2026. University of Oxford Department of Continuing Education, Rewley House, Oxford. Continue reading

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Jan 10 2026
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Stranger things: supranormal Events in Modern Chinese Buddhist Autobiography

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.Continue reading

Posted in: Feature, News
Oct 28 2025
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: A Paradigmatic Case? The Unpredicted Revitalization of Newar Buddhist Traditions in the Kathmandu Valley

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

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