June 19, 2025, 2:00-4:00 pm (Paris), with David L. Wank (Sophia University) and Yoshiko Ashiwa (Hitotsubashi University). In person, Auditorium Dumézil, Inalco.
Symposium: Mapping Networks of Modern Chinese Buddhism: Emerging Patterns and Centralities
June 19–20, 2025. In person, Auditorium Dumézil, Maison de la Recherche, or online. Inalco, Paris
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Chinese Buddhist Vegetarianism in Five Words
June 19, 2025, 2 pm London, with John Kieschnick (Stanford University). In person and online, Rooms 8 & 9, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge.
Buddhist Education Foundation of Canada Conference Grants
CFA due April 15, 2025.
Buddhist Education Foundation of Canada Annual Article Award
CFP due April 15, 2025.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Out of Mind: A Media-Theoretical Critique of Meditation
April 10, 5:30 pm ET, with R. John Williams (Yale University). Harvard University.
Ghent Doctoral School: “Buddhist Material Culture”
CFA due April 15, 2025. June 26 – July 1, 2025. Ghent University.
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.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Dharma Without Borders How Tzu Chi Created a “Pure Land on Earth” in the Middle East
Stefania Travagnin (SOAS). February 21, 2:00 pm London. University of Oxford.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Reflexivity, Luminosity, and Cessative Sidetracks
John D. Dunne (University of Wisconsin – Madison). January 17, 4:30 pm EST. In-person and online, Princeton University.
Agency and Experience: Buddhist and Cognitive Perspectives
January 16-17, 2025. Princeton University.
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.
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 YouTube
International conference “Diverse Lives: Narratives of Śākyamuni Buddha in Text and Image”
October 17–19, 2024. Royal Museum of Mariemont, Ghent, Belgium.
郝春文教授获“旭日年度荣誉教授”
2024 Glorisun Annual Honorary Professor: HAO Chunwen (郝春文)
Social Life History of Chinese Buddhist Monks
New open access book edited by Jinhua Chen and Sheng Kai
International Conference on Chinese Buddhist Rituals and Spiritual Life in Asia
August 23–26, 2024. Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery, Singapore
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, China
Cross-Regional and Cross-Cultural Interaction and Integration between Buddhism and Other Asian Religions
August 16–19, 2024. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang, China
Call for Applications: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies Now Accepting Applications for 2024-25 Fellowship and Grant Competitions
Fellowship, grant, and professorship opportunities with The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies. Application deadlines December 3, 2024 and January 23, 2025.
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, China
Buddhist Narrative Literature
New open access book edited by Ru Zhan and Jinhua Chen
Historiography and Hagiography in Buddhism and Beyond
July 8 to 10, 2024. In person, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
International Workshop on Chinese Buddhist Canons and Biographies of Eminent Monks
July 23–24, 2024. International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies, Japan
Asian Buddhism: Text, Art, and Practice
Registration closes June 20. June 22–23, 2024. Vandenhove Pavilion, Ghent
Ninth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”
Ninth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”. Edited by Jinhua Chen and Dewei Zhang.
Eighth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”
Eighth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”. 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
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: The Extraordinary Ordinary: Consequential Buddhist Patterns to Huaihai Region History, Circa 1880-1960
May 31, 2024, 10 am Paris, with Jan Kiely (Geneva Graduate Institute). In person, Auditorium Dumézil, Inalco, and online.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: From Disciples to Student-Monks: Educational Modernization and Identity Production in Chinese Buddhism
May 14, 2024, 2 pm London, with Rongdao Lai (McGill University). In person, Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
Sinification of Buddhism – Exchange and Mutual Learning among Civilizations
April 27-28, 2024. In person, Buddhist Studies, Peking University, Beijing.
Buddhism and Food Ethics Conference
April 20, 2024. In person, University of Oxford China Centre, Dickson Poon Building, Canterbury Road, Oxford.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Towards a New Shanshui: A Sonic Search for Home
April 18, 2024, 5:30 pm EDT, with Lei Liang (University of California, San Diego). In person, Rm 422, 485 Broadway, Harvard University, and online.
Launch of Yin-Cheng Journal of Contemporary Buddhism (YCJCB)
Articles from inaugural issue (Vol. 1, No. 1) of Yin-Cheng Journal of Contemporary Buddhism (YCJCB) now available.
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 online
Zhan Ru Receives “Top Ten Best Books” of 2023 Award for Encounter Between Indian and Chinese Civilizations: Ximing Monastery of Tang Chang’an and the Silk Roads
Congratulations to Professor Zhan Ru!
Ghent Doctoral School: “Chinese Buddhist Iconography and Manuscript Culture”
June 17-21, 2024. Ghent University.
Report on “On Chinese Philosophy and Memory: A Project Examining Chan Buddhism Recollection, Ritual, and Narrative”
Mitacs report by Vivian Li, UBC
Report on “The Ways of Absorption and Interpretations of Prajna and Nagarjuna’s Philosophy in Tian Tai Buddhism”
Mitacs report by Long Gu, East China Normal University
Theravada and East Asia
June 29, 2024. In person, University of Oxford, Weston Lecture Theatre, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford.
Burning Refuge Conference
March 7–9, 2024. In person and online, Harvard Divinity School.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Buddhist Practice Theory and Animal Ethics
February 15, 2024, with Janet Gyatso (Harvard Divinity School). In person, Princeton University, East Pyne Building, 010
Tenth volume of Brill Book Series
Tenth volume of Brill Book Series: Beyond the Silk and Book Roads. By Anna Sokolova.
Report on “Research on Layman Education Thoughts of Master Taixu”
Mitacs report by Zhuo Wang, East China Normal University
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Our Entangled Others: Ecology and Buddhist Storytelling
January 27, 2024, with Natasha Heller (University of Virginia). Online, live-streamed via YouTube.
Eleventh volume of Brill Book Series
Eleventh volume of Brill Book Series: Beyond the Silk and Book Roads. Edited by Michelle C. Wang and Ryan Richard Overbey.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Mapping the City of the Gods: Bangkok, Ethnicity, and the Galactic Polity
December 4, 2023, with Justin McDaniel (University of Pennsylvania). In person, University of Oxford, Spalding Room (3rd floor), Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and online
Ninth volume of Brill Book Series
Ninth volume of Brill Book Series: Learning from the West, Learning from the East. Edited by Stephan Kigensan Licha and Hans-Martin Krämer
Call for Applications: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies Fellowship and Grant Competitions
Fellowship, grant, and professorship opportunities with The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies. Application deadlines November 30, 2023 and January 18, 2024
Seventh Volume Of Hualin Translation Series On Buddhist Studies (Chinese)
Seventh Volume of “Hualin Translation Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). By Paul Williams, translated by Ji Yun.
Sixth Volume Of Hualin Translation Series On Buddhist Studies (Chinese)
Sixth Volume of “Hualin Translation Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). By Robert Sharf, translated by Zhao Lingyun, Jiang Huyu, Lin Fan, Lin Pei-ying, and Lin Wushi; collated by Ji Yun.
Eighth Volume of Hualin Translation Series on Buddhist Studies (Chinese)
Eighth Volume of “Hualin Translation Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). By Stefano Zacchetti, translated by Ji Yun.
Third Volume of “Hualin Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese)
Third Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). Edited by Chen Jinhua.
Fourth Volume of “Hualin Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese)
Fourth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). Edited by Jinhua Chen and Eugene Wang.
Fifth Volume of “Hualin Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese)
Fifth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). Edited by Chen Jinhua.
Sixth Volume of “Hualin Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese)
Sixth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). Edited by Chen Jinhua.
Seventh Volume of “Hualin Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese)
Seventh Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). Edited by Chen Jinhua.
Seventh Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”
Seventh Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”. Edited by Jinhua Chen.
Sixth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”
Sixth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”. Edited by Jinhua Chen.
Fifth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”
Fifth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”. Edited by Jinhua Chen and Eugene Wang.
Li Wei Receives Research Achievement Award for His Paper
Congratulations to Li Wei who is one of the recipients of the 2022 Henan Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Research Achievement Awards of Higher Education Institutions
Medium of the Mind
March 8–9, 2024. In person, Lower Level Auditorium, 485 Broadway, Harvard University.
Eighth volume of Brill Book Series
Eighth volume of Brill Book Series: Studies on East Asian Religions. Edited by Ester Bianchi and Daniela Campo.
Dr. Susie Andrews Awarded 3M National Teaching Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr. Susan (Susie) Andrews who has been named a 3M National Teaching Fellow!
Explore cIRcle: From the Ground Up: Buddhism and East Asian Religions Project
Report on the FROGBEAR project hosted at cIRcle, University of British Columbia’s digital repository
Market, Merit, and Women in East Asian Buddhism – Conference Report
News report on Market, Merit, and Women in East Asian Buddhism conference, May 19, 2023, Korea
Report On The 2023 Chinese Religious Text Authority (CRTA) Workshop
Report on the CRTA workshop, January 5-8, 2023. Paris, France.
Ritual and Materiality in Buddhism and Asian Religions International Conference
In-person at Princeton University, June 13-15, 2023
Seventh volume of Brill Book Series
Seventh volume of Brill Book Series: Studies on East Asian Religions. By Ru Zhan, edited by Jinhua Chen.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: A Zen Foundation for Critical Subjectivity in the New Field of Contemplative Studies
June 5, 2023, with Professor Harold Roth (Brown University). In person, University of Oxford, Basement Teaching Room 1, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and online
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Studying the Buddha Abroad: Overseas Chinese Students and Buddhist Networks in the United States
May 9, 2023, with Professor Gareth Fisher (Syracuse University). In person, Inalco, Auditorium Georges Dumézil, 2 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris, and online
2023 Mitacs Project in China on Chan Buddhism
Conducted by Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li (UBC), from June to August 2023
Vicky Baker Presented with 2023 UBC Sustainability Leadership Award
Congratulations to Vicky Baker who received a Sustainability Leadership Award from the University of British Columbia!
Call for Applications: Research Associate for the Project “Zen Buddhist Genealogical Diagrams in Early Modern Japan”
Research Associate Job Opportunity at Hamburg University. Application deadline May 4, 2023
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: The Indian Buddhist Origins of the Chinese Beef Taboo
April 11, 2023, with Professor Meir Shahar (Tel Aviv University). In-person
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Theravada Buddhist responses to colonialism and their modern implications
April 3, 2023, with Professor Kate Crosby (University of Oxford). In-person Aaron Burr Hall 219, Princeton University, and online
Lecture Series 2023: Permanent Training in Buddhist Studies (PTBS)
March 14–May 16, 2023, multiple speakers
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Are We Still Talking: Buddhism and Neuroscience Today
March 23, 2023, with Professor Bernard Faure (Columbia University). In person, Room 422, 485 Broadway, Harvard University, and online
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Negotiating tradition and modernity—the changing face of Taiwanese Buddhist monastic education
February 17, 2023, with Professor Matthew Orsborn (University of Oxford). Online
Report on “Religion, Modernization and Spatiality in Taiwan”
Mitacs report by Gaëlle Boscals de Réals
Call for Applications: Ph.D. Student Attendees for “Ritual and Materiality in Buddhism and Asian Religions” Conference, Princeton University
Application deadline February 20, 2023
Fourth Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”
Second Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”. Edited by Zhan Ru, Chen Jinhua, and Ji Yun.
Monks & Literati: Cultural Ideas and Lifestyle of Chinese Buddhism
Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery 蓮山雙林禪寺, Singapore, August 12–13, 2023
2023 FROGBEAR Phase 2 Cluster Activities
Field visits run from May 16–July 30, 2023
Traditional Chinese State Ritual System of Sacrifice to Mountain and Water Spirits
New open access book edited by Jinhua Jia
Call for Applications: University Assistant Professor in Buddhism, University of Cambridge
Application deadline December 9, 2022
Call for Applications: Research Associate for the Project “Buddhism in East Asia”, Hamburg University
Application deadline December 8, 2022
Call for Proposals: The 9th Chinese Buddhism & Sheng Yen International Conference
CFP due January 13, 2023. June 29-July 1, 2023
Third Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (English)
Third Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (English) Series. Edited by Jing Yue, Jinhua Chen, Song Wang.
Guest Lecture: A Sense of an Ending: Chinese Buddhist Eschatology Reconsidered
T. H. Barrett (SOAS). October 11, 2022, 5 PM. 3335 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley
Guest Lecture: A New Translation and Study of The Zhuangzi (Sayings of Master Zhuang)
Richard John Lynn (University of Toronto). October 9, 2022, 7:30 PM PDT. In-person at UBC Asian Centre Auditorium and online
Keynote Lecture: Buddhism and Nonviolence in the Contemporary World
September 30, 2022, with Jay L. Garfield (Smith College and the Harvard Divinity School). Hybrid keynote lecture at UBC The Nest Performance Theatre
Keynote Lecture: What Is Ethics For? A Minimalist Approach to Buddhist Ethics
October 1, 2022, with Jin Y. Park (American University). Hybrid keynote lecture at UBC The Nest Performance Theatre
Fizzing and Popping with Possibility: Co-creating Learning Experiences at the Peripheries
September 23, 2022. with Susan Andrews (Mount Allison University). Hybrid keynote lecture event by at UBC, The Nest Performance Theatre
The Dharma-Ending Age: The Climate Crisis through the Lens of Buddhist Eschatology, Past and Present
October 7–9, 2022, The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute for Global Issues
Chinese Religious Texts Authority (CRTA) workshop on reading late imperial Chinese religious texts and database building
Paris, France. January 5-8, 2023.
Doctrine and Practice Beyond Borders: International Interactions in East Asian Buddhism
September 16, 2022, with multiple speakers. Jones Hall 202, Princeton University
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Chinese Rural Religion, Culture, Society, and Environment at Tel Aviv University
Deadline: September 20, 2022
Dr. Susie Andrews Elected to the RSC 2022 College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Congratulations to Dr. Susan (Susie) Andrews who has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists!
2022 Mitacs Project in Taiwan
Conducted by Gaëlle Boscals de Réals (McGill), from August to November 2022
Call for Applications: FROGBEAR Mitacs Globalink Research Awards
Applications closed.
仪礼与佛教研究 (Ritual and the Study of Buddhism)
New book by Stephen F. Teiser, translated by Yu Xin and Zhai Minhao
Esoteric Buddhism and East Asian Society–Published Papers
Multiple papers from the Esoteric Buddhism conference have been published in 3 special issues of SCR
Newly Published Complete Works of Master Sheng Yen 2020 Special Edition
New book collection: Complete Works of Master Sheng Yen
New Book: Da zhidu lun 大智度論 (*Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa) and the History of the Larger Prajñāpāramitā: Patterns of Textual Variation in Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature
New open access book by Stefano Zacchetti, edited by Michael Radich and Jonathan Silk
Database of Chinese Medieval Texts Newsletter Launch
We are pleased to announce the first issue of the DMCT Newsletter.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Monasteries and Madhouses: On the Care and Confinement of the Insane in Early Modern and Contemporary East Asian Buddhism
August 1, 2022, with James Robson (Harvard). Online, via Zoom
Rey Sheng Her Receives Worldwide Acclaim for His Book, Economy of Goodness
Congratulations to Professor Rey Sheng Her!
First volume of SCR SPIB Series
We are pleased to announce the release of the first volume in the SCR SPIB series published by Routledge. Edited by Darui Long and Jinhua Chen
2022 FROGBEAR Phase 2 Cluster Activities
May 23–August 5, 2022
Lecture Series 2022: Permanent Training in Buddhist Studies (PTBS)
March 10–May 12, 2022, multiple speakers
Workshop with Emerging Scholars and Chunwen Hao: Chinese Buddhism and Dunhuang Manuscripts
April 1, 2022, 1:30 PM–2:00 PM EDT. Princeton University. Jones Hall 202.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: The Trial of Ānanda: Some Thoughts for Modern Times
Mar 30, 2022, with Donald S. Lopez Jr. (University of Michigan). Online, via Zoom
Call for Submissions: Temple University Miniature Stupa Design Contest 天普大学小型佛塔设计比赛
Deadline: April 15th, 2022
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Pomona College Asian Studies Program Rand
Application Review Begins: March 28, 2022
Guest Lecture: Incentive to Secularize Buddhism – Naikan Meditation in Japanese Prisons in the 1950s
March 10, 2022, with Clark Chilson (University of Pittsburgh). UBC C.K. Choi Building
Guest Lecture: Precarity – Living and Dying in Himalayan Buddhist Cultures
March 4, 2022, with Karma Lekshe Tsomo (University of San Diego). Online, via Zoom
Call for Applications: Venice-Princeton Summer School in Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese/Kanbun
July 4 to 29, 2022. Venice, Italy – Ca’ Foscari University. Pre-enroll online between January 24th and March 31st, 2022.
Second volume of SCR SPIB Series
We are pleased to announce the release of the second volume in the SCR SPIB series published by Routledge. Edited by Jinhua Chen, Guang Kuan, and Hu Fo
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Philosophy, Philosophers and Buddhist Scholastic Texts (Śāstra)
Feb 18, 2022, with Parimal Patil (Harvard University). Online, via Zoom
New Book: Practicescapes and the Buddhists of Baoshan
New book by Wendi Adamek
New Book: Buddhist Historiography in China
New book by John Kieschnick
Call for Applications: Glorisun Research Associate at UBC Asian Studies
Deadline to apply: March 4, 2022
Lingyin Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies: Akliṣṭājñāna, vāsanā and perfect Buddhahood
February 28, 2022, with Dr. K.L. Dhammajoti (Renmin University). Online, via Zoom
Sixth volume of Brill Book Series
Sixth volume of Brill Book Series: Studies on East Asian Religions. Edited by Stephanie Balkwill and James A. Benn.
Lingyin Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies: How Much is the Truth Worth? Self-sacrifice for a verse of dharma in Indian Buddhist jātaka stories
February 14, 2022, with Dr. Naomi Appleton (University of Edinburgh). Online, via Zoom
Glorisun Postdoctoral Fellow — Chinese Buddhism — Center for Buddhist Studies
CFA: Glorisun Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Buddhism at Center for Buddhist Studies, UC Berkeley
Deadline: February 15, 2022
From Conflict to Mutual Compatibility: The Relationship between Traditional Sheyi (社邑) and Buddhism in Medieval China
January 24, 2022, with Hao Chunwen (IAS, Capital Normal University). Online, via Zoom
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Whiteness is a Sankhara – Racial Justice as Buddhist Practice
January 24, 2022, with Ann Gleig (University of Central Florida) and Joy Brennan (Kenyon College, Ohio). Online, via Zoom
Second issue of Journal of Chan Buddhism
We are pleased to announce the release of the second issue of Journal of Chan Buddhism, edited by Jinhua Chen, George Keyworth, and Steffen Döll.
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: All is One Buddhism’s Enrichment and Advancement of Chinese Philosophy Advancement of Chinese Philosophy from the Past to the Present
January 4, 2022, with Professor WEI Daoru (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences). Online, via Zoom
Fourth Volume of Hualin Translation Series on Buddhist Studies (Chinese)
Fourth Volume of “Hualin Translation Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). By Charles D. Orzech, translated by Bai Zhaojie, collated by Pei Changchun and Ji Yun.
Tan Yingxian Photo Exhibition: Multiple Facets of China’s Buddhism
Tan Yingxian (Hebrew University of Jerusalem). December 12-16, 2021. Lobby of Bloomfield Library for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Virtual Symposium: The Radical Other Power of Shinran (1173-1263)
December 11, 2021. Online, via Zoom
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Exploring the Future of Buddhism through a Historical Perspective
October 12, 2021, with Rey-Sheng Her (Tzu Chi University). Online, via Zoom
China, India, and Iran – Scientific Exchange and Cultural Contact
October 8-9, ONLINE with the Needham Research Institute (NRI), the Ancient India and Iran Trust (AIIT), and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (FAMES) at Cambridge University
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Buddhist Art for the 21st Century
September 22, 2021, with Eugene Wang (Harvard). Online, via Zoom
Announcement: Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series (印證佛學傑出學術系列講座)
New multi-university lecture series on Buddhism and Contemporary Society.
Sixth Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (Chinese)
Sixth Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” Series. Edited by Shi Ciguaun, Chen Jinhua, and Shi Xingding.
Fifth volume of Brill Book Series
Fifth volume of Brill Book Series: Studies on East Asian Religions. Edited by Ester Bianchi and Weirong Shen
Third Volume of “Hualin Translation Series on Buddhist Studies” (Chinese)
Third Volume of “Hualin Translation Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). By James Benn, translated by Zhang Dewei, Li Jianxin, He Yongshan, and Chen Zhiyuan; collated by Zhang Dewei and Ji Yun.
The Georgetown-IDP Lecture Series: Following the Silk Roads to North America
July 28 – August 25, 2021. Online via Zoom.
CFA: Residential Fellowship at the National Humanities Center
CFA deadline October 7, 2021
Fourth volume of Brill Book Series
Fourth volume of Brill Book Series: Studies on East Asian Religions. Authored by Fabienne Jagou.
Textiles in Manuscripts Workshop
June 2–3, 2021, ONLINE
Webinar: Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists
Chenxing Han and Dr. Jessica Main (The University of British Columbia). 7:00pm (PDT). Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Online, via Zoom.
Reevaluating Mountain Practice in Premodern Japan: Buddhist Studies Workshop with Kikuchi Hiroki
April 15, 2021, with KIKUCHI Hiroki (University of Tokyo). ONLINE, via Zoom.
Buddhist Perspectives on White Racial Ignorance and Identity
April 8, 2021, with Emily McRae (New Mexico). Online, via Zoom.
Online Screening of Master Sheng Yen
March 31, 2021. Online via Vimeo.
Training Program—FROGBEAR Summer 2021 Training Sessions
Applications due March 30, 2021.
Book Launch: Revisiting Buddha-Nature in India and China by Dr. Christopher Jones and Dr. Li Zijie
February 18, 2021, with Dr. Christopher Jones (Cambridge) and Dr. Li Zijie (SOAS University of London). Online, via Zoom
The Chinese Buddhist Approach to Science: the Case of Astronomy and Calendars
New journal article by Jeffrey Kotyk.
A Timely Message from the Cave: The Mahāmudrā and Intellectual Agenda of dGe-bshes Brag-phug-pa dGe-’dun-rin-chen (1926–1997), the Sixty-Ninth rJe-mkhan-po of Bhutan
New monograph by Dagmar Schwerk.
Special issue on Buddhism and Technology in the Journal of the Japanese Association for Digital Humanities
Open access. Guest editors: Marcus Bingenheimer, Christian Wittern, and Jinhua Chen.
First issue of Journal of Chan Buddhism
First issue of Journal of Chan Buddhism. Edited by Jinhua Chen, George Keyworth, and Steffen Döll.
First Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”
First Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”. Edited by Zhan Ru, Chen Jinhua, and Ji Yun.
Second Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”
Second Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies”. Edited by Zhan Ru, Chen Jinhua, and Ji Yun.
Second Volume of “Hualin Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese)
Second Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). Edited by Zhan Ru and Chen Jinhua.
Announcement: Jinhua Chen Inducted into Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to Professor Chen who was inducted as a Royal Society of Canada Fellow!
Third volume of Brill Book Series
Third volume of Brill Book Series: Studies on East Asian Religions. Authored by Sheng Kai, edited by Jinhua Chen.
Second volume of Brill Book Series
Second volume of Brill Book Series: Studies on East Asian Religions. The series editors are Susan Andrews, Jinhua Chen, and Guang Kuan.
Call for participants: CRTA Workshop
Saturday, October 17, via Zoom.
Guide to Buddhist Studies in France (updated August 2023)
An informative guide on higher education in France.
First Volume of “Goodness Studies” Series (Chinese)
First Volume of “Goodness Studies” Series. Edited by Rey-Sheng Her and Jinhua Chen.
First Volume of “Hualin Series On Buddhist Studies” (Chinese)
First Volume of “Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies” (Chinese). Edited by Zhan Ru, Chen Jinhua, and Ji Yun.
First Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (English)
First Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” Series (English). Edited by Chen Jinhua and Kuan Guang.
Fifth Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (Chinese)
Fifth Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” Series. Edited by Shi Ciguang, Chen Jinhua, Ji Yun, and Shi Xingding.
Second Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (English)
Second Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” Series (English). Edited by Shi Ciguang, Chen Jinhua, Ji Yun and Shi Xingding.
Second Volume of “Wutai Research Institute for Eastern Buddhist Culture” Series (Chinese)
Second Volume of “Wutai Research Institute for Eastern Buddhist Culture” Series. Edited by Shi Miaojiang, Jinhua Chen, Ji Yun, Shi Kuanguang, and Shi Fohu.
Third Volume of “Wutai Research Institute for Eastern Buddhist Culture” Series (Chinese)
Third Volume of “Wutai Research Institute for Eastern Buddhist Culture” Series. Edited by Shi Miaojiang, Jinhua Chen, Ji Yun, Shi Kuanguang, and Shi Fohu.
FROGBEAR April 2020 Newsletter
Latest updates from FROGBEAR project and its affiliated networks and partners.
International Conference on “Esoteric Buddhism and East Asian Society”
March 7-8, 2020. University of British Columbia.
Summer School in Classical Chinese and Japanese
July 6–31, 2020. Venice, Italy – Ca’ Foscari University.
CFA: Sheng Yen Education Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Buddhism at UBC
Deadline to apply March 15, 2020
Report on CRTA (Chinese Religious Texts Authority) workshop
Report on the CRTA workshop, December 15-19, 2019 Aussois, France.
Fourth Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (Chinese)
Fourth Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” Series. Edited by Shi Miaojiang, Chen Jinhua, Shi Kuan Guang and Ji Yun.
Update – Cluster 2.1 and 3.2
Clusters 2.1 and 3.2 Field Visits in Northern China. June-July, 2019.
Update – Cluster 1.2 Religion and Technology
Cluster 1.2 at DILA. July 17-25, 2019.
Rules of Engagement
New book publication: Rules of Engagement, edited by Susan Andrews, Jinhua Chen, and Cuilan Liu.
Tianzhu Book Prize Lecture: The Meanings of Meditation in Early Zen Buddhism
Sam van Schaik (British Library). 7 pm, Saturday, September 21, 2019. UBC St. John’s College.
An International & Intensive Program on Buddhism at Oxford
August 11-30, 2019; Oxford, UK.
Job Opportunity for FROGBEAR Digital Research Assistant at UBC
1 year opportunity at UBC. Application deadline July 21, 2019.
Launch of Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies (HIJBS)
Articles from inaugural issue (Vol. 1, No. 1) of Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies (HIJBS) now available.
Tianzhu Book Prize Nomination 2019
Nomination application has been extended to June 30, 2019. Please use Tianzhu Book Prize Nomination Form for submission.
Special Guest Lecture: The Uneven Terrain of Gender and Diversity: The View from the Humanities
Natasha Heller (University of Virginia). 7:00 PM. Thursday, June 6, 2019. Ghent University, Auditorium P (Zaal Jozef Plateau), Campus Boekentoren.
First Volume of “Wutai Research Institute for Eastern Buddhist Culture” Series (Chinese)
First Volume of “Wutai Research Institute for Eastern Buddhist Culture” Series. Edited by Shi Miaojiang, Jinhua Chen, Shi Kuanguang, Ji Yun, and Zhang Shubin.
Buddhist Beasts: Reflections on Animals in Asian Religions and Culture-Published Papers
15 Buddhist Beast conference papers have been published in the journal Religions.
New FROGBEAR Research Cluster
Talismans and Talisman Cultures in Contemporary Vietnam, Korea, and Japan: Meaning, Making, Medium
Database of Chinese Medieval Texts
Introduction of the Database of Chinese Medieval Texts (DMCT)
International Funding Opportunity for Buddhism and East Asian Religions Research in Canada
Ongoing applications accepted.
China Through Saskatchewan Eyes: Evelyn Potter’s 1971 Journey
March 15 to June 15, 2019 at Diefenbaker Canada Centre.
Third Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (Chinese)
Third Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” Series. Edited by Zhan Ru, Chen Jinhua, Ji Yun, and Wang Lina.
CFA: 2019 Cluster Site Visits
Applications are due January 21, 2019. Please use our online application form for submission. Any questions should be directed to frogbear.project@ubc.ca.
Guest Lecture: Rethinking the Structure and Typology of Liturgical Texts From Dunhuang
Hao Chunwen. Thu, Dec 6, 2018, 4:30 pm. 202 Jones, Princeton University.
A REFLECTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL AND INTENSIVE PROGRAM ON BUDDHIST AT UBC
A REFLECTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL AND INTENSIVE PROGRAM ON BUDDHIST AT UBC Posted on October 5, 2018 by Meng Zhang The International and Intensive Program on Buddhism was held at University of British Columbia from July 27 to August 15, 2018. This program consisted of six seminars delivered by six international scholars. Each Continue reading
Training Program—Tenth Anniversary Celebration
Celebrating 10 years of international training programs
Major Award for University of Hamburg: Understanding Written Artefacts
Congratulations to Michael Friedrich and colleagues at Hamburg!
News Report on Cambridge Intensive Program (in Chinese)
News Report from Chinese Daily about the 2018 Cambridge Intensive Program on Buddhism
A Student Reflection of The International and Intensive Program on Buddhism at UBC
Zhang, Anqi is an undergraduate student in the Department of Asian and African Studies in Shanghai International Studies University.
Perceiving the Change of China through the Scope of Buddhism
Interview with Zhe Ji (CEIB) by Shuyue He. Originally posted to CJBS.
Check out the FROGBEAR YouTube Channel!
We are happy to announce the FROGBEAR YouTube channel!
Outstanding Achievement Award: Traces of Words
Awarded by the Canadian Museum Association to Fuyubi Nakamura and her team. Congratulations!
UBC President welcomes students to Intensive Program on Buddhism
Words of welcome from UBC president Santa J. Ono.
Tianzhu Book Prize Lecture
Dr. Jiang Wu lecture August 12, 2018 at UBC.
Second Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (Chinese)
Second Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” Series. Edited by Shi Miaojiang, Chen Jinhua, Shi Kuan Guang and Ji Yun.
Symposium on New Directions in the Study of Chan Buddhism at McMaster University
Natasha Heller & Jiang Wu. Friday May 11, 2:30pm at McMaster University
A Report on the Buddhist Studies in Canada Round Table Discusion at the XVIIITH Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
By Crystal Beaudoin, McMaster University
Announcement: Jinhua Chen awarded UBC Killam Research Prize
Congratulations to Professor Chen on this award!
2017-2018 Winter Program in Action
Check out this amazing video to review the Winter Program in action.
UBC receives $4.9 million for global Buddhist academic network
Press release on the creation of the Tianzhu Network for the Study of Buddhist Cultures.
Collaboration with the Database of Religious History
To get involved, or for more information, please contact Willis Monroe (willismonroe@gmail.com).
Announcement: Social Life History of Chinese Buddhist Monks
A Major Project led by FROGBEAR cluster leader, Kai SHENG, has been newly awarded by the Chinese National Social Sciences Fund
Student Report – Digital Projects Student Librarian
For the 2017 co-op term, we were happy to receive Mariah Gastaldo as Digital Projects Student Librarian. Gastaldo, a Masters of Library and Information Studies student at the University of British Columbia, took up the task of collecting and reviewing data from
Eugene Wang receives major award from HGI
Funding from Harvard Global Institute provided for work in the Dunhuang caves.
New Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona
We are excited to partner with this newly launched Center for Buddhist Studies!
Profile of Tianzhu-SSHRC Scholars
Join us in welcoming fellowship recipients and learning more about our Tianzhu post-doctoral fellow!
Conference Report: Buddhism and Business, Market and Merit
Report by Hassan Pirbhai, University of Calgary
First Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” (Chinese)
First Volume of “Famed Mountains and Great Monasteries” Series. Edited by Editor-in-Chief Shi Miaojiang, Chen Jinhua, Kuan Guang, and Ji Yun.
Buddhist Transformations and Interactions
In memory of Antonino Forte, who passed away in 2006.
Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia
May 11 – October 9, 2017 at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.
First volume of Brill Book Series
We are pleased to announce the release of the first volume in a new series published by Brill: Studies on East Asian Religions. Edited by Yael Bentor and Meir Shahar
Fifth Volume of Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions (Chinese)
Fifth Volume of “Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions” Series. By Barend ter Haar, translated by Zhao Lingyun, Zhou Nulu, Huang Fei, and Li Tongyi; collated by Huang Yuning, and Xu Liheng.
Announcement of the Establishment of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Buddhism (CEIB) in Paris
Information on launch of the Centre and the activities for the Centre’s inaugural week 22-25 March 2017 in Paris.
Fourth Volume of Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions (Chinese)
Fourth Volume of “Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions” Series. By Karashima Seishi, translated by Qiu Yunqing, and Wu Weilin.
Third Volume of Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions (Chinese)
Third Volume of “Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions” Series. By Jinhua Chen, translated by Yang Zeng, Huang Jinghua, Fan Jingjing, Wu Weilin, Chen Zhiyuan, and Liu Xuejun.
Second Volume of Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions (Chinese)
Second Volume of “Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions” Series. By Stephen R. Bokenkamp, translated by Sun Qi, Tian He, Xie Yifeng, and Lin Xinyi.
First Volume of Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions (Chinese)
First Volume of “Chinese Translation Series of Foreign Studies on Buddhism and East Asian Religions” Series. By John Kieschnick, translated by Zhao You, Chen Ruifeng, Dong Haohui, Song Jing, and Yang Zeng.
