THe GCBS works together with many international institutions, for example the Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde, Hamburg, and the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (DILA), Taiwan. The GCBS and the Department of Languages and Cultures recently joined a large multidisciplinary project on East Asian religions initiated and headed by Prof. Chen Jinhua at the University of British Columbia, Canada: From The Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions. And in 2017, the GCBS joined the Tianzhu academic network, a partnership that will lead to even more international collaboration. The Centre has additionally established bilateral agreements and Socrates programs with many institutions abroad.
Conferences and workshops
We organise and co-host conferences and workshops:
- International conference “Diverse Lives: Narratives of Śākyamuni Buddha in Text and Image”, Royal Museum of Mariemont (Ghent), October 16-19, 2024
- International research workshop and fieldwork “Chinese Religious Spaces in Thailand”, May 24–June 2, 2023
- Workshop “Religion, medicine, and women’s health in premodern East Asia”, September 29, 2022
- International workshop and fieldwork “Image – Text – Reality in Buddhism: Interrelation & Internegation”, May 23–25, 2022
- Ghent-Harvard-Munich workshop “Connecting Asian Buddhism(s) Past, Present, and Future”, Ghent University, May 4–6, 2022
Visiting scholars
International scholars are welcome to conduct research at GCBS (for more on the relevant opportunities, see Join us section):
- Long-term visiting scholar (April 1 – June 30, 2024): Prof. Yang Gang 杨刚 (Inst. of Dunhuang Studies, Lanzhou University)
- Long-term visiting scholar (September 2023 – August 2024): Dr. Yi Ding (DePaul University)
- Short-term visiting scholar 2019–2020: Prof. Dr. James A. Benn (McMaster University, Canada)
- Long-term visiting scholar 2019–2020: Prof. Dr. Xuan Fang (Renmin University, China)
- Long-term visiting scholar 2019–2020: Dr. Lia Wei (Renmin University, China)
- Short-term visiting scholar (2019, 1-10 June): Prof. Dr. Li Yu-chen 李玉珍 (National Cheng Chi University, Taiwan)
- Short-term visiting scholar (March 3-17, 2019): Prof. Dr. Albert Welter (University of Arizona)
- Long-term visiting scholar (March 15 – June 12, 2019): Prof. Dr. Lin Ching-hui 林靜慧 (Chung-hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Taiwan)
- Visiting scholar 2018-2019: Prof. Dr. Lei Hanqing (Sichuan University, PRC)
- Long-term visiting scholar 2017-2018: Pu Chengzhong (Shanghai University, PRC)
- Long-term visiting scholar 2017-2018: Prof. Dr. Li Gang (Academia Turfanica, PRC)
- Short-term visiting scholar (April 16-April 30, 2018): Prof. Dr. Hong Xiuping 洪修平 (Nanjing University, PRC)
- Short-term visiting scholar (March 2-March 12, 2018): Dr. Georgios T. Halkias (Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong)
Fieldwork
Our researchers conduct significant fieldword in the regions of their scholarly interest:
- Fieldwork of GCBS researcher Wen Xueyu
- Fieldwork concluding session (Cluster 3.4 of the FROGBEAR project), April 20, 2024
- International research workshop and fieldwork “Chinese Religious Spaces in Thailand”, May 24–June 2, 2023
- International workshop and fieldwork “Image – Text – Reality in Buddhism: Interrelation & Internegation”, May 23–25, 2022
- Tianzhu Fieldwork Fellowship 2018-2019: Jasper Roctus
- Tianzhu Fieldwork Fellowship 2017-2018: Daphne Stremus