Guest lecture “The Multiple Lives of Buddhist Objects: Enriching Art Historical Methodologies” by Halle O‘Neal, May 7, 2024 (2/28/2024) - On May 7, 2024, Prof. Dr. Halle O‘Neal will deliver a guest lecture titled “The Multiple Lives of Buddhist Objects: Enriching Art Historical Methodologies” within the framework of our master-level course “Culture in Perspective: South and East Asia”, organized by… Read more
Guest lecture “Tibetan and Himalayan Art” by Swosti Rajbhandari Kayastha, March 19, 2024 (2/27/2024) - On March 19, 2024, Dr. Swosti Rajbhandari Kayastha will deliver a guest lecture titled “Tibetan and Himalayan Art” within the framework of the bachelor-level course “Art and Archaeology of South Asia” organized by GCBS’s Daniela De Simone. Dr. Swosti Rajbhandari… Read more
Our MA student Zhou Zhichen to pursue a PhD in Princeton (2/27/2024) - Zhou Zhichen, student of our program “Master of Arts in Oriental Languages and Cultures — Main Subject China”, has been admitted to the Princeton University’s PhD program. At Ghent, she was conducting research under the guidance of the GCBS’s Christoph… Read more
Meeting with Prof. Neil Schmid 史瀚文 from the Dunhuang Academy 敦煌研究院, February 23, 2024 (2/26/2024) - On Friday, February 23, 2024, the Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies welcomed Professor Neil Schmid 史瀚文 from the Dunhuang Academy 敦煌研究院. In the beginning of the meeting with the GCBS researchers, Neil Schmid introduced the Dunhuang Academy, which is located… Read more
International conference “Diverse Lives: Narratives of Śākyamuni Buddha in Text and Image”, Royal Museum of Mariemont (Ghent), October 16-19, 2024 (2/26/2024) - The Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies, in association with the Royal Museum of Mariemont, is happy to announce the call for papers for an upcoming conference on Buddha's life narratives. Wednesday the 16th until Friday the 19th of October 2024.… Read more
Publication highlights (Q1 2024): “The Awakening of the Hinterland: The Formation of Regional Vinaya Traditions in Tang China”, by Anna Sokolova (2/15/2024) - This volume explores the dissemination of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya tradition in Tang China (618–907) in the context of the dispersal of the state bureaucracy throughout the empire and the changing centre–periphery dynamics. The tradition’s development in China during the Tang… Read more
Long-term visiting scholar (September 2023 – August 2024): Dr. Yi Ding (DePaul University) (2/15/2024) - Dr. Yi Ding received his bachelor's degree from Fudan University (2008) and his PhD in Religious Studies from Stanford University (2020). He is currently Assistant Professor at DePaul University. As a scholar of Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism, he has published… Read more
GCBS Research Forum meeting, January 18, 16:00-18:00, presentations by Elias Bouckaert and Paride Stortini (1/18/2024) - The meeting of the research forum of the GCBS will take place this afternoon at 4 pm. This time we have two presentations: Elias Bouckaert: "Medico-religious "Five Viscera" 五臓論 Manuscripts in Edo Period Japan" Paride Stortini: "Between Modern Pilgrimage and… Read more
Publication highlights (Q4 2023): “Diversifying Philosophy of Religion: Critiques, Methods and Case Studies”, edited by Nathan R. B. Loewen and Agnieszka Rostalska (10/3/2023) - Much philosophical thinking about religion in the Anglophone world has been hampered by the constraints of Eurocentrism, colonialism and orientalism. Addressing such limitations head-on, this exciting collection develops models for exploring global diversity in order to bring philosophical studies of… Read more
PhD defense of Laurent Van Cutsem, Ghent University, September 11, 2023 (9/23/2023) - We are very proud to announce that GCBS' Laurent Van Cutsem has successfully defended his PhD thesis on Monday, September 11, 2023! Title of the thesis: "The Zutang ji 祖堂集: Aspects of Textual History, Genealogy, and Intertextuality" Supervisors: Christoph Anderl… Read more