Doctoral School “Chinese Buddhist Historical Records in the Context of Digital Humanities”, October 21–25, 2019 (8/25/2019) - Abstract: The Doctoral School’s specialist course will focus on historical literature, including local gazetteers and Transmission of the Lamp texts, of the Chinese Buddhist schools. While adopting a diachronic perspective, covering texts between the 10th and the 17th century, the… Read more
Long-term visiting scholar 2019–2020: Dr. Lia Wei (Renmin University, China) (8/5/2019) - Dr. Lia WEI is currently based at the Department of Archaeology and Museum Studies in Renmin University of China, conducting research and teaching on the archaeology of culture contact and the intersection between intangible and material cultural heritage, as well… Read more
Special Guest Lecture “The Uneven Terrain of Gender and Diversity: The View from the Humanities” by Natasha Heller (4/8/2019) - A Hot Topic Lecture part of the Doctoral School "Women and Nuns in Chinese Buddhism" By Natasha Heller, Associate Professor of Chinese Religions, University of Virginia June 6, 2019; 19:00-21:00 Ghent university, Auditorium P (Zaal Jozef Plateau), Campus Boekentoren. Map Abstract… Read more
Short-term visiting scholar (2019, 1-10 June): Prof. Dr. Li Yu-chen 李玉珍 (National Cheng Chi University, Taiwan) (4/4/2019) - Dr. Yu-chen Li received her Ph.D. degree in 2000 from Cornell University. She is currently the chair of the Graduate Institute of Religious Studies at National Cheng Chi University. Yu-chen Li focuses on gender issues in Buddhism, such as the… Read more
Doctoral School “Women and Nuns in Chinese Buddhism”, Ghent University, June 3–7, 2019 (2/18/2019) - Abstract: The Doctoral School specialist course will focus on “Women and Nuns in Chinese Buddhism”. While adopting a diachronic perspective, it will give ample space to the twentieth and early twenty-first century. This will offer students insight into the status… Read more
Short-term visiting scholar (March 3-17, 2019): Prof. Dr. Albert Welter (University of Arizona) (2/2/2019) - Lectures “Integrating Buddhism into Chinese Culture or How Did Buddhism Become Chinese? Buddhist Junzi (法門君子) & The Administration of Buddhism." Within the framework of a lecture series integrated in the MA course ‘Culture in Perspective: South and East Asia lecture‘… Read more
Long-term visiting scholar (March 15 – June 12, 2019): Prof. Dr. Lin Ching-hui 林靜慧 (Chung-hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Taiwan) (1/10/2019) - Lin Ching-hui received her PhD from the Chinese Culture University (Taipei). Her dissertation is titled A study of political views in Laozi, Zhuangzi and The Yellow Emperor's Four Classics. She is project assistant at the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts. Currently she works as an editor… Read more
2019 PTBS Lecture Series (1/7/2019) - 06.03 Albert Welter (University of Arizona, US) "A New Look at Old Traditions: Reimagining East Asian Buddhism through Hangzhou" The history of Buddhism incorporates East Asia in meaningful ways, but still tends toward Indo-centrism in its overall conception. This makes… Read more
Tianzhu Fieldwork Fellowship 2018-2019: Jasper Roctus (8/27/2018) - Tianzhu Foundation provides funding for one Ghent University graduate student to travel to East Asia to do Buddhism-related fieldwork. We are happy to announce that for the academic year 2018-2019, this award has been given to Jasper Roctus (MA student Chinese… Read more
Visiting scholar 2018-2019: Prof. Dr. Lei Hanqing (Sichuan University, PRC) (8/25/2018) - Hanqing, Lei graduated from Fudan University at the School of Chinese Language and Literature. He was a visiting scholar at UC Irvine in 2011, and at the Research Institute of Zen at Hanazono University in Japan. Currently, he is a… Read more