Announcement/Call for Contributors
The Encyclopedia of Hangzhou Buddhist Culture
The Encyclopedia of Hangzhou Buddhist Culture, part of the Hangzhou Buddhist Culture Project at the University of Arizona, is contracted with Brill for publication in 2023.
The Encyclopedia will be the first of its kind as a dedicated reference source for Hangzhou’s Buddhist heritage as well as its associated cultural legacies. As Buddhism in Hangzhou is broad-ranging and intimately networked, the Encyclopedia will include people, places, texts, industries, arts, concepts, and schools from pre-Tang China all the way through the Republican Period. In addition to Hangzhou Buddhism and its connections to Korea and Japan, some of the entries are related to Daoism, popular religions, local culture, and Christianity in Hangzhou. Not all of these figures and places are Buddhist per se—but they functioned in the continuum of cultural flows originating and nourished in Hangzhou’s Buddhist past.
The Encyclopedia, will be co-edited by Ven. Guangquan, Dr. Albert Welter, Dr. Jiang Wu, managed by executive editors Dr. James Baskind and Dr. Jinhui Wu through the Center for Buddhist Studies, and supervised by an advisory committee. We are looking for scholars and advanced graduate students who are interested in Hangzhou Buddhism to write short entries for about 670 selected items (only 271 entries left). Contributors will receive an orientation, training, supervision, a certificate of contribution from the Center, and financial remuneration depending on the extent of their contributions. Contributors can choose the entries they want to write from our Google doc sign up link. Please send a short message to hangzhouculture@arizona.edu with a brief description of your qualifications or your CV.