UACBS to Publish Chinese Buddhist Canon Research Newsletter
The Center for Buddhist Studies is pleased to announce a new project to coordinate and publish a monthly Chinese Buddhist Canon Research Newsletter. The first volume will appear at the end of January 2021, with the Center’s Director Professor Jiang Wu serving as Editor-in-Chief and Dr. Zhouyuan Lee, a post-doc at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, serving as Executive Editor.
The purpose of this newsletter is to present academic information about the research, collation, collection, and digitalization of Chinese Buddhist canons and scriptures. Buddhist canons include the traditions of different regions such as China, Tibet, Southeast Asia, and Mongolia, as well as the newly compiled, translated, and digitized forms of Buddhist canons.
This newsletter will be a professional and authoritative information exchange platform for the study of Chinese Buddhist canons. Its content will include the following:
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Publication information, including books, essays, reviews, dissertations, etc.
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Conference information
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Scholar information introducing scholars’ achievements, exchange of ideas, suggestions, and proposals
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Research projects, such as project proposals, project introductions, etc.
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Current canon collections in World Libraries and Museums
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New findings of the scholarship on the Chinese Buddhist canon and related literature in public and private collections and auctions
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