Hangzhou has long been a crucially important cultural and economic hub in China and Hangzhou’s cultural prominence in East Asia is inextricably linked to its Buddhist heritage, which has long expanded beyond the monastery walls and has come to subsume fine and performance arts, material culture, and intellectual history in the broadest sense. The Encyclopedia of Hangzhou Buddhist Culture will be the first of its kind as a dedicated reference source for Hangzhou’s Buddhist heritage as well as its associated cultural legacies. The Encyclopedia, as part of the Hangzhou Buddhist Culture Project at the University of Arizona, will be co-edited by Ven. Guangquan, Dr. Albert Welter, Dr. Jiang Wu, managed by executive editor Dr. James Baskind through the Center for Buddhist Studies, and supervised by an advisory committee. It will be published in English by a reputable press in 2022.
We are happy to report that we have recruited 30 contributors of graduate students and scholars who have claimed 425 entries, only 75 short of the goal of 500 for the print book. We have started editing the submitted entries and more submission are coming in. We are still looking for scholars and advanced graduate students who are interested in Hangzhou Buddhism to write short entries for the remaining items which are evenly distributed from the Tang through the Republican era. 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. We will contact you and send the relevant documents that lay out the details of the project such as: the list of the entries via Google doc, the style sheet, and the contributors’ agreement. We plan to complete this project by Dec. 30, 2021. A contributors meeting will be convened at the end of September.
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