June 7, 2023

Ritual and Materiality in Buddhism and Asian Religions International Conference

June 13-15, 2023. In-person at Princeton University.
June 6, 2023

Stuck in the Middle? The Third Middle Period China Humanities Conference (220-1600)

June 22-25, 2023. In-person at Yale University.
April 29, 2023

Professor Stefano Zacchetti (16 January 1968 – 29 April 2020) Memorial and Book Launch

April 29, 2023. University of Oxford, Peking University, and University of Cambridge.
April 28, 2023

Workshop on Meditative Visual Experiences in Buddhist Traditions

April 28–29, 2023. In-person at Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, and on Zoom.
March 2, 2023

Engaged Buddhism for an Engulfed World: New Perspectives on Humanistic Buddhism

August 9–12, 2023. Hong Kong, China.
March 2, 2023

Sinification, Globalization or Glocalization?: Paradigm Shifts in the Study of Transmission and Transformation of Buddhism in Asia and Beyond

August 9–12, 2023. Hong Kong, China.
March 2, 2023

Buddhism, Science and Technology: Challenges to Religions from a Digitalized World

August 9–12, 2023. Hong Kong, China.
February 8, 2023

Canonical, Non-Canonical and Extra-canonical: Interdisciplinary and Multi-media Studies of the Formation, Translation and Transmission of Buddhist Texts

This conference has been relocated and re-themed. See updated announcement.
December 7, 2022

Conference: Site-Image-Object: Rethinking Place in Chinese Visual and Material Culture

December 7-9, 2022. University of British Columbia.
December 5, 2022

Buddhism in Indonesia: Past and Present Conference

December 5-6, 2022. Hebrew University of Jerusalem
November 25, 2022

‘Thus Have I Heard’: Patterns and Logics in Buddhist Narrative Literature

November 25-27, 2022. Hybrid, with the Research Center for Buddhist Texts and Art at Peking University.
August 12, 2022

Religions and Local Society in the Historical, Comparative, and Theoretical Perspectives

August 12–14, 2022, ONLINE with University of British Columbia
July 29, 2022

How Zen Became Chan: Pre-modern and Modern Representations of a Transnational East Asian Buddhist Tradition

July 29–31, 2022 ONLINE with Yale University
June 19, 2022

Performing Theravāda: A Workshop at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

June 19–21, 2022. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rabin building, Mt. Scopus, Room 3001
May 31, 2022

Buddhism in China Today: A Seminar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

May 31, 2022. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Beit Maiersdorf, Room 502.
April 29, 2022

Bones of the Buddha: The Materiality, Textuality, and Musicality of Relics in Japanese Religions

Keynote April 29, 2022; Conference April 30, 2022. Room 133, Humanities Quadrangle, Yale University
April 1, 2022

Workshop & Lecture Series: Buddhism, Physics, and Philosophy Redux

April 1–3, 2022. University of California, Berkeley, Alumni House, Toll Room.
April 1, 2022

Workshop with Emerging Scholars and Chunwen Hao: Chinese Buddhism and Dunhuang Manuscripts

April 1, 2022, 1:30 PM–2:00 PM EDT. Princeton University. Jones Hall 202.
November 7, 2021

From Jetavana to Jerusalem: Sacred Biography in Asian Perspectives and Beyond

November 7–9, ONLINE with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yale University.
October 14, 2021

A Forest of Knowledge about the Texts and Images regarding Buddhist Saints, Sages, Translators, and Encyclopedists

October 14–16, ONLINE with Yale University and Zhejiang University.
October 8, 2021

China, India, and Iran – Scientific Exchange and Cultural Contact

October 8-9, ONLINE with the Needham Research Institute (NRI), the Ancient India and Iran Trust (AIIT), and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (FAMES) at Cambridge University
September 25, 2021

2021 Reading Mahāyāna Scripture Conference

September 25-26, 2021, Oxford University
August 14, 2021

East Asian Buddhist Worldmaking

August 14-16, 2021 ONLINE with Harvard FAS CAMLab.
April 15, 2021

Reevaluating Mountain Practice in Premodern Japan: Buddhist Studies Workshop with Kikuchi Hiroki

April 15, 2021, with KIKUCHI Hiroki (University of Tokyo). ONLINE, via Zoom.
October 17, 2020

Indian Classical Arts and Literary Theories Workshop 2020: Cultural Traditions and Local Knowledge in South and South-East Asia

October 17, 2020 1:00-5:30pm (Beijing time). Online with Peking University.
July 16, 2020

Indian Classical Arts and Literary Theories Workshop 2020: Research Progress

July 16, 2020 9:30-12pm (Beijing time). Online with Peking University.
July 4, 2020

Transmission of Buddhism in Asia and Beyond

ONLINE July 4-6, 2020 in collaboration with Princeton University
July 4, 2020

[UPDATED] Enduring Discoveries of the Cosmopolitan, Multicultural, Expansive and Relative Orthodoxies in the Study of East Asian Buddhism, History, Manuscripts, Archaeology, Literature, Art, and East-West Exchanges

July 4–6, 2020 ONLINE with Princeton University. CFP deadline May 15, 2020 | POSTPONED - Geumgang University | POSTPONED - Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”.
February 10, 2020

Workshop: When a new Generation comes up: Buddhist Leadership and Lay People in Contemporary China

February 10, 2020. University of Hamburg.
January 13, 2020

Cambridge-Hamburg-Paris Graduate Student Conference: Chinese Manuscript Culture

January 13, 2020. Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient in Paris, France.
November 15, 2019

Conference: Site and Sight: Chinese Pagoda

Friday, November 15-16, 2019. Harvard University, Arthur M. Sackler Building, Room 427.
October 31, 2019

Workshop: The Buddhist Art of Bagan

Lilian Handlin (Independent Scholar), Donald Stadtner (Independent Scholar). Thursday, October 31, 2019. Yale University, Henry R. Luce Hall, Room 203.
September 21, 2019

Workshop on Writing and Reading Buddhist Translations in Medieval China

Organized by Stefano Zacchetti (University of Oxford). September 21-22, 2019. University of Oxford.
August 20, 2019

International Conference on the Production, Preservation and Perusal of Buddhist Epigraphy in Central and East Asia

August 20–21, 2019. Oxford, UK.
May 17, 2019

Cambridge Hamburg Graduate Student Conference: Chinese Manuscript Culture

May 17-18, 2019. University of Cambridge.
May 17, 2019

Original Thoughts: A Conference in Honor of Jacqueline I. Stone

May 17-18, 2019. Princeton University.
May 6, 2019

Seminar “Readings from the Ratnamegha-sūtra”

May 2019, University of Oxford.
April 27, 2019

Figuring the Future: Visions and Techniques in the World’s Religions

April 27, 2019. Yale University, Institute of Sacred Music, Miller Hall.
April 19, 2019

Korean Buddhism at the Crossroads: In Search of a New Paradigm for Early Modern and Modern Korean Buddhist Studies

April 19-20, 2019. Yale University.
April 17, 2019

Cambridge Dunhuang Studies Conference 2019

April 17-18, 2019. St. John's College, University of Cambridge.
April 13, 2019

Conference: Buddhist Values and Economics: Investing in a Sustainable Future

Buddhist Values and Economics: Investing in a Sustainable Future Programme Schedule Reports Gallery Videos In the context of Buddhist values, the concept of wealth and the […]
November 26, 2018

Seminar on Sattva/Satva, zhongsheng and youqing, synonymous or not

November 26, 2018. Oriental Institute, University of Oxford.
September 9, 2018

Workshop on Buddhism and the Religious Other

Hosted by Christopher V. Jones (University of Oxford). September 9-10, 2018. University of Oxford.
September 1, 2018

History of Chinese Buddhism Conference (in Chinese)

September 2018. Peking University.
August 30, 2018

International Conference on Buddhist Manuscript Cultures: On the Production and Preservation of Buddhist Manuscripts in Central and East Asia

International Conference on Buddhist Manuscript Cultures: On the Production and Preservation of Buddhist Manuscripts in Central and East Asia (August 30-31, 2018; Cambridge, UK) The Buddhist […]
August 29, 2018

Conference: Production and Preservation of Buddhist Manuscripts in Central and East Asia

August 29-31, 2018; Cambridge, UK.
August 21, 2018

Conference: Varieties and Patterns of Manuscripts in Medieval Japan

August 2018, University of Hamburg.
July 3, 2018

Conference: Fourth International Conference on the Wutai Cult: Identity and Networks in Buddhism and East Asian Religions

July 3-5, 2018. Mount Wutai.
June 1, 2018

Workshop on Exploring Mahāyāna Sūtra Anthologies: Reading workshop on the Zhujing yaoji (T 847)

June 2018, University of Oxford.
April 20, 2018

Buddhist Beasts: Reflections on Animals in Asian Religions and Culture

April 20-22, 2018. St John's College. University of British Columbia.
December 9, 2017

Workshop on Mahāyāna and the Precepts: Readings from the Fanwan jing and the Baoliangju jing (Ratnarāśisūtra)

9:30 am - 5:30 pm, December 9 2017. University of Oxford.
November 10, 2017

Third International Conference of Huayan Studies and Symposium of Second International Huayan Culture Festival

November 2017, Peking University.
September 16, 2017

Chinese Manuscripts from Bamboo Slips to Buddhist Scrolls: Forms and Practices, Continuities and Innovations

September 2017, University of Cambridge.
January 15, 2017

International Conference on Buddhist Manuscript Cultures

January 20 – 22, 2017, Princeton University.