Announcement:
The Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies
Calls for Academic Writings on Chinese Buddhism
The Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist
Studies, dedicated to research and publication in Buddhist studies, is
launching an ongoing funding project to facilitate
research and publication of book-length manuscripts on Chinese
Buddhism. Proposals
will be accepted from September 2008 to December 2011. To be eligible
for grant
funding, projects must focus on Chinese
Buddhism from
the Song to the Qing dynasties, but research methodologies may vary.
Ancillary topics
such as Confucianism, Daoism, Chinese history, politics, and so forth may also be addressed.
The
Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies -- an academic wing of Dharma
Drum
Mountain Foundation -- is one of the world's most prestigious Buddhist
institutions dedicated to the academic study of Buddhism. Among its
many
accomplishments are the Chung-Hwa
Buddhist Journal and the digitization of the Chinese Buddhist canon
(CBETA). Now Taiwan's Chung-Hwa Institute will act to establish a new
funding initiative designed
to
advance the academic study of Chinese Buddhism. The announcement coincides with the 80th
birthday of
Venerable Dr. Sheng Yen, founder of the Chung-Hwa Institute and Dharma
Drum Buddhist
College and one of Taiwan's most respected religious and academic
figures.
Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in their fields
of research. Recent graduates may apply, but published dissertations won't be considered eligible for the grant
(please read the detailed project
announcement). Further details in English will be released
soon.
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