CfP: Production and Distribution of Buddhist and Other Religious Texts in Chinese Societies

July 8–11, 2025
Inalco, Paris, France

This conference is sponsored by the Glorisun Charity Foundation 旭日慈善基金, administered by the Glorisun Global Network for Buddhist Studies 旭日全球佛教研究網絡 (https://glorisunglobalnetwork.org) at Peking University (represented by its Research Center for Buddhist Texts and Art 北京大學佛教典籍與藝術研究中心) and at the University of British Columbia (represented by its FROGBEAR project www.frogbear.org), and hosted by the Centre d’études interdisciplinaires sur le bouddhisme (CEIB) and the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco) in Paris, France. It will take place from July 8, 2025 (arrival) to July 11, 2025 (departure) in Inalco.

We hope to have presentations dealing with various time periods and areas (including the sinophone world outside of China) as well as religious traditions (Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, local cults, sectarian traditions, Islam, Christianity, and more) and genres, from scriptures to narratives, liturgy, ethics, historical records, and more.

The organizing committee cordially invites the submission of papers related to the conference theme. We are now enrolling about 10 scholars from all over the world to join the approximately 25 scholars whose participation has been confirmed. All associated costs, including room and board during the conference, will be covered by the host institutions. Depending on necessity and the availability of funding, some travel cost may also be covered. Please email proposals (1/2 to 1 page) and CVs to frogbear.project[at]ubc.ca by January 6 (Monday), 2025.

This conference is planned as part of our annual International and Intensive Program on Buddhism (details TBA).

Please check https://glorisunglobalnetwork.org/production-and-distribution/ for full details and latest updates.