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- Searching for translators of Chinese Buddhist texts
- Conference on Sutra Transmission and Translation (on behalf of the Ven. Yifa)
Searching for translators of Chinese Buddhist texts
Dear Colleagues in Buddhist StudiesWe are in search of translators for two texts for the ongoing English Translation of the Chinese Tripitaka project, sponsored by Society for Promotion of Buddhism (BDK):
1) 『達磨多羅禅経』 (Dharmatara-dhyāna-sūtra) Taisho No. 618 (25 Taisho
pages)
2) 『那先比丘経』 (*Nāgasena-bhikṣu-sūtra)) Taisho No. 1670 (16 Taisho
pages)
Our translation fee is U.S.$350 per Taisho page ($250 paid when the manuscript is accepted and the remaining $100 when the text is published). Ideally, we wish the translation to be completed within 5 years.
For those interested, please submit by email:
1) Your resume or bio. Your brief statement explaining the reasons for wanting to translate the text would be appreciated.
2) Two references (name, title, affliated institution,emails) where we can contact them when needed.
3) Submission Deadline: Feburuary 15, 2016
4) Submit to: Email: kktanaka@gamma.ocn.ne.jp (If I do not confirm your submission within 2 days, please send inquiry.)
Thanking you in advance for your interest.
Kenneth K. Tanaka, (Professor, Musashino University, Tokyo)
Member, Editorial Committee of English Translation of the Chinese Tripitaka,
Society for Promotion of Buddhism (BDK)
Conference on Sutra Transmission and Translation (on behalf of the Ven. Yifa)
Conference
on Sutra Transmission and Translation
June
15-June 18, 2016, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China
The
Woodenfish Foundation and the Dunhuang Research Institute are pleased to
announce the conference on “Sutra Transmission and Translation” that will be
held Wednesday, June 15 – Saturday, June 18, 2016 at Dunhuang, Gansu Province,
China. The conference is hosted in honor of Master Hsing Yun, founder of Fo
Guang Shan; Stanley Weinstein, Professor Emeritus at Yale University; and Lewis
Lancaster, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, for their great contributions to
Buddhism, and will also recognize the retired professors who are attending the
conference for their contributions to Buddhist studies.
The
conference will feature eight panel sessions as well as tours of the Mogao
Caves at Dunhuang, and the Yulin Caves. Over fifty international and Chinese
scholars are expected to participate in the panels, roundtable discussions, and
paper presentations.
In
addition to a number of invited scholars, we are opening the conference to
other scholars and PhD students who may attend as observers.
While
they must pay for their own travel, room and board will be offered for up to 20
observer attendees.
To
apply to attend the conference as an observer, please send a brief letter of
interest and your CV to dunhuang@woodenfish.org,
no later than February 29, 2016.
Panelists
tentatively include:
Christoph
Anderl, Ghent University
Tim
Barrett, SOAS, University of London
Stefan
Baums, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich
Marcus
Bingenheimer, Temple University
Mark
Blum, UC Berkeley
William
Bodiford, UCLA
Jens
Erland Braarvig, University of Oslo
Robert
Buswell, UCLA
Lucille
Chia, UC Riverside
James
Dobbins, Oberlin College
Ron
Dziwenka, New Mexico State University
Peter
Gregory, Smith College
Paul
Groner, University of Virginia
Charles
Jones, Catholic University of America
Miriam
Levering, University of Tennessee
Dan
Lusthaus, Harvard University
Michael
Markovich, The Catholic University of America
Jan
Nattier, UC Berkeley
Morten
Schlütter, University of Iowa
Robert
Sharf, UC Berkeley
Henrik
Sørensen, Seminar for Buddhist Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark
Daniel
Stevenson, University of Kansas
Paul
Swanson, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
Tanya
Storch, University of the Pacific
Sam
van Schaik, British Library
Albert
Welter, University of Arizona
Greg
Wilkinson, Brigham Young University
Jiang
Wu, University of Arizona
