Marcus Bingenheimer 馬德偉 was born in Germany. He obtained an MA (Sinology) and Dr.phil (History of Religions) from Würzburg University and an MA (Communication Studies) from Nagoya University. Marcus currently works as Assistant Professor at Temple University, Philadelphia. From 2005 to 2011 he taught Buddhism and Digital Humanities at Dharma Drum Buddhist College 法鼓佛教學院, Taiwan, where he also supervised various projects concerning the digitization of Buddhist culture and was responsible for the Chinese Localization of TEI.
His main research interests are the history of Buddhism in East Asia and early Buddhist sutra literature. Currently, he is working on two very different kinds of texts: Āgama literature and Ming-Qing dynasty temple gazetteers. Next to that, Marcus is interested in the Digital Humanities and how to do research in the age of digital information.
As project director (since 2010): A Critical, Digital Edition of the Song gaoseng zhuan 宋高僧傳之校勘與數位化版本. With John Kieschnick and Jen-jou Hung. Aims at a best edition and visualization of the Song gaoseng zhuan. Funded by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange 蔣經國國際學術交流基金會.(RG001-D-09)
As project director (since 2008): Digital Archive of Chinese Buddhist Temple Gazetteers 中國佛教寺廟志數位典藏 . Digitization of 230+ Buddhist temple gazetteers 中國佛寺志. Funded by the Chung-hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies 中華佛學研究學院.
As editor and translator (since 2005): A Translation of the Chinese Madhyama Āgama, the Zhong ahan jing 中阿含經 (T.26). This long-term translation project is funded by the Numata Foundation 仏教伝道協会. (See here.) The first of three volumes is forthcoming 2013. Once completed, this project will be one of the largest translations from Buddhist Chinese into an European language.
(2008-2011) As managing director: Visualization platform for Buddhist Biographies 佛教傳記文學視覺化平台. The One Dataset - Three Views" platform offers a GIS visualization and reading platform, a social network view social network view, and a timeline view. A visualization emphasizing timeline views of the data is in work. Funded by the Haoran Foundation 浩然基金會.
(2008-2011) As managing director: Authority databases for person and place names in Buddhist sources and East Asian calendar data. (DDBC in-house project).
(2008-2010) As managing director: Spatio-temporal & image database of Buddhist Temples in Taiwan 台灣佛寺時空平台. Funded by the Haoran Foundation 浩然基金會.
(2007-2009) As project director: "Catalog Database of Republican Era Buddhist Journals 『民 國 佛 教 期 刊 文 獻 集 成』 - 書目資料庫." A bibliographic database of more than 140,000 articles from Buddhist Journals of the Republican era. (DDBC in-house project).
(2007-2008) As project director: Full-text and image file archive of the Journal Taiwan Fojiao 《臺灣佛教》 《臺灣佛教》期刊數位典藏 . Taiwan Fojiao is an important source for the study of Taiwanese Buddhism between 1950 and 1970. (DDBC in-house project)
(2007-2008) As project director: Research Archive of Material on the Manchu Buddhist Canon 滿文藏經研究資料. Funded by the Li Chunjin Foundation 李春金關懷基金會.
(2006-2009) As project director: The Chinese Localization of the TEI Markup standard. See book publication 2009 below and this website. Funded by the Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program 數位典藏與數位學習國家型科技計畫.
(2005-2008) As project director: A comparative edition and partial translation of an early Chinese Āgama sutra, the Bieyi za'ahan jing 別譯雜阿含經 (T.100), a project funded by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange 蔣經國國際學術交流基金會 (RG005-D-04).
Forthcoming 2013 (Editor-in-chief): Mingshan gusha - Zhongguo sishizhi congshu 名山古剎 ── 中國佛寺史志叢書 [Collection of Chinese Buddhist Temple Gazetteers]. 12 vols. + Index. Taipei: Xinwenfeng 新文豐. A series of 12 newly edited temple gazetteers with introductions, punctuation, maps, common era dates, images and person name index. First volumes due in 2013.
Forthcoming 2013 (Editor-in-chief, Translator): The Middle Length Discourses. Vol.1 Berkeley, CA: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research.
Co-editors: Ven. Anālayo, Rod Bucknell. The first of three volumes with the first English translation of the Zhong ahan jing 中阿含經 (T.26). This volume covers Vaggas 1-8, Fascicles 1-16, Sutras 1-71.
2011: Studies in Āgama Literature - With special reference to the Shorter Chinese Saṃyuktāgama. Taipei: Xinwenfeng 新文豐. 345 pgs. ISBN: 978-957-17-2139-2.
Can be ordered from the 新文豐 website or downloaded here as PDF [2.3 MB].
2009 (Editor-in-chief (總編輯) under the name 馬德偉): TEI shiyong zhinan - yunyong TEI chuli zhongwen wenxian TEI 使用指南──運用TEI處理中文文獻 [Chinese TEI – A guide to using TEI with Chinese texts].
Taipei: Taiwan E-learning and Digital Archive Program 數位典藏與數位學習國家型科技計畫. 384pgs. ISBN:978-986-01-8092-3.
This is the Chinese localization of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) markup standard. Download the book as PDF [7.5 MB]. Here is the introductory chapter in English. See the Chinese TEI website for more material on the standard.
2004: Der Mönchsgelehrte Yinshun (*1906) und seine Bedeutung für den Chinesisch-Taiwanischen Buddhismus im 20. Jahrhundert. [The Scholar Monk Yinshun 印順 – His Relevance for the Development of Chinese and Taiwanese Buddhism.]
Heidelberg: Edition Forum (Würzburger Sinologische Schriften). 343 pgs. ISBN: 3-927943-26-6. The book is out of print now, here is a (slightly revised) PDF-version.
[Review by Philip Clart (March 2005)]
2001: A Biographical Dictionary of the Japanese Student-Monks of the Seventh and Early Eighth Centuries. Their Travels to China and their Role in the Transmission of Buddhism.
München: Iudicium (Buddhismus-Studien / Buddhist Studies 4). ISBN: 3-89129-693-2. The book is out of print now, here is a PDF-version.
(in work) "Stylometric Analysis of Chinese Buddhist texts: Do different Chinese translations of the Gaṇḍavyūha section of the Avataṃsaka-sūtra reflect stylistic features that are typical for their age?"
(in work) "Modeling East Asian Calendars in an Open Source Authority Database"
(in work) "Confucian Tourists at Buddhist Sites - Traveling to Mount Putuo in the 16th and 17th century."
(forthcoming 2013) “The History of the Manchu Buddhist Canon and First Steps towards its Digitization.” Central Asiatic Journal Vol. 56.
2012: “Bibliographical Notes on Buddhist Temple Gazetteers, their Prefaces and their Relationship to the Buddhist Canon.” Chung-hwa Buddhist Journal 25 (2012), pp. 49-84. ISSN:1017-7132. Available online local or at the Chung-hwa Buddhist Journal website.
2011 (a): Marcus BINGENHEIMER, Jen-Jou HUNG, Simon WILES: "Social Network Visualization from TEI Data." Literary and Linguistic Computing 26(3), 2011, pp. 271-278. Doi: 10.1093/llc/fqr020. (SSCI) Free Access URL. How to encode and visualize social network information in Gaoseng zhuan 高僧傳 literature.
2011 (b): “Guanyu Bieyizaahanjing shuyu Yinguangbu songben de wenti 關於《別譯雜阿含經》屬於飲光部誦本的問題.” Hanyu foxue pinglun 汉语佛学评论 Vol.3 (2011).
2011 (c): 洪振洲 Jen-Jou HUNG, 馬德偉 Marcus BINGENHEIMER, 許智偉 Jr-Wei SHIU: “Taiwan fojiao wenhua shuwei dianzang zhi fazhan 台灣佛教文化數位典藏之發展 - Digital Archives for the Study of Taiwanese Buddhism.” 教育資料與圖書館學 / Journal of Educational Media and Library Sciences Vol. 49:1 (49卷1期) (Fall 2011), pp. 103-133. ISSN: 1013-090X. PDF available here or at the journal website.
2011 (d): 洪振洲 Jen-Jou HUNG, 馬德偉 Marcus BINGENHEIMER, 張伯雍 Bo-Yong ZHANG, 李志賢 Jhih-Sian LEE, 黃仁順 Ren-shun HUANG: “Fojiao shuwei dianzang yu GIS jishu yingyong jingyan fenxiang 佛教數位典藏與GIS 技術應用經驗分享 [Using GIS Technology in Buddhist Digital Archive Projects]” In: Xiang, Jie 項潔 (Ed.):Zong baocun dao chuanzao： kaiqi shuwei renwen yanjiu《從保存到創造：開啟數位人文研究》(From Preservation to Knowledge Creation: The Way to Digital Humanities). Taipei: National Taiwan University Press 台灣大學出版中心，2011，pp. 147-167. [PDF]
2010 (a): “Problems and Prospects of Collaborative Edition and Translation Projects in the Era of Digital Text.” In: Meisig, Konrad (Ed.): Translating Buddhist Chinese: Problems and Prospects. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 21-43. (East Asia Intercultural Studies 3) ISBN: 978-3-447-06267-1. [PDF]
2010 (b): “Zhongguo fosizhi chutan ji shumu yanjiu 中國佛寺志初探及書目研究.” Hanyu foxue pinglun 汉语佛学评论 Vol.2 (2010), pp. 377-408. [PDF]
2010 (c): Jen-Jou HUNG, Marcus BINGENHEIMER, Simon WILES: “Digital Texts and GIS: The interrogation and coordinated visualization of Classical Chinese texts." Proceedings International Conference on Computer Design and Applications ICCDA 2010.vol 1, pp.453-458. ISBN: 978-1-4244-7163-8 (EI).
2010 (d): 洪振洲 Jen-Jou HUNG, 馬德偉 Marcus BINGENHEIMER, 許智偉 Zhi-Wei XU: “漢文佛典的語意標記與應用：《高僧傳》文獻的時空資訊視覺化和語意搜尋 - Semantic markup for Chinese Buddhist texts and its Application- A Platform for Querying and Spatio-temporal Visualization of the Biographies of Eminent Monks”, (國立政治大學) 圖書與資訊學刊 (National Chengchi University) Journal of Librarianship and Information Studies. Vol.2, No.3 (No.74), Aug 2010, pp.1-24. ISSN: 1023-2125. [Pre-print]
2009 (a): “Writing history of Buddhist thought in the 20th century – Yinshun (1906-2005) in the context of Chinese Buddhist Historiography.” Journal of Global Buddhism Vol.10 (2009), pp.255-290. ISSN: 1527-6457. HTML version and PDF version at the Journal of Global Buddhism website.
2009 (b): “More Suttas on Sakka and why the Shorter Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama should not be attributed to the Kāśyapīya school” Buddhist Studies Review, 26-2 (2009), pp.127–153. ISSN: 0265-2897, DOI: 10.1558/bsrv.v26i2.127.
2009 (c): Marcus BINGENHEIMER, Jen-Jou HUNG, Simon WILES: “Markup meets GIS - Visualizing the ‘Biographies of Eminent Buddhist Monks’.” In: 13th International Conference on Information Visualisation, IV 2009, 15-17 July 2009, Barcelona, Spain. Edited by Banissi, E.; Stuart, L.J.; Wyeld, T.G.; Jern, M.; Andrienko, G.; Menon, N.; Alhajj, R.; Burkhard, R.A.; Grinstein, G.G.; Groth, D.P.; Ursyn, A.; Johansson, J.; Forsell, C.; Cvek, U.; Trutschl, M.; Marchese, F.T.; Maple, C.; Cowell, A.J.; Vande Moere, A. Piscataway/NJ: IEEE Computer Society, pp.550-554. ISBN: 978-0-7695-3733-7, DOI: 10.1109/IV.2009.91.
2009 (d): Jen-Jou HUNG, Marcus BINGENHEIMER, Simon WILES: “Quantitative Evidence for a Hypothesis regarding the Attribution of early Buddhist Translations.” Literary and Linguistic Computing (2010) 25(1): 119-134. First published online November 16, 2009. DOI: 10.1093/llc/fqp036
Proves a hypothesis concerning the (de-)attribution of 24 single sutras from the Madhyamāgama collection. Use this free-access URL for a PDF of the whole article. Click here for the abstract . (SSCI)
2008 (a): “The Suttas on Sakka in Āgama and Nikāya Literature – with some remarks on the attribution of the Shorter Chinese Saṃyukta Āgama.” Buddhist Studies Review, 25-2 (2008), pp.147-171. ISSN: 0265-2897
Part of the BZA project.
2008 (b): “The Bhikṣuṇī Saṃyukta in the Shorter Chinese Saṃyukta Āgama.” Buddhist Studies Review, 25-1 (2008), pp.5-26. ISSN: 0265-2897
Part of the BZA project.
2007 (a): “Māra in the Chinese Saṃyuktāgamas.” Buddhist Studies Review, 24-1 (2007), pp. 46-74. ISSN: 0265-2897
Part of the BZA project.
2007 (b): “Some Remarks on the Usage of Renjian Fojiao 人間佛教 and the Contribution of Venerable Yinshun to Chinese Buddhist Modernism.”
In: Development and Practice of Humanitarian Buddhism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Mutsu Hsu, Jinhua Chen, and Lori Meeks (Eds.). Hua-lien (Taiwan): Tzuchi University Press, 2007, pp. 141-161. ISBN: 978-986-7625-08-3 . [PDF (scan)]
2006 (a): “The Bieyi za ahan jing – Preliminary Findings.” Buddhist Studies Review, vol.23-1 (2006), pp.21-60. ISSN: 0265-2897
Part of the BZA project.
2006 (b): Justin RITZINGER, Marcus BINGENHEIMER: “Whole Body Relics in Chinese Buddhism – Previous Research and Historical Overview.” The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies No.7 (2006), pp.37-94. ISSN: 0972-4893
This article is part of a research project on Buddhist whole-body relics undertaken with a group of collegues during 2003-2005. See also 2006 (c) and 2005. [pdf version 1 (2006)]
2006 (c): “Roushen pusa and Corpus Integrum – Whole Body Relics in Buddhism and Christianity.”
In: Kalpakam Sankarnarayan (Ed.): The Contribution of Buddhism to World Culture. Mumbai: Somaiya Publications, pp.275-299. ISBN 817039263-2.
A comparative piece on the role of whole-body relics in Buddhism and Christianity. [pdf Version 2 (2005)]
2005: Douglas GILDOW, Marcus BINGENHEIMER: “Buddhist Mummification in Taiwan – Two Case Studies.” Asia Major 3rd Series vol.XV Part 2 (2002). ISSN:0004-4482.
Two case studies illustrating the practice of whole-body relics in contemporary Taiwan. PDF available at http://www.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/~asiamajor/
2004: “A Translation of the Tōdaiwajō tōseiden 唐大和上東征傳.” (Part 2) The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies No.5 (2004), 142-181. ISSN: 0972-4893.
Revised [pdf Version 1 (2008)] here.
2003 (a): “Issues in the Use of Electronic Markup for the Comparative Analysis of Āgama Literature.” Chung-hwa Buddhist Studies 7 (2003), 361-383. ISSN: 1026-969X.
First steps towards a combined digital edition of the Pāli-Chinese Agama Literature. Suggests a comparative markup for a bilingual edition using TEI.
2003 (b): “A Translation of the Tōdaiwajō tōseiden 唐大和上東征傳.” (Part 1) The Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies No.4 (2003), 168-189. ISSN: 0972-4893.
An annotated translation of the journey of the monk Jianzhen 鑑真 (jpn. Ganjin) to Japan. Revised [pdf Version 1 (2008)] here.
2003 (c): “Chinese Buddhism Unbound - Rebuilding and Redefining Chinese Buddhism on Taiwan.” In: Kalpakam Sankarnarayan (Ed.): Buddhism in Global Perspective. New Delhi: Somaiya Publications, 2003. Vol.2, 122-146. ISBN 81-7039-260-8
Discussion and analysis of the history and structural trends of Buddhism on Taiwan. [html Version 1 (2004)]
2002: “Kulturelle Identität aus Buddhistischer Sicht – Alte Erfahrungen einer Weltreligion mit der Gegenwart.” Fu Jen University (Hrsg.): Globalisierung und Identität. Taipei: Fu Jen University, 2002, 292-308. ISBN: 957-0439-41-6.
Discussion of the usage of “cultural identity”. Compares an early Buddhism doctrine (anātman) with one theory in modern European philosophy (Derek Parfit).
1997: “秋田武松 - 深海魚 - Akita Takematsu, ein Fisch der Tiefe.” Kotoba no Kagaku ことばの科学 No.10 (1997) (Nagoya Daigaku Gengobukabu 名古屋大学言語文化部), p.135-163.
Translation of twenty poems by Akita Takematsu (1915-200?), a poet who spent his life in one of Japan’s leper colonies. [pdf Version 1 (2005)]
2012: Christoph ANDERL, Christian WITTERN, Marcus BINGENHEIMER (Guest Editors) : Chung-hwa Buddhist Journal - Special Edition: Digital Text and Digital Resources. Vol 25.
“Heart of Buddha, Heart of China: The Life of Tanxu, a Twentieth Century Monk” by James Carter, for the Journal of Chinese Religion Vol. 40 (2012), pgs. 97-99.
“Burning for the Buddha” by James A. Benn, for The Journal of Religion Vol. 88 (April 2008), pgs. 269–270.
“The Politics of Buddhist Organizations in Taiwan” by André Laliberté, for Pacific Affairs July 2005 (Volume 78 Summer).
see Tools for Buddhist Studies
2013.04.05 Workshop @ Digitalization for the Humanities, Rice University, Houston, TX: "An introduction into Markup with TEI". Poster here.
2013.03.19 Paper @ Conference: Second International Conference on the Chinese Buddhist Canon, University of the West, Rosemead, CA: “Collation Strategies for the Buddhist Canon – Past, Present and Future: Frequency and Impact of Character Variance in Canonical Editions of the Song Gaoseng Zhuan 宋高僧傳 (T.2061)”
2013.03.08 Presentation @ Symposium: Advances in Digital Humanities for Buddhist Studies, Mangalam Research Center for Buddhist Languages, Berkeley: “Collation Strategies for the Buddhist Canon in a Digital Environment”
2013.03.03 Presentation @ Symposium, Oriental Club of Philadelphia: "Digitization and Visualization of Chinese Buddhist Biographies"
2012.11.27 Presentation @ Digital Humanities Workshop, Center for the Humanities, Temple University: "Visualizing Chinese Buddhist Biographies" Poster here.
2012.11.11 Workshop @ University of Pittsburgh: "Introduction to the Use of Buddhist Temple Gazetteers - An Interactive Workshop with Marcus Bingenheimer" [workshop website]
2012.10.25 Presentation @ Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series, Center for the Humanities, Temple University: "Mount Putuo and its Gazetteers - Landscape and Text in the Creation of a Sacred Buddhist Site in China" Distinguished poster here.
2012.07.18 Paper @ Conference: Digital Humanities 2012, Hamburg: "Stylometric Analysis of Chinese Buddhist texts: Do different Chinese translations of the Gandhavyūha reflect stylistic features that are typical for their age?"
2012.05.27 Lecture @ Workshop Translating the Words of the Buddha, Khyentse Foundation & University of Hongkong. May 26 -28, 2012: “Chances and Challenges for Collaborative Translation in the Age of Digital Text”
2012.05.23 Invited Lecture @ Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan. “Digital Humanities – Long Term Trends and Current Issues”
2011.11.04 Workshop @ Power of Compassion: Paths of Transmission of Avalokiteśvara Across Asia The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH), University of Virginia
2011.09.17 Presentation @ Mugen Project Workshop Creating a Bibliography for Buddhist Studies, Los Angeles: "Buddhist Bibliographies - Past and Present"
2011.06.30 Lecture @ Dongguk University 東國大學, Seoul: "Creation of Digital Reseources For Buddhist Studies"
2011.06.28 Presentation @ Conference: Daejanggyeong: A Millennium Commemoration of the Tripitaka Koreana in 2011, Daegu 대구: "A Digital Research Archive for the Manchu Buddhist Canon"
2011.06.24 Presentation @ Conference: IABS 2011, Dharma Drum Buddhist College: "Ming-Qing Travelogues concerning Mt. Putuo"
2011.04.15 Presentation @ Conference: The Current Situation and Future Prospects of Manchu Studies 满学的现状与课题, Korea University, Seoul: "Manwen dazangjing de zhuangzuo yu lishi 满文佛教大藏经的装作与历史"
2011.04.07 Presentation @ Workshop for the use of the Chinese Biographical Database (CBDB) and Research in Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing history. 「中國歷代人物傳記資料庫（CBDB）暨唐宋元明清史研究」工作坊, Academia Sinica, Taipei: "介紹 DDBC 人名規範資料庫"
2011.01.07-11 Presentations @ Tengyur Translation Conference, Sarnath: "Collaborative Translation Projects in Chinese Buddhism - Past and Present"
2010.12.18 Lecture @ Conference: Thought of Master Yinshun in the World of Today 印順導師的思想與當代世界, Kuala Lumpur: "Tan Yinshun Daoshi de zaahanjinglunhuibian yu bieyi zaahan jing de guishu 谈印顺导师的「杂阿含经论会编」与别译杂阿含经的归属"
2010.11.22-23 Presentation @ Dongguk University, Seoul: "Documented, distributable datasets and services for Buddhist Studies"
2010.11.10-13 Poster @ TEI Membership Meeting, Zadar University: "Social Network Visulalization of Chinese Buddhist Biographies" (Refereed)
2010.10.09-13 Workshop @ Mahachulalongkorn University: Constructing a Union Catalog of Buddhist Texts.
2010.08.06 Workshop @ Heidelberg University: “A Geographic Information System (GIS) for Sichuan Buddhism”
2010.07.12-14 Workshop @ Hamburg University: “TEI Markup for Asian Classical Texts”
2010.07.08 Poster @ Digital Humanities 2010, King’s College, London: “A Digital Archive of Buddhist Temple Gazetteers” (Refereed) [poster] (Refereed)
2010.06.01-02 Presentation @ ECAI workshop Fudan University, Shanghai “Cultural Atlas Content: Building/Marking Data”
2010.05.27-30 ECAI workshop meeting @ City University, Hongkong “Visual Analytics for Large Scale Heterogeneous Cultural Heritage Data”
2010.03.13 Presentation @ Conference: Cultural Crossings: China and Beyond in the Medieval Period, University of Virginia, VA: "Visualizing and Querying the Biographies of Eminent Monks".
2010.03.04 Presentation @ TELDAP 2010, Academia Sinica, Taipei: "Sources for the History of Local Religion in Late Imperial China – A Digital Archive of Buddhist Temple Gazetteers".
2010.03.03 Poster @ IEEE Pacific Visualization 2010, NTU, Taipei: "Text Query and Concurrent Geographical Visualization - a Sophisticated Interface Design using Open Source Technologies". Authors: Jen-Jou Hung, Marcus Bingenheimer, Simon Wiles. Abstract in the proceedings. (Refereed)
2009.12.16 Lecture @ Hamburg University: "Digital Resources for Buddhist Studies". As part of a Workshop on the Indo-Tibetan Lexical Resource Project: Conception, Development, Implementation.
2009.12.04 Lecture @ Dongguk University, Seminar of the Korean Association of Indian Philosophy: The Role of Similes in Indian Philosophy and Buddhism 비유를 통해 본 인도의 철학과 불교: "Adventures in Āgama studies - New Insights into textual history by comparing Chinese Āgamas and Pāli Nikāyas" PDF of the slides here.
2009.11.25 Lecture @ Seoul National University "Buddhist Digital Resources and their Evaluation". PDF of the slideshow here.
2009.09.28 Workshop "How to Markup Chinese Dunhuang Manuscripts" (with Christian Wittern) @ Conference on "Early Chan Manuscripts among the Dunhuang Findings", Oslo University. Website with workshop material here.
2009.09.18 Paper @ Conference: Buddhism and Traditions of East Asian Thought 佛教与东亚思想传统, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou: “Bibliographical notes on Buddhist temple gazetteers, their prefaces and their relationship to the Buddhist canon.”
2009.07.17 Paper @ IEEE Information Visualization IV09, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona: “Markup meets GIS - Visualizing the ‘Biographies of Eminent Buddhist Monks’.” Lecture slides here (odp).
2009.06.04 Presentation @ Sutra Translation Council, Xilai Temple, Los Angeles.
2009.05.04 Vesak Conference @ Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Ayutthaya. International Association of Buddhist Universities: Workshop on Electronic Resources.
2009.02.24 Paper @ Academia Sinica. Taiwan eLearning and Digital Archives (TELDAP) conference: “Chinese TEI Meets GIS - Tracing the 'Biographies of Eminent Buddhist Monks' through Time and Place”
2009.01.29 Lecture @ Brown University. "Eminent monks, Famous Temples, TEI and GIS." Lecture slides here (odp).
2008.12.04 Presentation @ Technical University, Hanoi: Annual PNC and ECAI meeting. "Persistent, verifiable IBA identifiers - Towards a registry of digital resources for Buddhist Studies"
2008.11.04 Poster @ TEI Membership Meeting 2008, King's College, London: “TEI meets GIS - Tracing the Biographies of Eminent Buddhist Monks, 200-1600 CE.” Poster (jpeg).(Refereed)
2008.09.04 Lecture @ Nāgarjuna Institute of Exact Methods, Kathmandu: “Chinese Agama Literature – Research on the Earliest Buddhist Texts.” Lecture slides here (pdf).
2008.07.27: Workshop @ Dongguk University, Seoul: Towards a new Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures
2008.07.04 Paper @ Universität Mainz: Translating Buddhist Chinese: Problems and Prospects - An International Workshop: “Problems and Prospects of Collaborative Edition and Translation Projects in the Era of Digital Text”
2008.06.28 Presentation @ Emory University, Atlanta: IABS Conference 2008: “Untangling Āgama Literature: A Digital Comparative Edition of the Bieyi za`ahan jing (T.100)”
2008.06.24 Presentation @ Emory University, Atlanta: IABS Conference 2008: “Between tradition and modernity: Yinshun's history of Buddhist doctrine”
2008.04.26 Paper @ Oregon State University: Chun Chiu Conference - Buddhist Activism in Greater China and Beyond, 2008: “Writing Buddhist History of Thought in the 20th Century—Yinshun (1906–2005) in the context of Chinese Buddhist Historiography"
2008.04.22 Lecture @ Berkeley University (Center for Buddhist Studies & Center of Japanese Studies): "Buddhism and Technology - Attitudes, Philosophy, and Practices"
2008.02.04-06 Lectures and Seminar Introducing Buddhism @ Presbyterian College, Clinton SC
2008.01.31 Lecture @ Columbia University (Buddhist Studies Seminar): "Concerning Buddhist Modernism: Historiography, Technology and Environmentalism"
Podcast was put up [here], here are [slides] in .odp format.
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