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- AWARD > Khyentse Foundation Award for Outstanding Dissertations in Buddhist Studies (Europe) open for nominations
- JOB GUIDE > H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 24 October - 31 October
- CFP> Conference of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies, Tokyo June 30 - July 2 2017
AWARD > Khyentse Foundation Award for Outstanding Dissertations in Buddhist Studies (Europe) open for nominations
by Naomi Appleton
Nominations for the Khyentse Foundation Award for Outstanding Dissertations
in Buddhist Studies, Europe will be accepted from October 1 through December
31, 2016. Accredited institutions that offer PhD programs in Buddhist Studies
or Religious Studies in Europe, including the UK, are invited to nominate one
dissertation that was submitted and/or examined in the academic years 2014-15
or 2015-16.The $8,000 award is presented by Khyentse Foundation every two years to the best PhD dissertation in the field of Buddhist Studies. In alternate years, the award goes to the best PhD dissertation in Asia. The dissertation must be based on original research in the relevant primary language or languages, and it should significantly advance our understanding of the subject or Buddhist scriptures studied.
Nominations must include four separate documents:
· Letter of recommendation by a member of the faculty and/or the chair of the department or institution
· Summary of the dissertation in English (not more than 2 pages)
· One representative chapter of the dissertation
· Full contact details for the department and for the author of the dissertation
These documents should be submitted by email to dissertations@khyentsefoundation.org.
A five-person committee will select three dissertations to be read in their entirety by all committee members. The result of the competition will be announced by June 30 of the following year.
If circumstances permit, the recipient of the award will be invited to give a lecture based on his or her dissertation at an institution selected by Khyentse Foundation.
For further information see:
http://khyentsefoundation.org/nominations-kf-award-outstanding-dissertations-buddhist-stud...
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Dr Naomi Appleton
Senior Lecturer, Asian Religions
School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh
naomi.appleton@ed.ac.uk
JOB GUIDE > H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 24 October - 31 October
by Matthew McMullen
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from24 October 2016 to 31 October 2016. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Buddhism. See the H-Net Job Guide website at
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information. To contact the Job Guide,
write to jobguide@mail.h-net.msu.edu, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.
ANTHROPOLOGY
American University - Cairo - Anthropology
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53992
The American University in Cairo - Socio-Cultural Anthropology
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53993
University of Mississippi - Croft Assistant Professor of Anthropology
and Korean Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54007
University of Tyumen - Open Rank positions in Humanities and Social
Sciences
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53974
ART AND ART HISTORY
American University - Beirut - Jabre Visiting Professorship in Art
History and Curating
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53997
LMU Munich - Research Associates/Post doc
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54012
School of Visual Arts (SVA) - Part-Time Faculty, Call for CVs
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53980
University of California - Los Angeles - Assistant Professor in Art
History/Arts of the Islamic World
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54027
University of Tyumen - Open Rank positions in Humanities and Social
Sciences
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53974
Yale-NUS College - Director of Arts Program (open rank faculty)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53999
ASIAN HISTORY / STUDIES
Arkansas Tech University - Assistant Professor, Modern Asian History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53983
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science - IT Developer, full
time, for two years
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53972
DIGITAL HUMANITIES
Arkansas State University - Assistant Professor of History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53879
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science - IT Developer, full
time, for two years
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53972
University of Tyumen - Open Rank positions in Humanities and Social
Sciences
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53974
EAST ASIAN HISTORY / STUDIES
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University - History, Modern
Britain and Empire - 2 Year Term, 2017-2018
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53976
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
University of Tyumen - Open Rank positions in Humanities and Social
Sciences
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53974
RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND THEOLOGY
Leibniz Institute of European History - Senior Researcher/Postdoc,
Digital Historical Research and Research Infrastructures
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53998
University of Chicago - Dean, University of Chicago Divinity School
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54030
University of Virginia - postdoctoral fellow and lecturer
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53991
NONE
City University of New York- Borough of Manhattan Community College -
Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor - Studio Art (Photography)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53987
City University of New York- Borough of Manhattan Community College -
Instructor/Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor - Art History (Art
of Asia/Pacific Rim)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53989
City University of New York- Borough of Manhattan Community College -
Faculty Positions
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53990
IES Abroad - Center Director, IES Abroad Beijing
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54002
IES Abroad - Center Director, IES Abroad Shanghai
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54003
Lakehead University - Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53986
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development -
Associate Professor of Food Studies, Tenured
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54001
Purdue University - Tecumseh Postdoctoral Fellowship
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=54016
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Head of Department of Chinese
Culture (Ref. 16101806)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53942
University of Queensland - Professor and Head of School
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=53996
CFP> Conference of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies, Tokyo June 30 - July 2 2017
by Scott Mitchell
Colleagues,On behalf of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies, I would like to announce the 18th Biennial Meeting of the IASBS, Mushashino University, Tokyo, June 30 - July 2, 2017.
The conference theme will be Self-Benefit and Benefit for Others in Pure Land Buddhism with a keynote lecture by Prof. Fumihiko SUEKI, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo and International Center of Japanese Studies.
The conference organizers welcome paper and panel proposals. The deadline for proposals has been extended to January 15, 2017.
Please the IASBS website for a summary of the event: http://www.iasbs.org/conferences/2017-meeting/
And the conference website can be found here: http://www.musashino-u.ac.jp/18iasbs/
Please contact 18iasbs@musashino-u.ac.jp with questions.
Sincerely,
Scott Mitchell
Institute of Buddhist Studies
Berkeley, California
