H-Buddhism

Dialogue with fellow scholars, sharing resources and ideas is of benefit to our individual research, and for the Buddhist scholastic community as a whole. There is a plethora of valuable academic communities, resource archives and projects to bring researchers together in this way. Though already well known, today we would like to take the time to write briefly about the H-Buddhism project, supported through H-Net. H-Net, or Humanities and Social Sciences Online is a extensive project designed to facilitate online communications between social scientists. H-Buddhism joined H-Net’s many branches in 2001 and has been a growing database and source of scholastic interaction since. H-Buddhism is open to those with an academic background in Buddhist study, including advanced students, professors and independent scholars (for specifications, see https://networks.h-net.org/node/6060/pages/23146/about-h-buddhism). The primary intention of H-Buddhism is described as: “to enable specialists in Buddhist studies to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to test new ideas and share comments and tips on teaching.” Other resources besides discussion forums are also available. These include facilities for students such as Buddhist studies links and information on Buddhist Studies graduate programs. Literary resources are available in the form of Journals for Buddhist studies and the H-Buddhism Zotero bibliography as well as reviews on recently published works. Teaching resources are also part of H-Buddhism with discussion logs and syllabi. University job listings, research projects and conferences are posted as well as fellowship announcements. Since H-Buddhism is provided for and by Buddhist scholars, calls for papers by anyone organizing Buddhist study conferences is also encouraged. For more information on registration and what H-Buddhism offers, visit: https://networks.h-net.org/h-buddhism