New issue of Buddhist Studies Review, the journal of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies, is now available, the first edited by my good friends Naomi Appleton and @halleoneal.bsky.social at Edinburgh. Subscription is required to view the contents. journal.equinoxpub.com/BSR/issue/vi...

For those interested in kintsugi and Buddhist repair in art and ritual, I'm doing a few events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival @edincollegeofart.bsky.social @asianstudiesed.bsky.social

Lecture on Buddhist Repair, Spiegeltent, 17 Aug 10:30
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Scottish RME teachers:

Buddhism Discovery Day: 12 June, 10am-2.30pm
University of Edinburgh

Includes Q&A with Thai Buddhist monk, meditation with Zen Buddhist priest, Buddhist Studies taster lectures, and Treasure Hunt for Buddhist art at National Museum of Scotland. Contact halle.oneal@ed.ac.uk

I’m excited to be giving on a talk on paper, reuse, and collage in Japanese Buddhist rituals for anyone in the Cambridge, MA area. Come say hello if you’re free!

Dear researchers who are interested in pre-modern Japan,

NDL's OCR, now released, can read kuzushi-ji characters with such accuracy, despite the fact that it can be easily operated on a PC with a GUI. Please try it!
github.com/ndl-lab/ndlk...

The OCR result of the beginning of The Tale of Genji:

New Fully-Funded PhD Scholarship in Buddhist Studies at University of Edinburgh. Open specialism: art history, religious studies, literature, etc. Please spread the word! Applications due 20 January:

Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Scholarship:
buddhist-studies.ed.ac.uk/2025-khyents...