Sessions for the upcoming conference are organized according to two themes and proposals for the respective subtopics are welcome. The first theme, “Chinese Buddhism or Thoughts of Master Sheng Yen in the Contemporary Global Context” includes the subtopics of “Chinese Buddhism or Master Sheng Yen’s Thoughts in the Socio-Religious Contexts of Modern Societies”, “Construction and Reflection on Chinese Buddhist Modernism”, and “Challenges of Modernization and Globalization in the Contemporary Chinese Buddhist Organizations”. The second theme, “Orthodoxy and Historical Imagination on Buddhism”, covers the subtopics of “Master Sheng Yen’s “Chinese Chan Buddhism”: Tradition and Innovation”, “Historical Construction of Chinese Buddhism Orthodoxy”, “Chinese Buddhism or Buddhisms: Cross-Asian Perspectives” and “Historiography and Narrative of Chinese Buddhism”. Abstracts and resumes should be submitted electronically to alina@shengyen.org.tw. The deadline for proposal submission is on Monday, January 25, 2016. For more information, please visit the website of Sheng Yen Education Foundation (http://www.shengyen.org.tw/), email or phone +886-2-23979300 ext. 15 or 16 for assistance.

Translated by Kate Wanchi Huang