Jobs, funding, gatherings and living organisations in Buddhist studies — all in one place.
Faculty vacancies, postdoctoral fellowships and PhD admission cycles — checked and confirmed still open as of this writing.
Deadlines shown are as published by the institution — always confirm on the linked page before applying, since postings can close early or extend. This list will fall out of date faster than the rest of the site; if a deadline shown here has clearly passed, tell us and we'll remove it.
Where to find open positions, fellowships and postdocs in Buddhist studies.
Individual postings go stale within weeks, so instead of listing specific roles here, this links straight to boards that stay current. Add sources in SITE_DATA.recruitment.
Currently active funding for research, translation, fieldwork, language study and visiting positions in Buddhist studies.
Only currently-active programmes are listed here — funders occasionally pause or close programmes (for example, Khyentse Foundation's scholarship and grant programmes are paused as of March 2026), so entries are removed when a programme stops accepting applications. Always confirm current deadlines on the funder's own site before applying. Add or update entries in SITE_DATA.fellowships.
Broader humanities funding not specific to Buddhist studies, but directly relevant to historical, philosophical or textual work in the field.
Add or update entries in SITE_DATA.humanitiesFellowships.
Not currently open — kept here so you can see when the next cycle is likely to open, and how competitive recent rounds have been.
Add or update entries in SITE_DATA.closedFellowships.
A live-updating feed of talks, symposia and calls for papers, loaded directly from source websites.
These entries load in your browser straight from each institution's own public RSS feed — nothing is copied or stored on our end, and the list refreshes itself whenever they publish something new. Add more sources via LIVE_FEEDS in the page source.
Major multi-year Buddhist studies conferences with dates already set.
An annual global Buddhist conference held every May around the full moon of Vesak, hosted at a different country each year (Wuxi, China in 2026). This official site always shows the current year's dates, theme and host venue once announced — check here for next year's details as they're published.
26–28 May 2027, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS University of London.
31 July – 4 August 2028, University of British Columbia. Panel proposal deadline: 28 February 2027.
These are large, multi-year-notice conferences unlikely to be superseded quickly — dates confirmed directly from the organisers as of this writing. For anything shorter-notice, check the live feed above or the resources below.
Where to find calls for papers and event listings that update far more often than this page can track manually.
Organisations bringing Buddhist practice into social and humanitarian work.
A pan-Asian network connecting socially engaged Buddhist groups and practitioners.
inebnetwork.orgApplies Buddhist teachings to peace, social justice and environmental work.
buddhistpeacefellowship.orgA global Buddhist humanitarian organisation active in medicine, relief and education.
tzuchi.orgA Buddhist-inspired community development movement founded in Sri Lanka.
sarvodaya.org
Ancient