The Korean Association of Buddhist Studies
The Korean Association of Buddhist Studies (KABS,佛敎學硏究會) invites excellent papers in any discipline of Buddhist Studies to promote pioneering researches of early career scholars. KABS will provide an award of $3,000 to three papers based on evaluation by the committee formed of the KABS editors and guest specialists. Awarded papers will be published through KABS’s official journal, Korea Journal of Buddhist Studies (Bulgyohak Yŏngu 佛敎學硏究). KABS will also provide opportunities of publication to outstanding, but not awarded, papers.
Ph.D. students and early career Ph.Ds (who obtained the degree within 5 years, that is, after 2015) are eligible. Among multiple outstanding papers of equal merits, priority will go to papers by those who are independent scholars or on non-tenure track positions. Papers should be written in English on MS Word. Papers may be written on any topic related to Buddhism and Buddhist Studies. The deadline is Dec 31, 2020 (KST; Local Time in Seoul).
To submit your paper, please register your information and create an account on our online paper submission system (http://submission.kabs.re.kr). Any query about the details of the award may be addressed to contact@kabs.re.kr.
KABS Mujin Writing Award is established by generous support of Mujin, Kyonghwan Hwang. KABS plans to hold this writing competition every year.