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Mujin Prize

Mujin Prize

KABS Mujin Prize
The KABS Mujin Prize is established by kind support of Mr. Kyonghwan Hwang whose Buddhist name is Mujin. He has been an engaged Buddhist in academic and social activities for decades, as his profile shows:
  • the President of the Ulsan Buddhist Broadcasting System
  • the 13th Chairman of the People to People International, Korea National Headquarter
  • Board Member and Member of Research Committee of the Korean Institute for Buddhist Studies Association, Inc. (韓國佛敎硏究院)
  • Senior Fellow of the Center of Early Buddhist Studies
  • the Honorary President of the Kyungbook Daily News
  • the President of the Jinyang Tanker Co., Ltd.
  • the President of the Gyeongju ICS Co., Ltd.
How to Apply

The 3nd Award Announcement KABS Mujin Writing

The Korean Association of Buddhist Studies (KABS) 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 [Sep 30, 2022]). 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 2016) 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, 2021 (KST; Local Time in Seoul).

To submit your paper or query about the details of the award, please email 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.

 

Committee

The KABS Mujin Prize Executive Committee

Prof. Dr. Sung Yong Kang (Chair of the Committee)
  • Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
Prof. Dr. Sangyeob Cha
  • Geumgang Center for Buddhist Studies, Geumgang University
Dr. Yoon Kyung Cho
  • Academy of Buddhist Studies, Dongguk University
Prof. Dr. Hyoung Seok Ham
  • Department of Philosophy, Chonnam National University
Prof. Dr. Sung Chul Kim
  • Geumgang Center for Buddhist Studies, Geumgang University
Prof. Dr. Seung-Taek Lim
  • Department of Philosophy, Kyungpook University
Prof. Dr. Bo-Ram Park
  • Department of Philosophy, Chungbuk National University