Academic Projects - Buddhism in South-East Asia.
ORGANISATIONAL BACKGROUND PDF Print E-mail

The OCBS is a newly-formed Recognised Independent Centre of Oxford University (RIC). It has already provided a two-year Temporary Lecturer in Buddhist Studies at the Oriental Studies Faculty, and has secured the endowment of Europe’s first permanent post in Buddhist Studies, which is to be advertised any day now, with a view to an appointment taking effect by October 2007. At this stage, it is not possible at short notice to specify which additional sources of funds will be available to match any Templeton contribution. That said, the OCBS can, with some confidence, state that any provisional commitment of funds for this project will almost certainly generate matching inputs from elsewhere. We already have excellent links with both Thailand and Singapore, upon which we are actively building. Further details are available on request.

ORGANISATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Funding is required for:

  • The creation of four three-year Junior Research Fellowships — registered for MPhil/DPhil in Oxford. Two of these to be specifically designed for SE Asian nationals as a capacity building measure.
  • An annual Senior Research Fellowship scheme
  • A Visiting Speaker and Mini-Symposia programme
  • An annual themed conference – not necessarily in UK
  • Creation of a comprehensive library of “ephemera” - press-cuttings, broadcast material, et cetera
  • Publication programme
  • Maintenance of a website, in cooperation with OCBS, to disseminate information to the scholarly community, government agencies, NGOs, press and the general public
  • Development of an internet discussion forum focusing on issues such as:
    • good governance
    • financial (mis)management
    • conflict resolution
    • “Asian values”
    • minority rights
    • environmental issues

TIMETABLE

YEAR 1

  • Establish office base and staffing in association with the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies
  • Arrange supervisory structures for Fellows
  • Appoint first Senior Research Fellow
  • Appoint two Junior Research fellows
  • Initiate Visiting Speaker programme
  • Arrange and hold two mini-symposia
  • Develop library and website
  • Plan first conference
  • Seek additional funding

YEAR 2

  • Appoint second Senior Research Fellow
  • Appoint two Junior Research fellows
  • Arrange and hold two mini-symposia
  • Hold first conference
  • Plan second conference
  • Continue Visiting Speaker programme
  • Supervise Junior Research Fellows
  • Continue building library and website
  • Publish symposia and Visiting Speaker papers
  • Publish scholarly monograph/s – SRF programme
  • Seek additional funding

YEAR 3

  • Appoint third Senior Research Fellow
  • Arrange and hold two mini-symposia
  • Hold second conference
  • Plan third conference
  • Continue Visiting Speaker programme
  • Supervise Junior Research Fellows
  • Continue building library and website
  • Publish symposia and Visiting Speaker papers
  • Publish scholarly monograph/s – SRF programme
  • Publish proceedings of first conference
  • Continue building library and website
  • Ensure first group of Junior Research Fellows complete doctoral studies in good time
  • Seek additional funding

YEAR 4

  • Appoint fourth Senior Research Fellow
  • Arrange and hold two mini-symposia
  • Hold third conference
  • Plan additional conferences
  • Continue Visiting Speaker programme
  • Supervise Junior Research Fellows
  • Continue building library and website
  • Publish symposia and Visiting Speaker papers
  • Publish scholarly monograph/s – SRF programme
  • Publish proceedings of second conference
  • Continue building library and website
  • Ensure second group of Junior Research Fellows complete doctoral studies in good time
  • Seek additional funding
 
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