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In November of 2004 the Institute for Research in Humanities at Kyoto University (Jinbun kagaku kenkyūsho) will celebrate the 75th anniversary of its foundation. Established in 1929 as Tōhō bunka gakuin Kyōto kenkyūsho (to be later re-named Tōhō bunka kenkyūsho), last year the Institute has started a new life with the launching a 21st century COE Program as "East Asian Center for Informatics in Humanities".

Within the framework of this program an international symposium－co-hosted by Italian School of East Asian Studies and the École Française d'Extrême-Orient－will commemorate its foundation, bringing together twenty-six specialists from all over the world. Textual research on religious traditions in China is one of the areas in which the Institute for Research in Humanities at Kyoto University has played a dominant role over the years. The symposium will be a valuable occasion for discussing this tradition of studies and opening new perspectives for future research.

• Fang Guangchang (Shanghai Normal University)
  "The Chinese Buddhist Canon: Periodization and Features in Different Periods of Its History" 　(Abstract)
• Karashima Seishi (The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University, Tokyo)
  "A Project for a Buddhist Chinese Dictionary"　(Abstract)
• Ochiai Toshinori (International College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies, Tokyo)
  "Old Japanese Manuscripts and the Literature of Chinese Buddhism: On the Composition of the Youpose wujiefa from the Kongōji and Its Circulation"　(Abstract)

• Wang Bangwei (Beijing University)
  "'No Shadow in the Sun at Luozhou': A Re-examination of the Passage in Yijing's 義淨 Nanhai jigui neifa zhuan 南海寄歸内法傳"　(Abstract)
• Enomoto Fumio (Osaka University)
  "Usefulness of Chinese Translations for the Study of Buddhism"　(Abstract)
• Funayama Tōru (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)
  "Forgery and Compilation of Buddhist Scriptures: The Yijiao sanmei jing 遺教三昧經 and the Shelifu wen jing 舍利弗問經"　(Abstract)
• Antonino Forte (Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale", Italy)
  "Chinese Sources on Divākara 地婆訶羅"　(Abstract)

• Liu Shufen (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
  "Ceremonial for Tea (chali 茶禮) and Hot Water (tangli 湯禮) as Seen in the Chanyuan qinggui 禪苑清規 (Pure Regulations for the Garden of Chan)"　(Abstract)
• Silvio Vita (Italian School of East Asian Studies)
  "Monks and Texts in Stone Inscriptions during the Tang, with Special Reference to Dazangjing 大藏經 Collection"　(Abstract)
• Jean-Noël A. Robert (École Pratiques des Hautes Études, France)
  "Translation Strategies in Dharmaraksa's 竺法護 Version of the Lotus Sutra, with Special Reference to Chapter 3 ("Parable")"　(Abstract)

• Lin Wushu (Sun Yat-Sen University, Canton)
  "A Wide-Scale Comparison of Chinese Manichean and Nestorian Scriptures"　(Abstract)
• Max Deeg (Universität Wien, Austria)
  "Digging out God from the Rubbish Heap: The Chinese Nestorian Documents and the Ideology of Research"　(Abstract)
• Rong Xinjiang (Beijing University)
  "Heresy in the Eyes of Tang Dynasty Buddhism and Daoism: The Nestorian Christians"　(Abstract)
• Hamada Masami (Kobe University)
  "The Guizhen zongyi 歸眞總義 and Its Central Asiatic Background"　(Abstract)

• Judith Magee Boltz (University of Washinghton, Seattle)
  "Reconsidering the Story of Xu Xun 許遜, Patriarch of Jingming dao 淨明道"　(Abstract)
• Franciscus Verellen (École Française d'Extrême-Orient)
  "The Illumination of Ritual: Lu Xiujing’s 陸修靜 Reflections on the Retreat"　(Abstract)
• Monica Esposito (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)
  "The Secret of the Golden Flower 金華宗旨 and the Establishment of the Longmen 龍門 Lineage at Mt. Jin'gai 金蓋 during the Qing Dynasty"　(Abstract)

• Li Yuanguo (Academy of Social Sciences of Sichuan)
  "Celestial Writing and Cloudy Seal Script (tianshu yunzhuan 天書雲篆): Texts of Talisman Diagrams in Daoism and their Analysis"　(Abstract)
• Wang Chengwen (Sun Yat-Sen University, Canton)
  "'Astronomical' Beliefs in Lingbao Daoism and the Doctrinal Development of the Ancient Lingbao Scriptures, with Special Reference to the Dunhuang Manuscript of the Taishang lingbao zhenwen duren benxing miaojing 太上洞玄靈寶眞文度人本行妙經"　(Abstract)
• Mugitani Kunio (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)
  "The Daoist Doctrinal System through the Mirror of Leishu 類書 Encyclopedias"　(Abstract)
• Kominami Ichirō (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)
  "Precious Scrolls (baojuan 寶卷) and Folk Beliefs during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with Special Reference to the Mulian 目連 Literary Tradition"　(Abstract)

• Shi Huimin (Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan)
  "Techniques for Producing Critical Editions of Digital Versions of Ancient Texts: The Case of the CBETA Electronic Text of the Taisho Canon"　(Abstract)
• Moro Shigeki (Hanazono University, Kyoto)
  "The Statistical Analysis of Large-Scale Groups of Buddhist Texts"　(Abstract)
• Christian Wittern (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)
  "The Chan School as Seen through the Tang Knowledgebase"　(Abstract)

• Matthias Arnold (Universität Heidelberg, Germany)
  "Historical Inscriptions at Cloud Dwelling Monastery 雲居寺: Preparations for a CD-ROM"　(Abstract)
• Fabrizio Pregadio (Stanford University, California)
  "Digital Resources in Daoist Studies"　(Abstract)