24 Nov 2009

UK Association for Buddhist Studies (UKABS)
www.ukabs.org.uk, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Self-description:
"The UK Association for Buddhist Studies is an open association which publishes the academic journal Buddhist Studies Review. "Th[e] association aims to act as a focus for Buddhist Studies in the UK, and is open to academics, post-graduates, and unaffiliated Buddhist scholars or interested Buddhist practitioners. Currently, the scholarly study of Buddhism in the UK is carried out by lone individuals or fairly small groups of people in any one location. Moreover, scholars may be located in a range of departments: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Comparative Religion, Law, Oriental Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, Religious Studies, Theology and Religious Studies, etc. [... UKABS] seeks to foster communication between those working in various fields: Buddhism in South, Southeast, Central, and East Asia; historical and contemporary aspects (including developments in 'Western' Buddhism); theoretical, practical, and methodological issues; textual, linguistic, archaeological and art-historical studies."
Site contents:
* Buddhist Studies Review (BSR) (History of the Journal and its Editorial board, Current Issue of BSR [TOC only], Previous issues of BSR: Vol. 1, No. 1, 1983-4 till Vol. 23, No. 1, 2006 [TOCs only]);
* News & Events;
* Resources [a section is under construction] (# Pali Literature [an archive of the previous website's material on Pali Literature], # Publishers of books [Web-sites of publishers and distributors of books on Buddhism], # Bibliographies [Buddhism in Europe: An Annotated Bibliography on its Historical Development and Contemporary State of Affairs, By Martin Baumann], # School Teachers' resources [a planned section]);
* UKABS Committee;
* Constitution;
* How to Join the Association;
* Quick Links (How to renew your Membership, Equinox (Publishers of BSR), Related Organisations, Contact UKABS).
URL http://www.ukabs.org.uk
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract - ed.]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info. / Study/ Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30