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Newsletter DMCT-2022-08-04
Note on the first BETA-version publication
Link to a recent paper on DMCT

A DATABASE OF MEDIEVAL CHINESE TEXTS



A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT OF GHENT CENTRE FOR BUDDHIST STUDIES AND DHARMA DRUM INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS


Editor in Chief/Project Director

Christoph Anderl [CA] (Ghent University)

Project Co-directors

Marcus Bingenheimer [MB] (Digitization/Mark-up; Temple University)
Joey Hung (Digitization/Mark-up supervisor; DILA)
Lin Ching-hui [JH] 林靜慧 (Mark-up/Editor Variant Characters; DILA)

Text Input, Mark-up, Editing

Laurent Van Cutsem [LVC] (Text input/Mark-up/Editor Variant Characters)
Manuel Sassmann [MS] (Editor Epigraphy/Stone Sutras in China, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften [HADW])
Lia Wei [LW] (Editor Chinese Medieval Rock Inscriptions, INALCO)
Zeng Chen 曾辰 (Editor/Contributor: Chan Phrases Database; Xihua University)
Stephanie Van Rentergem [SVR] (Editor Variant Characters)
Zhang Bo-yong [ZBY] 張伯雍 (Digitization/Mark-up/Variant Characters)

Expert Advisors

Neil Schmid [SMD] (Dunhuang Literature; Dunhuang Academy)
Christian Wittern [CW] (Chan Transmission Texts/Databases; Kyoto University)
Imre Galambos [IG] (Dunhuang Manuscripts/Variant Characters; Zhejiang University)

Interns

2016: Ruth Vervaet [RV], Satsuki Harada [SH]
2019: Julie Dewaele [JD]
2020: Shao Jun [SJ], Qu Lichen [QLC], Pieter Weyens [PW]
2020-2021: Wu Taoyu [WTY], Yang Yuting [YYT], Zino Horemans [ZHS]
2021-2022: Zhou Sitong [ZST], Zhou Xiaodi [ZXD], Zhang Longyu [ZLY]
2023-2024: Cao Tinglu [CTL], Zhou Zhichen [ZZC], Wang Xuting [WXT]
2024-2025: Sielke Boel [SBL]

Database programmers/design

Christian Bell [CB] and Jan Schrupp [JS]


FUNDING INSTITUTIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT


BOF - Special Research Fund Ghent University fwo - Research Foundation Flanders Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies

Tianzhu Academic Network Frogbear - From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions Dunhuang Research Academy Kyoto University Xihua University

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