Welcome to UKABS Conference 2023. 

We are delighted to welcome you to one of the first ever Buddhist Studies conferences at the University of St Andrews. The University of St Andrews is situated within a picturesque town, on Scotland’s stunning east coast. Founded in 1413, St Andrews is Scotland’s oldest university, and today one of the leading universities in the UK.

For the conference, Negotiating Boundaries in Buddhism and Buddhist Studies, we are pleased to be welcoming over seventy-five speakers - scholars and postgraduates - from around the world. Panels and papers will be on a breadth of topics that fall within the rubric of ‘negotiating boundaries’. There will be panels and papers on different aspects of Buddhist doctrine and Buddhist traditions, as well as on interactions and exchange. Academics from both within Buddhist Studies and without will share their research on assumed boundaries within and between schools of Buddhism, on aspects of ritual and practice that cross thresholds between one religion and other, on Buddhism’s and Buddhist influences – ancient and modern – within the realms of art, law, culture, politics and science.    

We hope you will join us for what promises to be a rich and stimulating programme of panels, papers and events.

For information and enquiries please email: UKABS@st-andrews.ac.uk