Wen Hui

Department

Department of Languages and Cultures

Research group(s)

GCBS - Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies

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About

Wen Hui attained her first master’s degree in Pali & Buddhist Studies from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, complemented by another master’s degree in Religious Studies from King’s College London, UK.

She is currently pursuing her Ph.D in the Department of Languages and Cultures, affiliating with the Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies. Her present doctoral research involves an intercultural exploration, specifically focusing on the origin and development of the Three Hares motif in the Dunhuang Mogao Caves (2022-2026).

Projects

Projects as PhD researcher

A cross-cultural study of the origin and development of the 'Three Hares' motif in the Dunhuang Mogao caves (2022 - 2026)

Projects as researcher

Multicultural Dunhuang: Manuscripts and Paintings (2018 - 2025)

Activities

Conference and program

Graduate Student Conference; CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association (CUBASGA); February 19-20, 2022 (online).

Young Scholars’ Forum on Buddhist Studies and the International Conference on Contemporary Chinese Buddhism; The Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), France; July 6-24, 2019.

Conference: “Production and Preservation of Buddhist Manuscripts in Central and East Asia”, An International and Intensive Program on Buddhism at University of Cambridge; August 20-September 10, 2018.