ONLINE CONFERENCE ON BUDDHISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS

1-14th October 1995

Sponsored by The Journal of Buddhist Ethics

In view of the many expressions of interest received the editors of the
Journal of Buddhist Ethics are pleased to announce that the proposed 
conference is now ON and will take place between the above dates.

Please note that as the medium of the conference will be email, there is
no need to be CONTINUOUSLY available between these dates, although it 
would be desirable to have regular access to a terminal for the duration
of the conference.

1) Conference Papers

Papers will be published electronically in a special edition of the JBE
in advance of the conference. Plain text (ASCII) and hypertext  (HTML 
for the World Wide Web) versions of the papers will be available. It is
hoped that the proceedings of the conference will subsequently be
published in book form. The subject matter of the papers may be of a 
social, political, or philosophical nature and deal with contemporary or
historical themes in the general field of Buddhism and Human Rights. 
Papers should be around 5,000 words in length and must be received by 
August 31st 1995. Please contact the editors if you would like to discuss
a proposal for a paper.

2) Conference Panel

The function of a panelist is to comment on the papers presented and
participate in general discussion about Buddhism and human rights. 
Panelists may be academics, politicians, representatives of human rights
organizations, or individuals (lay or clergy) who have knowledge or
experience of human-rights problems and abuses in Buddhist cultures. 
Please notify the editors if you would like to participate as a panel
member.

3) Conference Members

The conference will be a public one on the list JBE-L and anyone is
welcome to "attend" free of charge. To attend the conference you 
subscribe to the list, and you may unsubscribe when the conference ends.
Comments can be made, and questions put to the authors of the papers and
to the panel. All comments from the "floor" will be moderated. 
Subscriptions can be taken out at any time before the conference from now 
onwards by sending an email message as follows:

To: Listserv@psuvm.psu.edu
Subject:
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SUB JBE-L (Your name here)

Example:
SUB JBE-L MICHAEL FOX

Subscribers to the list will be kept up to date with new developments.

Note: If you have already notified us of your interest there is no need to
do so again. Everyone who replied to our original enquiry indicating their
wish to participate in a panel or submit a paper will shortly receive a 
personal mailing.

Enquiries about the conference, panels, and papers should be sent to
jbe-ed@psu.edu

The Editors
Journal of Buddhist Ethics