[INDOLOGY] Workshop Announcement: HISTLING Exchange Workshop on Buddhist Philology

[Yixiu Jiang]

Dear List Members,

The Trinity Center for Asian Studies would like to invite Indology List
Members to the HISTLING Exchange Workshop on Buddhist Philology, hosted by
the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies and supported by the Trinity Centre
for Digital Humanities.

HISTLING Exchange is an interdisciplinary event that brings together
philologists, computational linguists, and scholars of religious studies to
offer a comprehensive investigation into the future of Buddhist philology
in the age of digital humanities and AI research. The event builds on the
background of public-facing education in ancient languages provided
annually through the Summer School for Ancient Trans-Himalayan Languages at
Trinity (SSATH). Through SSATH and other associated events, the Trinity
Centre for Asian Studies aims to show how the knowledge of ancient
languages can inform research across disciplines, while instruction in
computational research methods introduces students to digital humanities
and its relationship to philology.

For details of the workshops and speakers, please refer to the attached
booklet. For further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us
directly at ssathtcd at gmail.com.

*Date and Place*

   - *Date:* November 16–20, 2026
   - *Time:* 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Dublin time)
   - *Platform: *Hybrid (In Person + Live Zoom Broadcast)

*Programme (All times are in GMT)*

The main workshops will run for four consecutive days (Monday – Thursday),
while the fifth day will consist of a morning roundtable discussion on AI
in Buddhist philology and a one-time workshop on AI-assisted textual
scholarship in the afternoon.

*16–19 November (Monday through Thursday)*

9:00–10:30 - Workshop 1: Textual criticism of Late Indian Buddhist
Literature (Péter-Dániel Szántó; Eötvös Loránd University)

11:00–12:30 - Workshop 2: Beyond Kucha: Tracing a Distinct Regional
Buddhist Tradition in Yanqi/Agni (Ruixuan Chen; Peking University)

14:00–16:00 - Workshop 3: From a Scholar's Problem to an AI Task: How to
Translate Buddhist Philology Work Into Solvable Tasks for AI Systems (Kai
Golan Hashiloni; Reichman University + The University of Hamburg)

*20 November (Friday)*

10:00–12:30 - Roundtable: Buddhist Philology in the World of AI Roundtable
Discussion (Péter-Dániel Szántó, Ruixuan Chen, Kai Golan Hashiloni, Nathan
Hill, Yixiu Jiang)

14:00–16:00 - Workshop 4: Responsible AI-Assisted Textual Scholarship (Jake
Moore; Lawrence Technological University)

*Register*

Google Form: https://forms.gle/56aGBp7ZmSiCSwPe9

*Participant Action Items & Submission Deadlines*

*Participant Registration Deadline: *November 1, 2026
*Zoom Delivery: *The meeting link will be distributed via Google Form to
registered emails 24 hours prior to the event.

*Contact Information*
Summer School for Ancient Trans-Himalayan Languages (SSATH)
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Email: ssathtcd at gmail.com
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