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@gmail.com.

Date and Place
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@gmail.com