Pacific World at 100: Women in American Buddhism

Please join us at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Diego on Friday November 22 for a roundtable discussion and reception to celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies.

Founded by Yehan Numata in 1925 while he was a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, the Pacific World was originally a monthly publication fostering inter-cultural connection between the United States and Japan. The journal featured articles on Japanese Buddhism and culture and was distributed widely across North America and Asia. Due to funding issues, the Pacific World ceased publication after four years.

With the generous support of Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai, founded by Yehan Numata in the post-war years, the Institute of Buddhist Studies revived the Pacific World as an annual academic journal in 1982. Now in its fourth series, the Pacific World is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal produced by the…