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Gift establishes new Shinjo Ito Postdoctoral Fellowship in Buddhist 
Studies at UC Berkeley

January 23, 2009

BERKELEY - The Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of
California at Berkeley is pleased to announce the establishment of the
Shinjo Ito Postdoctoral Fellowship in Buddhist Studies. The new
fellowship is supported by a generous $1 million gift from the
Shinnyo-en Foundation.

The Shinjo Ito Postdoctoral Fellowship in Buddhist Studies will offer 
distinguished recent graduates of doctoral programs around the world
the opportunity to spend one academic year, with the possibility for
extension for a second academic year, at UC Berkeley's Center for
Buddhist Studies. Fellowship recipients will have the opportunity to
advance their research, as well as to contribute to the vitality of the
Center for Buddhist Studies intellectual community through
participation in Center events, workshops, and teaching
responsibilities (one course per semester).

The Shinnyo-en Order was established in 1938 by the Most Venerable
Archbishop Shinjo Ito, who wished to foster among all people,
regardless of spiritual belief, a culture of active public service as 
a way to achieve lasting understanding and harmony. UC Berkeley's
Center for Buddhist Studies is honored to enter into this partnership 
with Shinnyo-en, in the interest of promoting excellence in the field 
of Buddhist Studies.

Applications for the first Shinjo Ito Postdoctoral Fellowship in
Buddhist Studies will be solicited in the Fall of 2009, for appointment
to begin in the fall of 2010.




______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu