August 18-23, 2014
Dr. Alexander Wynne gave a lecture on ‘The critical edition of the Pāli canon being prepared at Wat Phra Dhammakāya’ at 17 th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies held at University of Vienna, Austria. His presentation covered overview of DTP’s work (MS digitization, computer programs, methods of selecting the MSS, and methods of preparing a critical edition) and the editorial policy established for the Tipiṭaka project as a whole.
February 5-7, 2014
DTP members participated the 16th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2014, held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in November 2014. Under the theme of “The Emergence of Digital Libraries Research and Practices”, the topics of the conference were divided into 5 areas, of which the “Digital Humanities” was specifically highlighted because it is an emerging issue and the aspect of Asia-Pacific’s digital humanities is quite unique and exclusive.