Ritual and Materiality in Buddhism and Asian Religions: Editorial Note

T he articles in this special issue originated in the international conference we organized, 'Ritual and Materiality in Buddhism and Asian Religions', hosted by Princeton University in June 2023. 1 The conference was immensely exciting, marking a resumption of in-person academic exchange that had halted owing to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.The gathering brought together nearly fifty participants, including a keynote speaker, two discussants, twenty-one panelists, five Princeton University faculty serving as presiders, and twenty graduate attendees.They hailed from Asia, Europe, and North America.The panelists were selected by an organizing committee from more than one hundred applications; graduate attendees were chosen from almost ninety applicants.Criteria for acceptance