Tsering shakya biography of abraham
Tsering Shakya
Tibetan scholar
Tsering Wangdu Shakya (Tibetan: ཚེ་རིང་དབང་འདུས་ཤཱཀྱ་, Wylie: Tshe-ring Dbang-'dus Shaakya) (born ) is a historian and scholar on Tibetan literature and modern Tibet and its relationship with China. He is currently Canadian Research Chair in Religion and Contemporary Society in Asia at the Institute of Asian Research at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia where he teaches in the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program, and also works for Radio Free Asia.[1]
Early life
Shakya was born in Lhasa, Tibet in , the youngest child in his family.
His father, headmaster of a small Tibetan school, died when he was little.
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Education and career
- B.A.
Hons, () Social Anthropology & South Asian History, SOAS, University of London[3]
- () Tibetan Studies. SOAS, University of London.Tsering shakya biography of abraham The government seems to think that if it allows any kind of cultural autonomy, it will escalate into demands for secession. Research — Expedition to Zanskar, Ladakh, led by Dr. For example, Tibet has huge quantities of mineral deposits, but they are useless unless you have the means to exploit them. This is both the topic of my doctoral thesis and of a larger research project that explores the emergence of modern Tibetan literature.
Thesis: Dondrup Gyal and the Search for Tibetan Modernism: A Study of Dondrup Gyal’s Literary Works[3]
- Ph.D. () Tibetan Studies. School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Thesis: The Emergence of Modern Tibetan Literature Since [3]
He convened the first International Conference on Modern Tibet Studies in at School of Oriental and African Studies.
He taught at the Centre of Refugee Studies at the University of Oxford. From to he was a research fellow in Tibetan Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.[1]
Selected publications
- Shakya, Tsering W.; Harris, Clare (), Seeing Lhasa: British Depictions of the Tibetan Capital , London: Serindia
- Gyatso, Palden; Shakya, Tsering W.
(), Fire Under the Snow: The Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner (Palden Gyatso), London: Harvill Press