Tsering Shakya
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Tsering Wangdu Shakya (born 1959) is a historian and widely cited expert 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 for Asian Research at the University of British Columbia
where he teaches in the Master of Arts Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAAPPS) program, and also works for Radio Free Asia
. He was born in Lhasa
and moved to India
after the Chinese invasion of Tibet. He convened the first International Conference on Modern Tibet Studies in 1990 at School of Oriental and African Studies
. He taught at the Centre of Refugee Studies at the University of Oxford
. From 1999 to 2002 he was a research fellow in Tibetan Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies
at the University of London
.
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
and its relationship with China. He is currently Canadian Research Chair in Religion and Contemporary Society in Asia at the Institute for Asian Research at the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
where he teaches in the Master of Arts Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAAPPS) program, and also works for Radio Free Asia
Radio Free Asia
Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation that operates a radio station and Internet news service. RFA was founded by an act of the US Congress and is operated by the Broadcasting Board of Governors . The RFA is supported in part by grants from the federal government of the United States...
. He was born in Lhasa
Lhasa
Lhasa is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and the second most populous city on the Tibetan Plateau, after Xining. At an altitude of , Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world...
and moved to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
after the Chinese invasion of Tibet. He convened the first International Conference on Modern Tibet Studies in 1990 at School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
. He taught at the Centre of Refugee Studies at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. From 1999 to 2002 he was a research fellow in Tibetan Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
.
Education
- Ph.D. (2004) Tibetan Studies. School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Thesis: The Emergence of Modern Tibetan Literature Since 1950
- M.Phil. (2000) Tibetan Studies. SOAS, University of London. Thesis: Dondrup Gyal and the Search for Tibetan Modernism: A Study of Dondrup Gyal’s Literary Works
- B.A. Hons, (1981) Social Anthropology & South Asian History, SOAS, University of London
Articles
- (2002) Blood in the Snows – Reply to Wang Lixiong in New Left Review, No. 15, May/June 2002 pp: 39-60. http://www.friendsoftibet.org/databank/tibethistory/tibeth3.html
- (2001) Language, Literature and Representation in Tibet in Batt, Herbert J. (ed.) Tales of Tibet: Sky Burials, Prayer Wheels, and Wind Horses. London: Rowman & Littlefield.
- (2001) Who Are the Prisoners? Tibetan Buddhism and the West in Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR), Vol 69. No. 1. pp: 183-189.
- (2000) Solving the Tibetan Problem, in Time Magazine (Asian Edition), July 17, 2000.
- (2000) The Waterfall and Fragrant Flowers, Development of Modern Tibetan Literature. in Mãnoa, A Pacific Journal of International Writings, University of Hawaii, Vol. 12, No. 2. pp: 28-40.
- (1997) "Historical Introduction" in Barnett R. & Conner V. (eds) Leaders in Tibet: A Directory, London: Tibet Information Network.
- (1996) The Man Who Wasn't Allowed to Tell the Truth: The 7th Panchen Lama in Dharamsala H.P.: Lungta, Winter 1996. pp: 24-30.
- (1996) The Panchen Lama Controversy in Tibetan Review, Vol. XXX, No. 8. pp:7-12.
- (1994) The Development of Modern Tibetan Studies and Politicization & the Tibetan Language in Barnett R. & Akiner S. (eds.) Resistance and Reform in Tibet. London: Hurst & Co.
- (1994) The Genesis of the 17-Point Agreement: The Genesis of the Sino-Tibetan Agreement of 1951in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Tibetan Studies – Fegernes, Norway, Institute of Comparative Research in Human Culture, Oslo. pp:739-754.
- (1994) with Crook, J. Monastic Economics in Zanskar in Crook J. & Osmaston H. (eds.) Buddhist Himalayan Village, University of Bristol.
- (1994) Monastic Communities in Zanskar 1980: Location, Function and Organisation in Crook J. & Osmaston H. (eds.) Buddhist Himalayan Village, University of Bristol.
- (1993) Whither the Tsampa Eaters? in Himal, Vol. 6, No. 5, 1993. pp: 8-12.
- (1991) Tibet and the Occident: The Myth of Shangri-la in Lungta, 1991. pp: 20-25.
- (1990) 1948 Trade Mission to United Kingdom - An Essay in Honour of Tsipon Shakabpa. in Tibet Journal, Vol. XV, No. 4, 1990. pp: 97-114.
- (1990) Street Voices: Songs of Lhasa in Tibet News, No. 3, June 1990. p. 3.
- (1986) The Making of the Great Game Players: Tibetan Students in England 1912-1916. in Tibetan Review, Vol. XXI, No 1. 1986. pp:12-17.
- (1983) China's New Religious Policy in Tibetan Review, Vol. XXVII, No. 11, 1983. pp:15-20.
- (1983) with Crook, J. Six Families of Leh in Kantowsky D. & Sanders R. (eds) Recent Research on Ladakh, Schriftenreihe International Asienforum, Universitat Konstanz, 1983.
- (1982) Tibetanization of Ladakh in Tibetan Review, Vol. XX, No. 1, 1982. pp: 16-19.