Members' Activities
10.10.2014
Orna Almogi & Dorji Wangchuk. “Scholars and Scribes: Leveraging Computerized Tools for Navigating an Uncharted Tibetan Buddhist Philosophical Corpus.” Lecture held at TBRC, Cambridge, MA.
09.10.2014
Orna Almogi. “On the Footsteps of the Scribes, Editors, and Patrons of the National Archives’ (Kathmandu) rNying ma rgyud ’bum Manuscript Edition: A Historical-Philological Study and Natural Scientific Examinations.” Lecture held at the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.
07.10.2014
Orna Almogi & Dorji Wangchuk. “Scholars and Scribes: Leveraging Computerized Tools for Navigating an Uncharted Tibetan Buddhist Philosophical Corpus.” Lecture held at the Department of Religion, Columbia University.
23.08.2014.
Orna Almogi. “Revealed (gTer-ma) Texts in the rNying ma rgyud ’bum and Authentication Strategies as Witnessed in Their Colophons.” Panel: “Scriptural Formation and Authentication.” XVIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. University of Vienna, Austria, August 18–23, 2014.
22.07.2014.
Orna Almogi. “Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Tibetan Manuscripts and Xylographs: The State of the Art and Future Prospects.” Lecture held at the Seminar “Digital Palaeography: New Machines and Old Texts,” Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, July, 20–24.
02.07.2014.
Orna Almogi. “Computerized Tools for the Study of Tibetan Manuscripts and Xylographs: State of Affairs and Future Prospects.” Lecture held at the University of Tokyo.
30.06.2014.
Orna Almogi. “Computerized Tools for the Study of Tibetan Manuscripts and Xylographs: State of Affairs and Future Prospects.” Lecture held at the Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan.
28.06. 2014.
Orna Almogi. “The Notion of Inexpressibility in the Controversy Surrounding the Existence of the Buddha’s Gnosis.” Panel: “Language in the Traditions of Madhyamaka Thought,” 2014 International Conference on Buddhist Thought at Huafan University: Huafan University, Graduate Institute of Asian Humanities, Taipei. June 27–29, 2014.
19.12.2013.
Orna Almogi. “Masters, Monks and Myths: Introducing Tibetan Buddhism”. Presentation, Dept. of East Asian Studies, University of Malaga (UMA), December 19.
09.10.2013
Orna Almogi. “The Māyopamādvayavāda–Sarvadharmāpratiṣṭhānavāda Distinction⎯A Survey of Eleventh-Century Indian Sources.” Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing.
08.10.2013
Orna Almogi. “The History of the Transmission of the rNying ma rgyud ′bum in the Light of New Findings.” Renmin University, Beijing.
25.09. 2013.
Dorji Wangchuk. “Tibetan Buddhist Textual Studies: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches.” Lecture held at the Southwest University for Nationalities (Minzu University), Chengdu.
24.09.2013.
Dorji Wangchuk. “The Figure and Phenomenon of Padmasambhava: The Driving Forces Behind the bKa’-brgyad Cult.” Lecture held at the Center for Tibetan Studies of Sichuan University, Chengdu.
23.09.2013
Orna Almogi. “Scribes and Editors at Work: On the Making of rNying ma rgyud 'bum Editions.” Sichuan University, Chengdu.
24.08.2013
Dorji Wangchuk. “Apropos the Problems of the Theory–Praxis Dichotomy in Buddhism: The Case of the Four Applications of Mindfulness (smṛtyupasthāna: dran pa nye bar gzhag pa) in Vajrayāna.” Lecture held during the 10th Anniversary International Conference “Buddhist Meditative Praxis: Traditional Teaching and Modern Application”, University of Hong kong, China, 24–25.08.2013.
16.08.2013.
Dimitri Pauls. “From Manuscripts & Xylographs to Modern Editions: The Case of the Bodhicittabhāvanā and Its Multiple Versions.” Lecture held during the Workshop “From Manuscripts & Xylographs to Modern Editions: Buddhist Textual Scholarship in Theory and Practice.” Thimphu, Bhutan, August, 10–18.08.2013.
11.08.2013.
Orna Almogi. “Alterations, Omissions, Additions: Scribal And Editorial Interventions and A Typology of Variant.” Lecture held during the Workshop “From Manuscripts & Xylographs to Modern Editions: Buddhist Textual Scholarship in Theory and Practice.” Thimphu, Bhutan, 10–18.08.2013.
11.08.2013.
Dimitri Pauls. “Buddhist (Chos skad) Textual Scholarship: Tools and Resources.” Lecture held during the Workshop “From Manuscripts & Xylographs to Modern Editions: Buddhist Textual Scholarship in Theory and Practice.” Thimphu, Bhutan, 10–18.08.2013.
10.08.2013.
Dorji Wangchuk. “Buddhist Textual Scholarship: An Introduction.” Lecture held during the Workshop “From Manuscripts & Xylographs to Modern Editions: Buddhist Textual Scholarship in Theory and Practice.” Thimphu, Bhutan, 10–18.08.2013.
27.07.2013
Dimitri Pauls. “rDzogs-chen Ideas in the Work Meditation on Bodhicitta (Byang chub kyi sems bsgom pa) and their Relation to Other Early rDzogs-chen Tantras.” Panel: “Early Dzokchen”, XIIIth Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 21–27.07.2013.
25.07.2013
Dorji Wangchuk. “The ‘Rootless’ Mind is the ‘Root’ of All Phenomena: On the Manifold Buddhist Ontologies Proposed in the *Guhyagarbhatantra.” Panel: “Nyingma Studies – What's in a Name?”, XIIIth Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 21–27.07.2013.
25.07.2013
Orna Almogi. “The gDong dkar la Edition of the rNying ma rgyud ’bum: A New Link in the History of the Transmission of the Collection of the Ancient Tantras.” 25.07.2013. Panel: “Nyingma Studies – What's in a Name?”, XIIIth Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 21–27.07.2013.
24.07.2013
Jörg Heimbel. “Researching the Life and Times of Ngor chen Kun dga’ bzang po (1382–1456): Remarks on Recent Findings Emerging from Sa skya Related Research.” 24.07.2013. Panel: “Sakya Studies”, XIIIth Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 21–27.07.2013.
23.07.2013.
Kiyonori Nagasaki & Toru Tomabechi. “Indo-Tibetan Lexical Resource (ITLR), A Collaborative Project of the Khyentse Centre for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship (KC-TBTS) at the University of Hamburg and International Institute for Digital Humanities (DHII), Tokyo, and the SAT Daizokyo Text Database at the University of Tokyo.” Panel: “Tibetan Information Technology.” XIIIth Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 21–27.07.2013.
10.06.2013
Orna Almogi. “Tantric Scriptures in the rNying ma rgyud 'bum Believed to have been Transmitted into Tibet by Kāśmirian Paṇḍitas: A Preliminary Survey.” Conference “Around Abhinavagupta Aspects of the Intellectual History of Kashmir 9th -11th century.” University of Leipzig.
15–18.05.2013
Orna Almogi. “The National Archives' (Kathmandu) rNying ma rgyud 'bum Manuscript Edition: Distinctive Features as Clues for Its Origin and History of Transmission.” Conference on “Manuscript and Xylograph Traditions in the Tibetan Cultural Sphere: Regional and Periodical Characteristics.” University of Hamburg, Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship (KC-TBTS).
03.04.2013.
Dorji Wangchuk. “Tibetan Alphabetology: Some Reflections on the Tibetan Alphabetic System of Writing.” Lecture held within the framework of “Forschungsansätze der internationalen Süd- und Zentralasienwissenschaften,” Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg.
07.12.2012
Dimitri Pauls. “A Buried Collection – The Beginning of the Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.” Workshop “Dissolution of Manuscript Collections. 7–8.12.2012, CSMC, University of Hamburg.
05.12.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “A Rationale of Buddhist Textual Scholarship.” A keynote speech held on the occasion of the Seventh Biannual Conference on “Cross-Cultural Transmission of Buddhist Texts: Critical Edition, Transliteration, and Translation” organized and hosted by the K. J. Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies, Mumbai (December 5–7, 2012).
15.11.2012
Orna Almogi. “Manuscripts and Xylographs in motion across the Tibetan Plateau and beyond.” Conference “Manuscripts in Motion”, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, University of Hamburg, 15–17.11.2012
27.08–04.10.2012
Dimitri Pauls. Field research in Sikkim, India and Kathmandu, Nepal.
01.10.2012
Orna Almogi. “Some Highlights of Recent Tibetological and Buddhological Research Findings.” Ati Foundation, Thimphu, Bhutan.
28.–30.09.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “Fundamentals of Buddhist Philosophy.” Lecture series held at the Ati Foundation, Thimphu, Bhutan.
20.09.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “Cross-Systemic Buddhist Notions of the Middle Way: The Multiple Layers and Dimensions of Buddhist Ontology.” Lecture held at the Department of Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Bangkok.
17.09.2012
Orna Almogi. “Self-Occurring Gnosis (svayaṃbhūjñāna: rang byung gi ye shes): A Mental or a Metaphysical Entity?” Mahidol University, Thailand.
17.09.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “On the Identity and Authenticity of the *Sarvadharmacaryopadeśābhisamayatantra: A Tantric Scripture Associated with the Vikramaśīla Tradition”. Lecture held during “The Vikramaśīla Workshop,” Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo, 14.–17.09.2012.
14.09.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “A Brief Introduction to the ITLR Project and Its Linkage to the Vikramaśīla Database.” Lecture held during “The Vikramaśīla Workshop,” Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo, September 14–17, 2012.
10.–13.09.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “How is Yogācāra Philosophy Perceived in Tibetan Buddhism?” Lecture series held at the Department of Philosophy, Seoul National University, Seoul.
12.09.2012
Orna Almogi. “On the Concept of Self-Occurring Gnosis (svayaṃbhūjñāna: rang byung gi ye shes): A Historical Perspective.” Seoul University, Korea.
06.09.2012
Jörg Heimbel. “Historical Overview of the Relation between the Kingdom of Glo bo (Mustang) and the Ngor Tradition.” Panel: “Monasteries and lay people,” 3rd International Seminar of Young Tibetologists (ISYT), Kobe, Japan, 03–09.09.2013.
03.09.2012
Orna Almogi. “Tathāgatagarbha in the Tantric Tradition”, Intensive Workshop on Tathāgatagarbha, Geumgang University, Korea, 03–07.09.2012.
03.09.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “The Perception and Reception of the Tathāgatagarbha (or Buddha Nature) Theory in Tibetan Buddhism”. Lecture held during the Workshop on “Intensive Workshop on the Tathāgatagarbha in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism”, Geumgang Center for Buddhist Studies at Geumgang University, South Korea, 03.–07.09.2012.
04.08.2012
Jörg Heimbel. “Initial Notes on the Early History of the Jo gdan tshogs pa sde bzhi.” Panel IV: “Religion,” 5th Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies (BISTS), Beijing, China, 01–05.08.2012.
25.07.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “On Relative Dating of Tibetan Texts and Terms: Taking the Typology of rig 'dzin as a Case Study.” Conference on “Merkmals and Mirages: Dating (Old) Tibetan Writings.” Hosted by the "Kingship and Religion in Tibet" Project, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, 25.–27.06.2012.
24.07.2012
Orna Almogi. “Translation as Proofs and Polemics of Authentication: rNying-ma versus gSar-ma Translation Practices.” Symposium on “Cross-Cultural Transmission of Buddhist Texts: Theories and Practices of Translation,” University of Hamburg, 23–25.07.2012.
24.07.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “Tibetans on the Phenomenon of Translation.” Lecture held during a symposium on “Cross-Cultural Transmission of Buddhist Texts: Theories and Practices of Translation” (July 23–25, 2012), University of Hamburg.
01.07–13.11.2012
Tomoko Makidono. Field Research in Nepal.
22.06.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. Lecture “The Buddhist Ontology of Mereism.” Lecture held on the occasion of awarding the “Khyentse Foundation Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies, 2012.” Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg.
26.–28.05.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “A Planning Workshop on Translating the Words of the Buddha: Tibetan—Chinese.” Represented the Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship (KC-TBTS). Robert Black College, The University of Hong Kong.
23.05.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “The Mātravāda (‘Onlyism’) Ontology of Buddhist Philosophy.” The 11th Annual Conference of Asian Studies in Israel, Tel Aviv University.
16.04.2012
Orna Almogi, together with Agnieszka Helman-Wazny & Jeff Wallman, “The role of digitisation in manuscript and textual research as exemplified by their application to Tibetan manuscript culture.” Workshop: Digital Methods in Manuscript Studies, Digital Humanities Conference 2012, 16–23.07.2012, University of Hamburg.
23.05.2012
Orna Almogi. “The Eighteen Major Mahāyoga Tantras and Their Organisation within the Collection of the Ancient Tantras.” The 11th Annual Conference of Asian Studies in Israel, Tel Aviv University.
21.03.2012
Orna Almogi. “The Multiple Versions of the rNying ma rgyud ’bum Collection: A Case Study of Organisational Schemes and Compilatory Processes of Tibetan Buddhist Scriptures.” Centro di Studi sul Buddhismo, Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale.”
21.03.2012
Dorji Wangchuk.“Indo-Tibetan Lexical Resource (ITLR): An Introduction and Progress Report.” Centro di Studi sul Buddhismo, Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale.”
20.03.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. “Towards a Brief History of the rNying ma bka’ ma (“A Collection of the Transmitted Treatises of the Ancient [School of Tibetan Buddhism]”): A Case of a Repeated Rekindling of the Flame of Tibetan Textual Culture.” Centro di Studi sul Buddhismo, Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale.”
07.03.2012
Dorji Wangchuk. Lecture “Buddhistische Eudämonologie/Glückslehre.” Held at Lions-Club Hamburg 13, Hafen-Klub Hamburg, Hamburg.
03.2012–02.2013
Jörg Heimbel One Year Research Residency Grant at the Lumbini International Research Institute (LIRI), Lumbini, Nepal.
21.12.2011
Dorji Wangchuk. “Tibetan Textual Culture: Driving Forces Behind the Production, Dissemination, and Transmission of Texts”. Lecture held within the framework of the Lecture Series (Ringvorlesung) “Tibetische Textkultur – Alte Schätze, neue Entdeckungen” (Winter Semester 2011/12). Organised by the Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship (KC-TBTS) together with the Arbeitsstelle für wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung (AWW), University of Hamburg.
15.10.2011
Orna Almogi. “Die Buch- und Schriftkultur Tibets: Entstehung, Entwicklung und Instandhaltung.” A lecture held at the opening of the exhibition “Kalligraphie im Dialogue: China - Iran - Tibet”, Gallerie Atelier III, Bramstedt.
07.07–30.09.2012
Tomoko Makidono. Field Research in Nepal.
02.–03.03.2012
Jim Rheingans (with Stephan Conermann). “Narratology and Narrative Strategies in Hagiographies”. Key note presentation at the International Conference Narrative Pattern and Genre in Hagiographic Life Writing. University of Bonn (BZTN) and University of Hamburg (Center for Buddhist Studies), Hamburg.
25.06.2011
Orna Almogi. “Various Conceptions of Akaniṣṭha in the Tibetan Tradition with Special Reference to rNying-ma Tantric Sources.” Lecture held at the XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan.
25.06.2011
Dorji Wangchuk. “The Legacies of Vikramaśīla and Nālandā Monastic Seminaries in Tibet: Two Exegetical Traditions.” Lecture held at the XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan.
22.06.2011
Jim Rheingans. “Songs, Empowerments and Dialogues: Embedded Texts and their Function in Tibetan Spiritual Biographies.” Paper presented at the XVIth Congress of the International Association for Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum College, Taipeh.
22.06.2011
Carola Roloff. “Bhikṣuṇī Ordination in the Vinayakṣudrakavastu of the Tibetan Kangyur.” Lecture held at the XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan.
22.06.2011
Tomoko Makidono. “Emptiness versus Tathāgatagarbha: The Tibetan recipients of the Tathāgatagarbha-sūtras and the Prajñāpāramitā-sūtras considering what is empty and what is not empty from the gzhan-stong perspective.” Lecture held at the XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan.
21.06.2011
Tomoko Makidono. “Kaḥ-thog dGe-rtse Mahāpaṇḍita’s commentary on lCang-skya rol-pa’i-rdo-rje’s Song of the View of Madhyamaka.” Lecture held at the XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies,” Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan.
17.04.2011
Dorji Wangchuk. “The Foundation of the Order of Buddhist Nuns According to the Tibetan Translation of the Kṣudrakavastu of the Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya.” Presentation at the Numata Vinaya Conference, McMaster University, Toronto, 16–17.04.2011.
21.03.2011
Dorji Wangchuk. “Towards a Buddhist Philosophy of Dialogue and Interreligious Dialogue.” Annual Numata Public Lecture. Lecture held at McGill University, Faculty of Religious Studiesy, Montreal.
02.03.2011
Orna Almogi. “On the Problem of the Absolute in Madhyamaka.” Lecture held at McGill University, Faculty of Religious Studies, Montreal.
07.02–05.05.2012
Tomoko Makidono. Field Research in Nepal.
01.–04.2011
Dorji Wangchuk. Numata Visiting Professor in Buddhist Studies at McGill University, Faculty of Religious Studies, Montreal.
09.2010–12.2011
Jörg Heimbel. Tibetan Language Program at Tibet University (TU), Lhasa, China.
19.08.2010
Jörg Heimbel. “The History of the Four Lama Palaces of Ngor (ngor gyi bla brang khag bzhi).” Panel: “Monastic History,”12th Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Vancouver, Canada, 15.–21.08.2010.