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Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship

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Co-Director


Staff Members


Advisory Board

  • Prof. Dr. Dramdul (China Tibetology Research Center, Beijing)
  • Prof. Dr. Franz-Karl Ehrhard (University of Munich)
  • Prof. Dr. Harunaga Isaacson (University of Hamburg)
  • Prof. Dr. Leonard van der Kuijp (Harvard University)
  • Prof. Emeritus Dr. Katsumi Mimaki (University of Kyoto)
  • Prof. Dr. Akira Saito (University of Tokyo)
  • Prof. Dr. Cristina Scherrer-Schaub
    (University of Lausanne & EPHE, En Sorbonne, Paris)
  • Prof. Emeritus Dr. Lambert Schmithausen (University of Hamburg)
  • Prof. Dr. Francesco Sferra (University of Naples “L’Orientale”)
  • Prof. Dr. Weirong Shen (Renmin University of China)

Editorial Board (ITLR)

  • Dr. Orna Almogi (University of Hamburg) 
  • Prof. Dr. Martin Delhey (Qingdao Research Institute of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shandong University)
  • Prof. Dr. Harunaga Isaacson (University of Hamburg)
  • Dr. Anne MacDonald (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
  • Dr. Kiyonori Nagasaki (DHII and SAT, Tokyo)
  • Prof. Dr. Francesco Sferra (University of Naples “L’Orientale”)
  • Prof. Masahiro Shimoda (University of Tokyo)
  • Dr. Toru Tomabechi (DHII, Tokyo)
  • Dr. Peter Verhagen (Leiden University)
  • Prof. Dr. Dorji Wangchuk (University of Hamburg)


ITLR Advisors, Collaborators, and Contributors

  1. Dr. Orna Almogi (University of Hamburg) – ITLR Coordinator
  2. Alexander Cherniak (Jerusalem)
  3. Dr. Martin Delhey (University of Hamburg)
  4. Prof. Dramdul (China Tibetology Research Center) – Advisor
  5. Prof. Harunaga Isaacson (University of Hamburg) – Editor
  6. Dr. Sabine Klein-Schwind (university of Hamburg)
  7. Dr. Kenichi Kuranishi (Research Fellow of Taisho University)
  8. Dr. Anne MacDonald (Austrian Academy of Sciences) – Editor
  9. Dr. Giuliana Martini (Research Associate, The Italian School of East Asian Studies, Kyoto)
  10. Patric McAllister (University of Heidelberg)
  11. Prof. Emeritus Katsumi Mimaki (University of Kyoto) – Advisor
  12. Dr. Kiyonori Nagasaki (DHII and SAT, Tokyo) – Editor & DH
  13. Ms. Ayako Nakamura, Mag. (University of Hamburg) 
  14. Mr. Hodo Nakamura, MA (University of Kyoto/Hamburg)
  15. Dr. Margherita Serena Saccone (University of Naples “L’Orientale”)
  16. Prof. Akira Saito (University of Tokyo) – Advisor
  17. Prof. Emeritus Lambert Schmithausen (University of Hamburg) – Advisor
  18. Prof. Francesco Sferra (University of Naples “L’Orientale”) – Editor
  19. Prof. Weirong Shen (Renmin University of China)
  20. Prof. Masahiro Shimoda (University of Tokyo) – Editor
  21. Dr. Péter Dániel Szántó (University of Oxford)
  22. Dr. Toru Tomabechi (SAT, University of Tokyo) – Editor
  23. Dr. Peter Verhagen (Leiden University)
  24. Prof. Dorji Wangchuk (University of Hamburg) – Editor
  25. Mr. Eric Werner (University of Hamburg)
  26. The Vikramaśīla & Vihara Projects
  27. University of Tsukuba, ICR
  28. Nicola Bajetta (University of Hamburg) – Editor
  29. Ryan Conlon (University of Hamburg) 
  30. Dr. Giuliano Giustarini (Mahidol University) 

ITLR Fellows

  • Dr. Margherita Serena Saccone
    ITLR Fellow: 17–22.11.2017
  • Dr. Toshikazuo Watanabe (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
    ITLR Fellow: 01–10.12.2016
  • Dr. Yasutaka Muroya (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
    ITLR Fellow: 01–10.12.2016
  • Dr. Lata Mahesh Deokar
    ITLR Fellow: 01.11–31.12.2016
  • Dr. Sayaka Kishi (University of Tsukuba, Tokyo)
    ITLR Fellow: 1.6–31.8.2015
  • Dr. Giuliano Giustarini 
    ITLR Fellow: 11-24.05.2015
  • Dr. Sabine Klein-Schwind
    ITLR Fellow: 15.06.–14.09.2014
    ITLR Fellow: 01.01.–31.03.2014
    ITLR Fellow: 01.04.–30.06.2013
    ITLR Fellow: 01.11.2012-31.01.2013
  • Dr. Boram Park
    Post-Doc Research Fellow & ITLR Fellow: 10.2012–07.2014
  • Alexander Cherniak
    ITLR Fellow: 23.03.–06.04.2013
  • Dr. Patrick Mc Allister
    ITLR Fellow: 22.03.–06.04.2013
  • Dr. Kenichi Kuranishi
    ITLR Fellow: 28.09.–27.12.2012
  • Dr. Anne MacDonald
    ITLR Fellow: 09.12.–23.12.2012
  • Dr. Serena Saccone
    ITLR Fellow: 15.11.–04.12.2012
  • Dr. Giuliana Martini
    ITLR Fellow: 01.07.–15.09.2011
  • Péter-Dániel Szántó
    ITLR Fellow: 01.08.-12.08.2011

Visiting Scholars & Exchange PhD Students

  •  Dr. Wenzhuo Zhang, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, PRC. Recipient of the China Scholarship Council (CSC). 2022–
  • Zha Xi, Renmin University of China, Beijing, PRC. Recipient of the China Scholarship Council (CSC). 2021–
  • Keiki Nakayama (Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Department of Literature, Graduate School of Letters Division of Literature). Recipient of the The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers. 2019–2020.
  • Mengxi Li (Renmin University of China). Recipient of the China Scholarship Committee. 2018–2019.
  • Atsuki Nakagami (University of Tokyo). Recipient of the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK) Fellowship. 2017–2018.
  • Kanako Shinga (International College for Post- Graduate Buddhist Studies, Tokyo). Recipient of the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK) Fellowship. 2017–2018.
  • Dr. Toshio Horiuchi (Institute of Oriental Studies and the International Research Center for Philosophy, Toyo University). Recipient of the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK) Fellowship. 2016–2017.
  • Dr. Volker Caumanns, “Die Einsetzung der „Herren der Lehre” in Sa-skya: Inszenierung von religiöser Autorität und weltlicher Macht in einem Ritual in Tibet des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts.” Funded by the DAAD. 2015.
  • Dr. Boram Park’s Post-Doctoral Project, “An Investigation of the Buddhāvataṃsakasūtra Extant Only in Tibetan Translation.” 2012–2014.


Associate Post-doctoral Local Researchers

Former Associates


Doctoral Local Researchers

  • Theresa Maria Bachhuber on “The Five Blue Water-Lilies and Five Swords: A Study of Mi-pham rNam-rgyal-rgya-mtsho’s (1846–1912) Decalogy with the Title ’Jam dpal gyis rjes su gnang ba’i bstan bcos utpal lnga dang ral gri lnga.”
  • Taewoo Kim on “’Ba’-ra-ba rGyal-mtshan-dpal-bzang’s (1310–1391) Interpretation of the Buddha-Nature Doctrine.”
  • Christine Boedler on “A Study of Kong-sprul’s Treatise on Filling in Stūpas and Statues.”
  • Shanshan Jia on “Investigation of the Tenth Chapter of the Laṅkāvatārasūtra together with Jñānaśrībhadra’s Commentary in Tibetan Translation.”
  • Tashi Wangdi “‘A Sanskritic Treasure Trove’ (Legs sbyar bang mdzod): A Text-Critical Study of the Anthology of Sanskrit Verses Collected by A-mdo dGe-’dun-chos-’phel (1903–1951)” (submitted).
  • Sonam Choden “An Exposition of Tantric Buddhism: A Study of the Earliest Tibetan ‘Presentation of the Tantric Systems in General’ (rGyud sde spyi’i rnam gzhag) by Lo-chen Rin-chen-bzang-po (958–1055).
  • Nicola Bajetta, “Rong-zom Chos-kyi-bzang-po’s Explanation in Three Points: A Commentary on the Correct Recitation of the Names of Mañjuśrī (’Jam dpal gyi mtshan yang dag par brjod pa’i ’grel pa rnam gsum bshad pa), An Early Tibetan Commentary on the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti.
  • Mr. Sonam Jamtsho, “Sa-paṇ’s Dialectics: A Historical and Philological Study of the Tshad ma rigs gter”.

Corresponding Members

Student Assistants

  • Jingyi Yang
  • Yeshi Lhamu
  • Sherab Younten
  • Sonam Jamtso
  • John Nitowski
  • Dilan Yildiz
  • Sonam Choden
  • Mr. Tashi Wangdi
  • Mr. Eric Werner
    Student Assistant & Webmaster: 2013–2014
  • Mr. Julian Schott, MA
    ITLR Student Assistant: 01.08–31.12.2013
  • Mr. Henning Seidel
    Student Assistant & Webmaster: 01.03.2011–31.12.2012