Tibet

Field:Tibet, Bon Religious History
Country of origin: Nepal
Period of stay at IIAS: 1 January 2009 – 1 July 2009
Status: Affiliated fellow
Home institute: Leiden University
Research topic: The founder of Bon, the birth of a myth
Field:History and Culture of Tibet and the Indian Himalayas
Country of origin: New Zealand
Period of stay at IIAS: January 1995 – May 2009
Status: Affiliated Fellow
Home institute: Ex-SOAS, UCL
Research topic: History of the Kailas Pilgrimage
Field:Tibetan Studies
Country of origin: Italy
Period of stay at IIAS: October 2008 - March 2009
Status: Affiliated fellow, sponsored by the J. Gonda Foundation
Home institute: Facoltà di Studi Orientali, Università “La Sapienza”, Rome
Research topic: A preliminary study of the Collected Works (gSung-’bum) of Blo-ldan snying-po (14th cent.): a contribution to the study of the “latter transmission period” (phyi-dar) based on Bon textual evidence.