Per Kjeld Sørensen

Per Kjeld Sørensen (born December 18, 1950 in Frederiksberg ) is a Danish Tibetologist .

Life

From 1971 to 1982 he studied Tibetology, Sinology and Indology at the University of Copenhagen (1982 Magister Tibetology). From 1982 to 1989 he was a research assistant at the Central Asian and East Asian Institute (KU), teaching and teaching experience from Sweden, Finland, Germany and the USA. After receiving his doctorate in 1990 on the topic: Divinity Secularized. An Inquiry into the Form and Nature of the Songs Ascribed to the VIth Dalai Lama , he had an Alexander von Humboldt scholarship from 1991 to 1992 at the University of Bonn. Subject: Tibetan Buddhist Historiography. From 1994 to 2017 he was Professor of Central Asian Studies. Institute for Indology and Central Asian Studies, at the University of Leipzig .

Fonts (selection)

with Guntram Hazod: Thundering falcon. An inquiry into the history and cult of Khra-'brug, Tibet's first Buddhist temple . Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3495-9 .
with Guntram Hazod: Rulers on the celestial plain. Ecclesiastic and secular hegemony in medieval Tibet. A study of Tshal Gung-thang . Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-7001-3828-0 .
with Sonam Dolma: Rare texts from Tibet. Seven sources for the ecclesiastic history of medieval Tibet . Bhairahawa 2007, ISBN 978-99946-933-3-7 .
with Yonten Dargye: Play of the omniscient. Life and works of Jamgon Ngawang Gyaltshen an eminent 17th – 18th century drukpa master . Thimphu 2008, ISBN 99936-17-06-7 .

literature

as editors Olaf Czaja and Guntram Hazod: The illuminating mirror. Tibetan studies in honor of Per K. Sørensen on the occasion of his 65th birthday . Wiesbaden 2015, ISBN 978-3-95490-137-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Sørensen, Per Kjeld
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sørensen, Per K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish Tibetologist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 18, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frederiksberg