Tsering Shakya
Tsering (Wangdu) Shakya (* 1959 in Lhasa ) is a Tibetan historian and Tibetologist . After winning a scholarship to study Tsering Shakya at the School of Oriental and African Studies , where he made his BA in 2000 he became Master of Philosophy in Tibetology, 2004, he was with his doctoral thesis The Emergence of Modern Tibetan Literature Since 1950 Ph. D .
Works
- with Wang Lixiong : The struggle for Tibet . Verso, London 2009, ISBN 9781844670437
- with Pelden Gyatsho : I, Palden Gyatso, monk from Tibet . Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2000, ISBN 340461447X
- The dragon in the land of snows: A history of modern Tibet since 1947 . Columbia University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0231118147
Web links
- University of British Columbia : Tsering Wangdu Shakya
- Blood in the Snows by Tsering Shakya
- The Myth of Shangri-la by Tsering Shakya
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tsering Shakya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tsering Wangdu Shakya |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tibetan historian and Tibetologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lhasa |