3月15日13時に第15期公募情報を公開いたしました。
4月1日13時より応募者登録サイトへの登録が可能です。
Information on the 15th call for applications was opened at 13:00 on 15 March.
Applicants can register on the registration website from 1 April at 13:00.
The following 14 researchers are working at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University.
:Global Type
:Tenure-track Type
Research Interests: Old Tibetan history, cultural history of Tibet
Research Topic: A comprehensive study of Old Tibetan rock inscriptions in Western Tibet
Host Department: Institute for Research in Humanities
Previous Affiliation: Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute of Foreign Studies
The Old Tibetan documents recovered from the Dunhuang manuscripts of the Mogao Cave and the other sites in Central Asia are well-known historical sources. These important primary materials provide first-hand information on both the social situation during the Old Tibetan Empire period (7th to 9th century) and the ancient culture of Tibet. Among these documents, I have focused especially on divination texts. In addition, I have visited several Cultural Tibetan areas to examine how these documented divinations were transmitted from past to present. Ladakh, one of my field research areas in Western Tibet, features many boulders spread out along the Indus River that exhibit short Old Tibetan inscriptions. In the course of my studies in Ladakh, I came to realize that we urgently need to record these uninvestigated rock inscriptions because the inscribed boulders are currently being destroyed to produce building materials. My research project aimed to demonstrate the historical significance of these rock inscriptions in Western Tibet, which are currently being lost.
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