ELTE Institute of East Asian Studies
1088 Budapest Múzeum krt. 4/F
411-6550
tavolkeletint@btk.elte.hu
Tibetan Studies
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Dr. Ferenc RuzsaHead of Department, Professor
E-mail: ruzsa.ferenc@btk.elte.hu
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Erzsébet TÓTH
E-mail: toth.erzsebet@btk.elte.hu
Graduated from Eötvös Loránd University in 1980, majoring in Russian and English (MA), then in 1992 majoring Tibetan (MA). In 2009 she obtained her PhD. She has been involved in instructing students of Tibetan studies since 1992, until 2002 as an external lecturer. In 2003 she became a full-time lecturer as a junior assistant professor. In 2010 she was appointed senior assistant professor. She gives lectures and seminars on various themes of Tibetan language and culture (e.g. Classical and Modern Tibetan language, cultural history, religious history, Buddhist art, history of Tibet, Tibetan Buddhist literature). Her special fields comprise Tibetan Buddhist literature, cultural history of Tibet, history of Buddhism in Tibet, religious art; she carries out research in linguistics and in the history of Buddhism in Tibet.
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Dr. Alexa PÉTERSenior Assistant Professor
E-mail: peter.alexa@btk.elte.hu
Alexa Péter graduated from Eötvös Loránd University in 2006, majoring in Tibetan (MA). In 2012 she obtained her PhD degree. She has been taking part in instructing students of Tibetan studies since 2001, up to 2005 as an assistant lecturer. In 2006 she became a lecturer as a junior assistant professor, then in 2014 as senior assistant professor. She gives lectures and seminars on various themes of Tibetan language and culture (e.g. Classical Tibetan language, cultural history, religious history, history of Tibet). Her special fields: various aspects of Tibetan language and culture, diverse systems of Buddhist cosmology, cultural history of Tibet, history of Buddhism in Tibet; she carries on research in linguistics and in history of Buddhism in Tibet.
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KARMA Dorjelanguage teacher
E-mail: karma.dorjee@btk.elte.hu
He studied at the Rig-lam slob-grwa Buddhist Institute in Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh, India). Graduated in 1982 as Phar-phyin (Prajnaparamita) Rab-’byams-pa in Buddhist philosophy (equivalent to BA), then in 1983 as Dbu-ma (Madhyamaka) Rab-’byams-pa (equivalent to MA). As post-graduate studies he took up Byams chos sde lnga and Mdzod (Abhidharma) courses, then in 1987 attained doctoral degree in Buddhist philosophy. From 1985 to 1990 he taught Tibetan grammar, Buddhist epistemology and subjects on Tibetan Buddhist culture in Dharamsala. He came to Hungary in 1991; first he was a lecturer at the Szeged University, later at “The Gate of Dharma” Buddhist Highschool, he taught Tibetan language and gave lectures on Buddhist logic and philosophy. Since 1992 he has been the lecturer of Eötvös Lorand University. He gives lectures and seminars on various themes of Tibetan Buddhist culture, and also teaches modern Tibetan language. His special fields comprise Buddhist philosophy (Prajnaparamita, Madhyamaka, Abhidharma), the teachings of Buddhism in Tibet, Buddhist culture of Tibet.
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