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Zsoka Gelle
Social and Cultural Anthropology / Tibetology
The Sacred Geography of Yolmo Gangra
Supervisor: Univ. Doz. Dr. Guntram Hazod, Univ. Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Mathes
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Zsoka Gelle is a PhD candidate in Tibetan Studies. She did her BA in History and Cultural Management (1990), and BA and MA in Oriental Linguistics focusing on Tibetan Studies (1995) at ELTE University, Hungary. She spent a few years in India doing research on Tibetan narrative traditions and studied colloquial Tibetan at Manjushree Institute, Darjeeling, India (2005-6). Her dissertation (tentatively titled ‘The Sacred Geography of Yolmo Gangra’) examines the concept of Hidden Lands in Tibetan terma literature, the religious history of Yolmo Gangra, an area of northeast Nepal, and its relationship to Tibet and Nepal between the 15th and18th century. Her work addresses issues central to Trans-Himalayan migration, identity formation and cultural transfer.
