Position:
Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
Faculty / College Address:
Oriental Institute / Wolfson College
Email:
ulrike.roesler@orinst.ox.ac.uk
Research Interests:
- Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
- The Bka‘ gdams pa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism
- Tibetan narrative literature, biographies, and travelogues
Current Projects:
- The early history of Reting monastery
- Bon monasticism
Courses Taught:
- Elementary Tibetan
- Readings in classical and modern Tibetan
- Tibetan history and civilization
- Religions of Tibet
- The Tibetan literary heritage
Recent Publications:
Articles:
- 2016 “The Adventures of Rāma, Sītā and Rāvaṇa in Tibet.” In The Other Rāmāyaṇa Women: Regional rejection and response. Ed. by John and Mary Brockington with Mandakranta Bose. London, New York: Routledge, pp.44-70.
- 2015 “16 Human Norms (mi chos bcu drug) – Indian, Chinese, and Tibetan”. In The Illuminating Mirror: Tibetan Studies in honour of Per K. Sørensen on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Ed. by Olaf Czaja and Guntram Hazod. (Contributions to Tibetan Studies 12.) Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pp. 389-409.
- 2015 “Classifying Literature or Organizing Knowledge? Some Remarks on Genre Classifications in Tibetan Literature.” In Tibetan Literary Genres, Texts, and Text Types: from Genre Classiciation to Transformation. Ed. by Jim Rheingans. (PIATS 12). Leiden, Boston: Bill, pp. 31-53.
- 2015 “Narrative: Tibet.” In: Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Volume 1: Buddhist Literatures. Ed. by Jonathan A. Silk. Consulting Editors: Oskar von Hinüber and Vincent Eltschinger. (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia, 29/1) Leiden, etc.: Brill, pp. 515-523.
- 2015 “The Vinaya of the Bon Tradition.” In Hanna Havnevik und Charles Ramble (eds), From Bhakti to Bon: Festschrift for Per Kvaerne. (The Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture.) Oslo: Novus forlag.
- 2015 “How to Recognize a Useless Doctor: Excerpts from an Indian Yoga Comedy.” In C. Ramble and U. Roesler (eds), Tibetan & Himalayan Healing: An Anthology for Anthony Aris. Kathmandu: Vajra Books, pp. 589-594.
- 2014 “As it is said in a Sutra: Freedom and Variation in Tibetan Quotations from the Buddhist Scriptures in Early Bka’ gdams pa Literature.” Journal of Indian Philosophy42,4.
- 2014 “Operas, Novels, and Religious Instructions: Life-stories of Tibetan Buddhist Masters between Genre Classifications.” In: Conermann, Stephan and Jim Rheingans (eds), Narrative Pattern and Genre in Hagiographic Life Writing: Comparative Perspectives from Asia to Europe. (Narratio Aliena? Studien des Bonner Zentrums für Narratologie.) Berlin: EBV, pp. 113-139.
Books edited:
- Tibetan & Himalayan Healing: An Anthology for Anthony Aris. Edited by Charles Ramble and Ulrike Roesler.Kathmandu: Vajra Books 2015.
- Lives Lived, Lives Imagined: Biography in the Buddhist Traditions. Proceedings of the Conference held in Oxford, 28-29 April 2007. Edited by Linda Covill, Ulrike Roesler and Sarah Shaw. Boston: Wisdom Publications 2010.
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