Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, A.
Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, A. on the DRL
| English Phonetics | Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa |
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| Sort Name | Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Amy |
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| Website: | https://www.oxy.edu/academics/faculty/amy-holmes-tagchungdarpa |
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- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Occidental College
Biographical Information
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa is an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Occidental College. She is the author of The Social Life of Tibetan Biography: Textuality, Community, and Authority in the Lineage of Tokden Shakya Shri (Lexington, 2014), which explores the trans-Himalayan lineage of Tokden Sakya Sri that spanned communities in eastern Tibet, western China, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Ladakh, and beyond. Her current research focuses on Buddhism, book culture, language, and community formation across the Himalayas. (Source: A Gathering of Brilliant Moons, 329)
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Full Name[edit]
Affiliation[edit]
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama History Department, 300 Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Education[edit]
Ph.D. Australian National University
Other Information[edit]
- Email: aholmes12@bama.ua.edu
Research Interests:
- Cultural history of the Himalayas and western China
- Modes of authority in the Tibetan cultural sphere
- The modern history of cultural interchange in borderland areas of the Tibetan cultural sphere- Sikkim, Kham, Bhutan, Ladakh
- The creation of memory and indigenous historiography in Asian societies
- Tibetan lay religious lineages
Recent Publications:
- “Contesting and Coalescing Definitions of Lay Buddhist Communities in Tibet: A case study of the lineage of Togden Shakya Shri (1853- 1919),” in Proceedings from Lay Buddhist in Everyday Life Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2007. Seoul: Chongji Education Office, 2007.
- “The Making of a Bhutanese Buddha: Preliminary Remarks on the Biography of Tenzin Gyatso, a Bhutanese Scholar- Yogi,” in Journal of Bhutan Studies, Volume 16, Summer 2007.
- “Bone and Heart Sons: Real and Imagined Kin in the Creation of Tibetan Buddhist Family Lineage,” in Liz Wilson (ed.). Family in Buddhism: Asian Buddhist Constructions of Kinship and Religious Authority. Forthcoming, 2009.
Current Projects:
- Mapping Constellations of Power in Himalayan Buddhism: The Life and Lineage of Togden Shakya Shri (1853-1919)
- The Genealogy of the Lhathog Kings