Ronis, J.
| English Phonetics | Jann Ronis |
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| Sort Name | Ronis, Jann |
Tibetan calendar dates
| Website: | https://www.bdrc.io/people/jann-ronis/ |
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- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- BDRC
- Teachers
- Germano, D. · Schaeffer, K.
PhD University
- University of Virginia
Education
2009 - Ph.D. University of Virginia
Biographical Information
Jann Ronis is a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism and completed his PhD at the University of Virginia in 2009. His dissertation was about the history of Katok Monastery and Buddhist academy in eastern Tibet, located on one of the major trading routes linking Tibet to China. More recently his research has explored contemporary Tibetan literature. After completing his PhD he held postdocs in Paris and UC Berkeley. He taught at the latter for 7 years until becoming the executive director of the Buddhist Digital Resource Center in 2018. (Source: 2018 Lotsawa Workshop Presenter Bio)
Publications
"A Letter To the Queen" in A Gathering of Brilliant Moons: Practice Advice from the Rimé Masters of Tibet, eds. Holly Gayley and Joshua Schapiro (Wisdom Publications), 2017, pp. 109-122.
"The Prolific Preceptor: Si tu paṇ chen's Career as Ordination Master in Khams and Its Effect on Sectarian Relations in Sde dge." Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, no. 7, August 2013, pp. 49-85. http://www.thlib.org?tid=T5751.
"Deeds of the Dergé King" in Sources of Tibetan Tradition, eds. Kurtis Schaeffer, Matthew Kapstein, and Gray Tuttle (Columbia University Press), 2013, pp. 607-613.
"Powerful Women of Degé: Reassessing the Reign of Tsewang Lhamo (d. 1812)." Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines, no. 22, November 2011, pp. 61-82; published as part of the proceedings of the second seminar of the International Seminar of Young Tibetologists (Paris), 2009.
"Bdud 'dul rdo rje (1615-1672) and Rnying ma adaptations to the Era of the Fifth Dalai Lama." In Power, Politics, and the Reinvention of Tradition: Tibet in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, eds. Bryan Cuevas and Kurtis Schaeffer (Leiden: Brill), 2006, pp. 171-186.
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