Tillemans, T.
| English Phonetics | Tom Tillemans |
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| Sort Name | Tillemans, Tom |
| Birth: | 1950 |
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| Place of birth: | Haarlem |
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| Translates from: | Tibetan; Sanskrit; Chinese |
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| Translates to: | English |
- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- University of Lausanne, Switzerland;84000;Hiroshima University
PhD University
- University of Lausanne
Biographical Information
Tom Tillemans (born Haarlem, December 21, 1950) is a Dutch-Canadian Buddhologist, Indologist and Tibetologist. Since 1992, Tillemans has been Professor of Buddhology in the Faculty of Oriental Languages and Civilizations at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.
Tom Tillemans received his bachelor's degree at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His masters, in Sanskrit, Chinese and philosophy, he received at the Universities of Lausanne and Geneva and his doctorate in Buddhist Studies in Lausanne.
After his studies he did research at Hiroshima University in Japan and was invited to several universities as a visiting professor. In addition to his professorship in Lausanne as head of the department of Oriental Studies and Associate Dean for the Faculty of Arts, Tillemans does research on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist logic and epistemology, Madhyamaka philosophy, indigenous Tibetan literature, and Tibetan grammar and poetry. (Source Accessed Feb 25, 2021)
- Wiki Pages
Scholar;Buddhologist;Indologist;Tibetologist
Full Name[edit]
Tom J. F. Tillemans
Affiliation[edit]
University of Lausanne, Switzerland