China_Tibetology_Research_Center Knowpia

The China Tibetology Research Center (Chinese: 中国藏学研究中心; Tibetan: ཀྲུང་གོའི་བོད་རིག་པ་ཞིབ་འཇུག་ལྟེ་གནས།; Wylie: Krung go'i bod rig pa zhib 'jug ste gnas) is an academic research organization in Beijing, China devoted to the study of Tibet (Tibetology). It studies all aspects of Tibet including subjects related to everyday life in Tibetan areas (economy, ecology etc.).^[1]^[2]

Founding edit

The China Tibetology Research Center was founded in Beijing on May 20, 1986.^[3] It focuses on the study of Tibetan culture, the history, current situation and future of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Tibetan areas of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces, and is "dedicated to the protection and development of Tibetan culture, contacting scholars in domestic Tibetan institutions, promoting academic exchanges and cooperation, and prospering the cause of Tibetan studies."^[4]

CTRC is administered by a Director General's Council composed of the Director General and the Deputy Director General. The Academic Council is an academic advisory and deliberation body.^[5] The operational departments carry out academic research and other work mainly through undertaking projects. The Center hosts the National Beijing Seminar on Tibetology, the Everest Forum on Tibetology, as well as the selection of the Everest Prize for China's Tibetology, the Coordination Meeting for Tibetan Studies, and other activities. The Center also edits and publishes the China Tibetology Yearbook and the China Tibetology magazine, and runs the China Tibetology website.^[6]^[7]

Subdivisions edit

Five research institutes comprise the scholarly core of the Chinese Tibetology Research Center. They are:

Institute for Social and Economic Studies
Institute for History Studies
Institute for Religious Studies
Institute for Contemporary Tibetan Studies
Institute for Tibetan Medicine Studies.

Additionally, the Center also manages the China Tibetology Publishing House, the Kanjur and Tanjur Collation Bureau, the Beijing Tibetan Medical Center, the China Tibetology press and the Center's Library.

Activities edit

International collaboration and academic exchange are key activities of the Chinese Tibetology Research Center. The Center has successfully held three international seminars for Tibetan studies. In 2001, about 220 scholars from 14 countries attended the Beijing International Seminar for Tibetan Studies. Since the year 2000, the Center has hosted about 230 scholars, diplomats and journalists from 40 countries.

References edit

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