Elena De Rossi Filibeck
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Elena De Rossi Filibeck graduated in East Asian History under Professor Petech in 1971. Since 1980 she has been a researcher at the Department of Oriental Studies in the Faculty of Arts, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the same university. Her publications cover many aspects of Tibetan
textual studies, most notably from Tabo Monastery
. Since 1980 she dedicated her professional life to cataloguing the Tucci Tibetan Fund texts, more than a thousand of them. The first volume of the catalogue was published in 1994, and in the preface Petech praises her achievements and speaks warmly of her as a friend.
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
textual studies, most notably from Tabo Monastery
Tabo Monastery
Tabo Monastery was founded in 996 CE in the Spiti Valley, Himachel Pradesh, India by the great Tibetan Buddhist lotswa , Rinchen Zangpo, the king of western Himalayan Kingdom of Guge...
. Since 1980 she dedicated her professional life to cataloguing the Tucci Tibetan Fund texts, more than a thousand of them. The first volume of the catalogue was published in 1994, and in the preface Petech praises her achievements and speaks warmly of her as a friend.
External links
- La Sapienza, short biography
- La Sapienza, biography