Dr. Carola Roloff (Bhikṣuṇī Jampa Tsedroen) - Curriculum Vitae
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Current Position (since 2010/01):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Department Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets, Asien-Afrika-Institut, University of Hamburg
- Topic: "The ordination of nuns in the Tibetan Buddhist canon and its presentation in the Tibetan commentaries"
- 3-year Temporary Position for Principal Investigators
funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Research Interests:
- Nuns' ordination, monastic rituals and rules in the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya along with its treatment in the Tibetan commentarial literature
- Vinaya ordination lineages and ordination of Tibetan women in the religious history of Tibet
- biographies of Tibetan saints such as Red mda' ba (1348-1412) and Tsong kha pa (1357-1419)
- gender, human and women's rights in Buddhism
- Buddhism in modernity
- Tibetan Buddhist liturgy and rituals
- the Tārā tantra
- intra-Buddhist and interfaith dialogue
Academic Experience:
- Ph.D., 2009
- Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg
Dissertation summa cum laude: "Red mda' ba. Buddhist Yogi Scholar of the Fourteenth Century. The Forgotten Reviver of Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet." - Supervisor: Prof. Dr. David P. Jackson
- Reviewers: Prof. Dr. Michael Zimmermann, Prof. Dr. Eva Neumaier
- Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg
- 2003 – 2009
- Post-graduate student, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg
- M.A., 2003
- M.A. thesis magna cum laude: "Red mda’ pa (1349-1412) und Tsong kha pa (1357-1419): zwei zentrale Figuren des tibetischen Buddhismus und ihr wechselseitiges Lehrer- Schüler-Verhältnis."
- Supervisors/Reviewers: Prof. Dr. David P. Jackson, Prof. Dr. Lambert Schmithausen
- 1997 – 2002
- Basic and Main M.A. studies, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg
- Major 1: Language and Culture of Tibet
- Major 2: Language and Culture of Ancient and Medieval India (Sanskrit, Pāli)
- Basic and Main M.A. studies, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg
- 1981 – 2001
- Traditional training in the context of Tibetan monastic universities with Geshe Thubten Ngawang and other teachers at Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany
- 1980 – 2001 Tibetan Buddhist dialectics
- 1988 – 1996 Buddhist philosophy (Tibetan doxographic literature)
- 1981 – 1991 Vinaya (Tibetan Mūlasarvāstivāda)
- Traditional training in the context of Tibetan monastic universities with Geshe Thubten Ngawang and other teachers at Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany
- 1988 – 1992
- Vinaya Research on behalf of the Studienstiftung für Tibetischen Buddhismus
- 10 – 11/1985
- Three Platform Ordination and traditional Chinese Dharmaguptaka Vinaya training at Miao-T'ung Monastery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- 08 – 10/1980
- Study visit at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India
Grants and scholarships:
- 03/2011
- Erasmus short-term lectureship
- 2009
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 3-year temporary position in conjunction with a research grant in Germany
- 2009
- PhD thesis printing costs grant Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany
- 2008 – 2009
- PhD stipend Tara-Stiftung, Munich (2 years)
- 2007
- Research grant Tara-Stiftung, Munich (for expedition to India)
- 2007
- Travel grant Studienstiftung für Buddhismus, Hamburg (award-giving Bangkok)
- 2005 – 2007
- PhD stipend Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany
- 01/1999 – 09/2002
- Government grant BAFöG, (under)graduate scholarship, Germany
Teaching experience:
- 1996 – today
- (Co-)Lecturer, University of Hamburg
- 10/2010-03/2011 Der Buddhismus im Kontext der Weltreligionen und Bildung, EPB
- 04/2010-09/2011 Die acht schweren Regeln und die Gründung des buddhistischen Nonnenordens, Department Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets
- 10/2009-03/2010 Gender und Buddhismus in Asien, Asien-Afrika-Institut
- 04/1997-09/1997 Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, AWW
- 10/1996-03/1997 Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, AWW
- 10/1990-03/1991 Stellung der Frau in den Religionen, Sozietät Interreligiöser Dialog, Ev. Theologie and exhibition at the Ev. Studentinnen- und Studentengemeinde
- (Co-)Lecturer, University of Hamburg
- 07/2002 – today
- Teacher, 7-year Systematisches Studium des Buddhismus, Tibetisches Zentrum e.V.
- 1986 – today
- Courses, seminars, and lectures on various Buddhist topics, Germany and abroad
- 1988 – 2002
- Tutor, 7-year Systematisches Studium des Buddhismus, Tibetisches Zentrum e.V.
Vocational training and work experience:
- 1981 – today
- Activities as Buddhist nun at Tibetisches Zentrum e.V. Hamburg
- 1981 – 2011 translator and interpreter Tibetan-German/German-Tibetan
- 2005 – 2010 scientific advisor, lecturer, editor
- 1983 – 2008 manager of the Tibetan refugee relief (several projects in India)
- 1989 – 1995 managing director
- 1981 – 1998 project manager, program coordinator, office manager, accountant
- Activities as Buddhist nun at Tibetisches Zentrum e.V. Hamburg
- 1977 – 1981
- Training college for and occupation as doctor's assistant, Germany
Awards and Memberships
- 2011
- Karl H. Ditze Award of the University of Hamburg for outstanding doctoral thesis
- 2009 – today
- Member of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
- 2007 – today
- Councilor Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hamburg
- 2007
- Outstanding Buddhist Women Awards, In Honor of the UN International Women’s Day, United Nations Bangkok
- 2006 – today
- Member of the Bhikkhuni Ordination Committee of The Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration
- 2005 – today
- Member of the Committee for Bhikshuni Ordination (CBO) in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition (former CWB)
- 1987 – today
- Member of the editorial staff of "Tibet und Buddhismus", quarterly magazine of Tibetisches Zentrums e.V. Hamburg (circulation 3500 copies)
- 1988 – 2001
- Councilor of the Foundation for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (now: Foundation for Buddhist Studies), Hamburg (area of Vinaya Research)
- 1987 – 1995
- Executive Member of Sakyadhita, International Buddhist Women's Organization (National Representative and Vice President 1991-1995)
- 1984 – 1988
- Member of the board of directors Deutsche Buddhistische Union e.V. and councilorf the Buddhistische Religionsgemeinschaft Germany (non-profit nationwide umbrella organization of Buddhist societies and individual members)
- 1981 – 1993
- Member of the board of directors Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany (non-profit organization founded in 1977 under the patronage of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama)