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A: Tibetology is a comprehensive study of various aspects of Tibet, including
Tibetan history, religion, culture, economy, politics and society. Currently,
over 50 Tibetology research institutions have been set up in Tibet and other parts
of China. In 1986 the China Tibetology Research Center was established in Beijing.
These institutes have undertaken a large number of research projects, such as
the economic and social development strategy of Tibet, the concise history of
Tibet, collation and research of Sanskrit Pattra-leaf scriptures, and the origin
of Tibetan religion and its different schools. About 30 Tibetan, Chinese and English
periodicals, such as Tibet Study, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Social Development
Study, Tibetan Arts Study, Snowland Culture, Chinese Tibetology and China's Tibet,
are in circulation. With the expansion of international exchanges on Tibet studies
which have carried on since the 1980s, 130 scholars from over a dozen countries
and regions, including Tibetan scholars living overseas, have visited Tibet on
academic trips and cooperative research programs. Certain Tibetan scholars from
China have also visited foreign countries on lecture tours or for academic conferences. |
