Fields of Study
- Buddhist Studies
- Religion, Culture & Politics
Areas of Interest
- Buddhist Hermeneutics
- Buddhist Commentarial Practices in Medieval Tibet
- History, Religiosity, and Ethnicity in Himalayan Regions
Biography
Thinley Gyatso is a doctoral candidate in the Department for the Study of Religion. After receiving his BA in history from Loyola College (Chennai), he did his MA and M.Phil in history from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU New Delhi). Later he spent more than a year teaching as an assistant professor of history at the Centre for the Teachers’ Education, Central University of Tibetan Studies, Varanasi (2016-2017). Thinley's works were presented at various academic forums such as Seminars of International Association for Tibetan Studies and Annual American Anthropology and Ethnological Society Conference. Currently, Thinley works as a research assistant for the Old Books New Science Lab (OBNS) which is directed by Alexandra Gillespie and based at the University of Toronto.