Dhondup T. Rekjong
Dhondup T. Rekjong is a doctoral candidate in Buddhist Studies with a strong background in Tibetan history, language, and literature. His dissertation, advised by Prof. Sarah Jacoby, examines a generation of Tibetan Buddhist scholars who worked to preserve and promote Tibetan culture from 1950 to 1990. Before arriving at Northwestern, he received an MA from the University of British Columbia.
His writings have appeared in The Journal of Culture and Religion, The Journal of Contemporary Buddhism, The Journal of Asian Studies, The Journal of Critical Asian Studies, The Journal of Cultural Anthropology, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Lion’s Roar, The Treasury of Lives, and elsewhere. He is an editor of The Tibet Reader, forthcoming from Duke University Press.