Tashi Namgyal
108 Weaver Building 212 Curtin Road
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-1367
Education:
M.A., George Washington University
B.A., University of Madras
Biography:
Tashi Namgyal is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Pennsylvania State University, specializing in East Asian history. His research interests encompass socio-political dynamics, cultural encounters, religious networks, and literary traditions across East Asia, Inner Asia, and the Himalayan region from the early modern through contemporary periods.
Tashi is currently working on his dissertation, which examines the transformation of Tibet-China relations from the late Qing to the Republican era, with particular focus on the reign of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933). The study analyzes the Thirteenth Dalai Lama’s close interactions with the Qing, British, and Russian empires, while also exploring his significant role in revitalizing substantial parts of the Buddhist world throughout Asia.
Advisors:
David Atwill & Kate Merkel-Hess
Research Interests:
Late Imperial & Modern China, Sino-Tibetan History, Transnational History, Early Modern Global, Ethnicity & Borderlands, Social History, Cultural History