A Career on the Exploration of Tibetan Art and its Inheritance——An Interview with Kenchock Tenzin,a Famous Tibetan Art Researcher
Professor Kenchok Tenzin,the vice headmaster of the Tibetan Language School of Sichuan Province,the director of Garze Institute of Tibetan Studies,the director of the Compilation and Translation Centre,and the vice chairman of the CPPCC of Garze Prefecture.It was in 2006 when he became a professor and researcher of Southwest Minzu University through Talent Introduction Program,and then was engaged as an expert serving for the Himalayan Research Centre of Sichuan University in 2016.Currently,he works as the director of the Expert Committee of the project of"Tibetan Cultural Resource Base Construction",a key national project of the 13th Five-Year Plan,as well as the deputy director of China Professional Committee of Thangka Art.Professor Ken-chok Tenzin has mainly engaged in the creation and research of Tibetan art,and has published more than 20 monographs,more than 100 academic papers and prose in Tibetan and Chinese,and he has given more than 120 lectures at renowned universities and academic institutions at home and abroad,Columbia University in the U.S.A.,the University of Hamburg in Germany,for instance.The article contains the content of the interview with him focusing on his academic experience,achievements and contributions.
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