Dieter Schuh
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Dieter Schuh is a German Tibetologist, entrepreneur and politician.
and submitted his habilitation in 1976. Since 1978 he is Professor of Tibetan Studies. Since 2007 he is professor emeritus.
In addition to his academic career Schuh was an entrepreneur.
Since 1983, he and his son Temba lead a company as a property developer, property and asset managers, since the early 1990s established in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
. He also started on 1 March 1996, the weekly magazine New Hallesches daily paper, which he disbanded after a few weeks. In 1994 he was an independent member of the Council of the Halle in Saxony-Anhalt,.
For research purpuses he stayed several times in Tibet and bordering areas. In addition he has published many academic papers and books on subjects related to Tibet. In various publications, he has worked with other Tibetologists including Luciano Petech
, Christopher Beckwith
and Peter Schwieger. He also edited several books.
In 1983 he developed the book Tibet - dream and reality with a DVD documentary of the snow land of Tibet, the Tibet of his journey along with members of the German ZDF television channel.
On his 65th Birthday, the anniversary publication Tibetstudien: Festschrift für Dieter Schuh zum 65. Geburtstag was edited by Petra Maurer and others, with contributions from various tibetologists. He lives in Switzerland.
Schuh is Managing Director of IITB GmbH (International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies GmbH).
Life
Born in 1942, Schuh graduated in 1972 at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in BonnBonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
and submitted his habilitation in 1976. Since 1978 he is Professor of Tibetan Studies. Since 2007 he is professor emeritus.
In addition to his academic career Schuh was an entrepreneur.
Since 1983, he and his son Temba lead a company as a property developer, property and asset managers, since the early 1990s established in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
. He also started on 1 March 1996, the weekly magazine New Hallesches daily paper, which he disbanded after a few weeks. In 1994 he was an independent member of the Council of the Halle in Saxony-Anhalt,.
For research purpuses he stayed several times in Tibet and bordering areas. In addition he has published many academic papers and books on subjects related to Tibet. In various publications, he has worked with other Tibetologists including Luciano Petech
Luciano Petech
Luciano Petech was an Italian scholar of Himalayan history and the early relations between Tibet, Nepal and Italy. He was Chair of History of Eastern Asia at the University of Rome from 1955 to 1984. He is the most renowned of the students of Giuseppe Tucci.Luciano Petech was born in 1914 and...
, Christopher Beckwith
Christopher Beckwith
Christopher I. Beckwith is a professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.He received his Ph.D. degree from Indiana University in Uralic and Altaic Studies ....
and Peter Schwieger. He also edited several books.
In 1983 he developed the book Tibet - dream and reality with a DVD documentary of the snow land of Tibet, the Tibet of his journey along with members of the German ZDF television channel.
On his 65th Birthday, the anniversary publication Tibetstudien: Festschrift für Dieter Schuh zum 65. Geburtstag was edited by Petra Maurer and others, with contributions from various tibetologists. He lives in Switzerland.
Schuh is Managing Director of IITB GmbH (International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies GmbH).