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This video is part of The Oral History of Tibetan Studies Project at Oxford University.
Find out more about the project @ https://oralhistory.iats.info

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0:00​ Intro

0:34 Can I ask about your family background and childhood?

4:37 Interest in Philosophy

8:32 First contacts with Tibetans and travels to India

17:47 Move to Switzerland

24:37 Thoughts on debate practice

29:29 Sanskrit studies with Jacques May

34:22 Chinese studies under Jean François Billeter

36:33 Memories of the IABS conference in Oxford 1982

39:20 Writing his PhD thesis

43:13 Employment at Hamburg University in 1989

48:24 Professorship at University Lausanne

57:23 Memories of important students and teaching activities

1:06:37 Meeting Thomas Doctor and the establishment of yearly meetings in Kathmandu of the "Cowherds"

1:19:14 Retirement and engagement with the 84000 Project

1:27:29 Reflections on different ways of studying languages

1:31:53 Evolution of Tibetan studies and memories of the IATS

1:32:31 Discussion about the Tibet-centric approach in Tibetan studies

1:44:40 Could you say something about your travels to Asia?

1:49:51 What are your memories of your first visits to India, Tibet,
and Nepal?

1:54:16 How do you remember Kathmandu at the time?

1:57:21 Could you say something about your involvement with the IABS?

2:02:35 How would you say research perspectives are changing within Buddhist or Tibetan studies?

2:07:36 Could you say something about Tibetan and Buddhist studies in Switzerland?

2:17:26 Could you also say something about meeting Tibetans for the first time?

2:20:51 What is so fascinating about it for you?

2:21:52 You mentioned the Rikon monastery, would you have something to say about its beginnings or something to add?

2:27:23 Did you know Michael and Anthony Aris?

2:29:29 What has your work in Buddhist studies has given to you? How has it changed or influenced your life?

2:35:04 What did you find the most interesting and the most challenging in your work?

2:38:37 Who are your favourite philosophers in Europe and Asia?

2:44:12 What do you regard as your most significant academic contributions and why?

2:47:10 Are there still topics that are interesting and you want to pursue?

2:49:37 Are you also venturing into different disciplines and regions?

2:52:03 As we are conducting this project for contemporary researchers, students, and the public, do you have a message for them?