For your information, during the recently concluded 14th Conference of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, at Bergen between 18-24th June, we formed the International Advisory Board for the Grand Monlam Tibetan Dictionary Project comprising of the following members:
Geshe Lobsang Monlam: Founding Director of Monlam IT Research Center, Dharamsala. India.
Prof. David F Germano: Director, Tibetan and Himalayan Library and Tibet Center, Director: SHANTI(Social Sciences, Humanities and Social Network of Technological Initiatives), Director: Contemplative Sciences at the Uva
Prof. Nicolas Tournadre: Professor at the University of Provence, Member of the LACITO lab of CNRS,Taught at the Institute of Oriental Languages (Inalco), at the Paris 8 University, at theUniversity of Virginia and conducted research in the Tibet Academy of Social Sciences.
Dr. Nathan Hill: Reader in Tibetan and Historical Linguistic, Department of the Languages and Cultures of China and Inner Asia, Member, Centre of Buddhist Studies, Academic Staff, SOAS China Institute, Convenor, Tibetan Studies Group.
Prof. Dorji Wangchuk: Professor for Tibetan Studies at the Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg.
Mr. T D Gonkatsang: Tibetan language teacher, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. Tibetan language consultant and translator for Radio Free Asia, BBC, Human Rights Watch, British Museum, independent films on Tibet, Trustee of Tibet Foundation, UK and Tibet Watch UK.
