معرفی
Georgios Halkias is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Center of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. He holds a Research Fellowship at the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London), funded by the British Academy since 2010, and serves as a Visiting Research Associate and Fellow at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Oriental Studies and Oxford Centre of Buddhist Studies, respectively.
- D.Phil., Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 2006
- M.A., Film and Television Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996
- M.A., Comparative Philosophy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1990
- B.A., Philosophy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1988
Halkias specializes in Tibetan Pure Land Buddhism and the historical dissemination of canonical Buddhist literature from Sanskrit to Tibetan. His research spans translation practices, canonization processes, Buddhist-Muslim interactions in Himalayan regions, Ladakhi canons, and Vajrayāna schools of thought and ritual technologies, with fieldwork in North-West India, Nepal, and Tibet.
- British Academy Research Fellowship (since 2010)
- Käte Hamburger Kolleg Fellowship (April 2009–December 2009)
- Käte Hamburger Kolleg Fellowship (April 2011–June 2012)
- Fellow at Oxford Centre of Buddhist Studies
Halkias has received grants for his research, including Käte Hamburger Kolleg fellowships in 2009 and 2011, and a British Academy Research Fellowship since 2010. He has supervised academic programs as an Adjunct Professor at Antioch University's Buddhist Studies Abroad Program (2006/2007) and held research roles at the Warburg Institute (2007–2009) and Käte Hamburger Kolleg (2009, 2011).
