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Dhondup Tashi Rekjong is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Religious Studies, Northwestern University. He was born in Rebkong in the Amdo region of Tibet. When he was sixteen, he escaped Tibet, crossing the Himalayas on foot into Nepal. Since then, he has studied in India, Norway, the US and Canada.
His research concentration lies at the intersections of religion, history, culture, and language. He is primarily interested in the life-writing literature of 20th century Tibet. He has edited several Tibetan literary blogs: Khabdha, Karkhung, and TibetWebDigest. He is one of the editors (with Carole, Lama Jabb, Nicole, and Dechen) of the forthcoming book “The Tibet Reader” by Duke University Press.