Martin Brauen (born 15 March 1948, in Bern ) is a cultural anthropologist from Bern , Switzerland who specialises in Tibet , the Himalayas and history of religions.
5-488: Brauen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Martin Brauen (born 1948), Swiss ethnologist Sonam Dolma Brauen (born 1953), Tibetan-Swiss painter and sculptor Yangzom Brauen (born 1980), Tibetan-Swiss actress, writer and director [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Brauen . If an internal link intending to refer to
10-749: A lecturer. From 2008 to 2012 he was chief curator at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. Since then he is working as an independent curator: Kosmos – Rätsel der Menschheit (Museum Rietberg); Yak, Yetis, Yogis – Tibet im Comic (Museum Rietberg); Bill Viola: Passions (in the Cathedral of Berne); Cesar Ritz (old railway station Niederwald). Brauen is the author of several books and many exhibitions on Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Ladakh, and Japan. Among his books, Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism
15-575: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brauen&oldid=1141486893 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Martin Brauen Martin Brauen studied ethnology and religious history at
20-531: Is best known to the general public and has been translated into six languages. Well known is also his book Dreamworld Tibet – Western Illusions (in German: Traumwelt Tibet). Martin Brauen has also produced several films and documentaries on Tibet and the Himalayas, and has worked in the areas of aid and development policy in a Swiss NGO (Brot für alle). He met Tibetans for the first time in 1965 and
25-789: The University of Zurich and Buddhology at the University of Delhi . He earned a doctorate after defending a thesis in Zurich on Holidays and ceremonies in Ladakh and a degree of Privatdozent (Habilitation in the field of anthropology of religions). Since 1975 he has had several positions at the EthnographicMuseum of the University of Zurich (Head of the "Himalaya, Tibet and the Far East" department, deputy director and director ad interim), as well as becoming
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