Female Tibetan Professor Promotes Tibet Abroad

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Female Tibetan Professor Promotes Tibet Abroad

To arouse the enthusiasm of Tibetan women, Qamo'ba Ceyang, a well-known female scholar of Tibetology, has set up a women's research institute in Tibetology under the Tibet University, the first of its kind in China. Since she participated in the Sixth International Symposium on Tibetology in 1992 many overseas research institutes and universities have invited her to give lectures or attend symposiums on Tibet.

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Outstanding female scholar

Qamo'ba Ceyang once a Tibetan teacher is now a well-known female scholar of Tibetology.

She has had a tight schedule in recent years. Since she participated in the Sixth International Symposium on Tibetology in 1992 many overseas research institutes and universities have invited her to give lectures or attend symposiums on Tibet.

She has written a number of theses including "The New Deal of the 13th Dalai Lama" and "Major Achievements of the Fourth Dalai Lama".

Markable achievements

As a female scholar, she has published many papers on Tibetan women such as "Traditional Education of Tibetan Women" and "The Status and Role of Traditional Education for Upper Class Women". Some have been read at seminars in the United States, Austria and Netherlands.

"In old Tibet, women were prohibited from participating in political affairs, which left untapped the talents and wisdom of numerous women in Tibet," she said.

To arouse the enthusiasm of Tibetan women, Ceyang has set up a women's research institute in Tibetology under the Tibet University, the first of its kind in China.

Personnel profile of female Tibetan professor----Qamo'ba Ceyang

Ceyang was born to an aristocratic family in 1955. Her grandfather was the doctor of the fifth Dalai Lama and her father worked as the deputy director of the regional educational department. She was a history teacher but is now the first female Tibetan professor at Tibet University.

Outside work Ceyang does her best to make her family life happy. Reading is her favorite pastime and she likes singing and listening to American folk songs. She has many friends including Tibetan and Han people and foreigners.

"I share the weak points of other females. When I am frustrated, I cry and feel depressed. But I forget it all when I am in front of a class and see the students' eyes eager for knowledge," she says.

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