Dr. Yannick Laurent
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Cluster of Excellence Cross-Cultural Philology
Als Archäologe (M.A., Lausanne) und promovierter Tibetologe (Oxford) arbeite ich interdisziplinär zwischen Archäologie, Philologie, Geschichte und Religionswissenschaft. Meine akademische Ausbildung führte materialkulturelle und archäologische Ansätze mit einer intensiven Beschäftigung mit der tibetischen Sprache, buddhistischer Philosophie und der Kulturgeschichte Tibets zusammen. Ich verfüge über umfangreiche Felderfahrung in Tibet und im Himalaya-Raum und verknüpfe dabei Textquellen mit Monumenten, Inschriften und Kunstwerken. Meine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen auf der Epigraphik tibetischer und himalayischer Kunstwerke, der Identitätsbildung im westlichen Himalaya sowie der tibetischen diplomatischen Literatur. Derzeit bin ich Postdoktorand an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Exzellenzcluster Cross-Cultural Philology) sowie Stipendiat der Margot and Thomas Pritzker Art Collaborative in Chicago. Neben Forschung und Lehre arbeite ich mit Museen, Privatsammlungen und kulturellen Institutionen zusammen, um wissenschaftliche Analyse mit kuratorischer Praxis und Fragen des Kulturerbes zu verbinden.
Publikationen
2023. Spiti: The Gigantic Valley of Many-Hued Strata. Archaeological and Historical Research in the Western Himalayas, 2 vols. Vajra Academic Series vol. 4. Kathmandu: Vajra Books.
(forthcoming) Yannick Laurent and David Pritzker (eds.) Tibetan and Himalayan Statuary Across Time and Space, Proceedings of the 16th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Prague, 3–9 July 2022.
2017. Yannick Laurent and David Pritzker (eds.) The Spiti Valley: Recovering the Past and Exploring the Present, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Spiti, Wolfson College, Oxford, 6th and 7th May, 2016. Revue d’Études Tibétaines 41.
(forthcoming) “Of Images and Inscriptions: Inscribed Bronzes from the Later Dissemination of Buddhism.” Marta Sernesi and Ulrike Roesler (eds.) Early Religious Networks, Leiden, Boston: Brill.
(forthcoming) “Yig cha (documents).” Anne Eusterschulte, Martin Kern, and Glenn W. Most (eds.) Philological Practices: A Comparative Historical Lexicon, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
(forthcoming) “Himalayan Statuary at Namgyal Monastery: Epigraphic Evidence.” Christian Luczanits (ed.) Sculptures of Namgyal Monastery, Kathmandu: Vajra Academic.
(forthcoming) “Mapping Tibetanness: Donor Records and Identity Formation in the Borderlands of Upper West Tibet.” Nicola Schneider, Salomé Deboos, and Carmen Brandt (eds.) Tibetanness outside Tibet. Perspectives from South Asia and beyond.
(forthcoming) “The Fifth Dalai Lama: Epigraphic Study of Sculptural Portraits.” Yannick Laurent and David Pritzker (eds) Tibetan and Himalayan Statuary: Across Time and Space, Proceedings of the 16th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Prague, 3–9 July 2022.
2025. “A Donor Inscription from Thangi Village in Kinnaur.” George FitzHerbert, Fernanda Pirie, Ulrike Roesler, and Alice Travers (eds.) Yungdrung: A Ramble in Tibetan Studies, Kathmandu: Vajra Academic. 81–106.
2023. “Mindröling.” Knud Larsen (ed.), Wall Painting in Tibet: History, Technique, Survivals, Environment. Odder: Tronfjell Publications. 159–165.
2023. “Tholing Red Temple.” Knud Larsen (ed.), Wall Painting in Tibet: History, Technique, Survivals, Environment. Odder: Tronfjell Publications. 233–239.
2022. “From Lithang with Love: A Travel Permit from the Seventh Dalai Lama.” Christopher Cüppers, Karl-Heinz Everding, and Peter Schwieger (eds) A Life in Tibetan Studies: Festschrift for Dieter Schuh at the Occasion of his 80th Birthday. Lumbini: Lumbini International Research Institute. 459–482.
2021 “Receptacle of Enlightenment: The Buddhist Visual Culture of Tibet and the Himalayas.” Robert Davies (ed.) Traveller’s Eyes: Selected Works from the Francisco Capelo Asian Collections, London: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers. 155–163.
2021. “In the Time of the Great Translator Rinchen Zangpo: The Foundation Period of Tholing, Nyarma, and Tabo Monasteries.” Holger Neuwirth and Carmen Auer (eds.) The Ancient Monastic Complexes of Tholing, Nyarma and Tabo, Buddhist Architecture in the Western Himalayas, vol.3. Graz: Verlag der TU Graz. 13–25.
2020. “Nam mkha’ grags and the Three Silver Brothers: A Sixteenth-Century ‘Divine Artist’ from Western Tibet.” In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tibetan Archaeology and Art, Part II. Journal of Tibetology 22: 236–274.
2018. “The Inscription of the Rietberg Acala.” David Weldon. Defining the Style of a Group of 13th Century Tibetan Gilt Copper Statues. Asianart.com (appendix).
2017. “On Maṇi and Epigraphy: Four Stone Inscriptions from Spiti.” In Revue d’Études Tibétaines 39: 229–65.
2016. “In the Bosom of Khotan? A Dialogue between Image and Text.” In Revue d’Études Tibétaines 36: 93–119.
2014. “The Upper Temple of Dangkhar Monastery: Iconographical Capharnaüm or Political Manoeuvre?” In Revue d’Études Tibétaines 29: 103–53.
2013. “lHa bla ma Zhi ba ’od’s Eighth Century Bronze from Gilgit’. In Revue d’Études Tibétaines 26: 195–214.