The University of Virginia Tibet Center provides a forum for faculty, students and staff from diverse fields, united by their expertise and interest in Tibet. Tibet Center affiliated faculty span multiple departments, including anthropology, art, computer science, East Asian languages, literatures and cultures, history, politics and religious studies. Tibetan Buddhism scholars include David Germano, editor of the Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies and the founder and director of the Tibetan and Himalayan Library Tibetan and Himalayan Library (THL), and Jeffrey Hopkins, professor emeritus who served as the Dalai Lama’s chief interpreter into English on international lecture tours and founded the UVa program in Buddhist studies and Tibetan studies.
| Website | http://www.uvatibetcenter.org/ |
| Locations | Virginia |
| Faiths | Buddhism |