Presentation
Trained in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and anthropology, I am interested in Tibetan Buddhist monastic communities and their multifaceted realities. I look at the monk, the nun, their institutional positioning, their philosophical studies, ritual, and how recent processes of social change, modernisation, and secularisation affect them in direct and indirect ways.
In my post-doctoral research, my analyses rely on an interdisciplinary approach combining a philological skillset to the philosophical texts, in particular of the Abhisamayālaṅkāra, with fieldwork in contemporary monastic communities in Tibet, Nepal, and India.
I also work on Tibetan women and nuns’ social and religious positioning and explore how their state of marginalisation is challenged by an increasingly globalised and connected world.
Research thematics
- Tibetan Buddhist monasticism
- Processes of modernisation and secularisation within religious traditions of Tibet
- Women and nuns in Tibetan cultures and religions
- Anthropology of religion
- Buddhist ecologies
CRCAO research programmes
External research programmes
Teachings
- Lecturer for the class "Buddhist Anthropology" at the UCLy Lyon
- Anthropologie des religions tibétaines - Inalco, Paris
Publications (HAL Archive Ouverte)
Article dans une revue
Chandra Chiara Ehm. The art of finding empowerment in renunciation. A portrait of the Nyungne Fasting rite at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling Nunnery, Kathmandu, Nepal. Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines, 2025, 56, ⟨10.4000/15h7c⟩. ⟨hal-05454276⟩
Chandra Chiara Ehm. Königinnen ohne Reich. Buddhismus Aktuell, 2022. ⟨halshs-03533686⟩
Chandra Chiara Ehm. Review: Secularizing Buddhism: New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition. Contemporary Buddhism, 2022, pp.1-6. ⟨10.1080/14639947.2022.2067937⟩. ⟨hal-03703166⟩
Communication dans un congrès
Chandra Chiara Ehm. Dal cortile del Dibattito e dalla cava di clausura ai curricula secolari. Il modernismo buddista nell’ordine dei Gelukpa. Convegno AISTHiM Traditions, Translations and Transitions in the Cultural History of Tibet, the Himalayas and Mongolia, Jan 2022, Rome, Italy. ⟨halshs-03533691⟩
Chandra Chiara Ehm. Professional Women and Women's Professions in Tibetan Societies Tibetan Women in a World of Men. 16th Seminar of the IATS, Jul 2022, Prague, Czech Republic. ⟨halshs-03780165⟩
Ouvrages
Chandra Chiara Ehm. Between Text and Temple: The Transformation of Monastic Practice. Brill. In press. ⟨hal-05560034⟩
Chandra Chiara Ehm, Christoph Cueppers. Walking Nebulous Mountain Slopes. Lumbini International Research Institute. 2025, 9789937176392. ⟨hal-04867752⟩
Chandra Chiara Ehm. Queens without a kingdom worth ruling : Buddhist nuns and the process of change in Tibetan monastic communities. Vajra Publications. , V, 2024, Vajra Academic, 9789937733380. ⟨hal-04531539⟩
Chapitre d'ouvrage
Chandra Chiara Ehm. The Globalisation and Secularisation of Tibetan Buddhist Monasticism. Routledge. Routledge Handbook of Monasticis, In press. ⟨hal-05560031⟩
Notice d’encyclopédie ou de dictionnaire
Sparham Gareth, Chandra Chiara Ehm. Tsongkhapa. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2024. ⟨hal-04550568⟩
Traduction
Chandra Chiara Ehm. Summary of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's Stages of the Path.. 2022. ⟨hal-03900091⟩
Chandra Chiara Ehm. In Memoriam: Nima Dorjee Ragnubs (1934–2021). 2022. ⟨hal-03900282⟩
Rapport
Chandra Chiara Ehm. 2nd Conference of the Italian Association of Tibetan, Himalayan and Mongolian Studies, 7-9 July 2021 Rome, Italy. Sapienza University of Rome. 2022, pp.135-136. ⟨hal-03900596⟩
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