Dr. Franz Xaver Erhard

Dr. Franz Xaver Erhard

Research Fellow

Tibetologie (TTP)
Strohsackpassage
Nikolaistraße 10, Room 2.12
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37147
Fax: +49 341 97 - 37148

Professional career

  • since 04/2023
    Research Fellow, Institute of South and Central Asian Studies, Leipzig University, PI of the DFG/AHRC-funded project "Divergent Discourses"
  • since 10/2022
    Research fellow; interim for the professorship of Tibetology, Institute of Indology and Central Asian Studies, University of Leipzig
  • 07/2017 - 11/2021
    Research Fellow, Institute of South and Central Asian Studies, Leipzig University, PI of the DFG-funded project "Secular Life Writing"
  • 01/2019 - 06/2019
    departmental lecturer in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, Oriental Institute, Oxford University
  • 10/2016 - 07/2017
    Junior Research Fellow in Tibetan & Himalayan Studies, Wolfson College, Oxford University

Education

  • 07/2015 - 09/2016
    post-doc in the Research Academy Leipzig (RAL) class "Religious Nonconformism and Cultural Dynamics"
  • 10/2010 - 06/2015
    PhD programme in the DFG graduate school "Religous Nonkonformism and cultural Dynamics"
  • Divergent Discourses: Processes of Narrative Construction in Tibet, 1955-62
    Erhard, Franz Xaver
    Duration: 04/2023 – 03/2026
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; Andere ausländische öffentliche Forschungsförderer
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften
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  • Secular Life Writing in Early Modern Tibet. A Study of Kalon Tenzin Paljor's Autobiography "Music of Candid Speech"
    Erhard, Franz Xaver
    Duration: 07/2016 – 11/2021
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften
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more projects

  • Erhard, F. X.; Wild, T.
    Drumze. Metamorphoses of the Tibetan Carpet
    PPotsdam: edition tethys. 2022.
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  • Erhard, F. X.; Galli, L. (Eds.)
    The Selfless Ego. Configurations of Identity in Tibetan Life Writing
    New York: Routledge. 2021.
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  • Erhard, F. X.
    Magical Realism and Tibetan Literature
    In: Venturino , S. J.; Ramble, C. (Eds.)
    Contemporary Tibetan Literary Studies. Leiden: Brill. 2007. pp. 133–146.
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  • Erhard, F. X.
    Text and Layout Recognition for Tibetan Newspapers with Transkribus
    Revue d'études tibétaines (RET). 2025. pp. 128–171.
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  • Erhard, F. X.
    A Digital Collection of Early Tibetan Newspapers from the 1950s and 1960s
    Revue d'études tibétaines (RET). 2025. pp. 44–80.
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more publications

  • Internationale Konferenz
    4th International Seminar of Young Tibetologists
    Zentralasienwissenschaft (Tibetologie/Mongolistik)
    Event Organiser: Erhard, Franz Xaver; Sörensen, Per Kjeld
    07/09/2015 – 12/09/2015
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