Konchok Gelek
Konchok Gelek (Gengqiugelai FNU)'s research focuses on urbanization in the aftermath of an earthquake that struck Yushu city, Qinghai province, China, analyzing it through the lens of frontier resource, territorialization, and rural-urban migration dynamics. He obtained his doctoral degree from the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich, with a specialization in Urbanization, Post-earthquake Reconstruction, and Land Property Relations in Qinghai Province, China. Konchok Gelek's secondary research interests revolve around Tibetan culture, linguistics, and literature. He holds a master's degree in International Sustainable Development from the Heller School at Brandeis University, which has enriched his understanding of rural Tibetan social development. Additionally, his BA degree in Tibetan Linguistics and Literature has been instrumental in advancing his expertise in modern Tibet studies. He explores ethnographic research focused on linguistic and cultural aspect of Tibetan society. Konchok's appointment as a Research Scholar spans from October 2023 to August 2024.
Gelek, [Gengqiu Gelai]. (2017). China's Pastoral Development Policies and Tibetan Plateau Nomadic communities. In A. Gruschke & D. I. Breuer (Eds.), Tibetan Pastoralists and Development: Negotiating the future of grassland livelihoods (pp. 79-92). Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag.
Variation, Contact, and Change in Language Varieties in Yul shul (northern Khams), This article will be published in the International Journal of the Sociology of Language in 2016.
Dkon mchog dge legs (Gelai G.). 2012. Title of Chapter China’s Pastoral
Development Polices and Tibetan Plateau Nomad Communities, In Stuart K. Roche G (eds) Tiles of book Environmental issues facing Tibetan Communities, Vol. 18. Page 39. Retrieved from http://tibetanplateau.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Volume+Eighteen--Environmental+Issues+Facing+Tibetan+Communities
Konchok Gelek (2017). Book review on Tibetan novel: Smug pa [Fog]. Asian Highlands Perspectives, 45, 39-45. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/ahp-45-konchok-gelek-dkon-mchog-dge-legs-1/mode/2up.
Konchok Gelek (2018). Book Review on Gillian G Tan's In the Circle of White Stones. Asian Highlands Perspectives, 51. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/ReviewInTheCircleOfWhiteStones.
Konchok Gelek (2018). Review: A Step Away from Paradise: The True Story of a Tibetan Lama's Journey to a Land of Immortality (book by Thomas Shor). Asian Highlands Perspectives, 51. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/ReviewAStepAwayFromParadise.
Konchok Gelek (2017). Review of Chu mig dgu sgril [The Nine-eyed Sling] by Phur bu tshe ring. Asian Highlands Perspectives, 45. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/ahp-45-konchok-gelek-dkon-mchog-dge-legs.
Kun mchog dge legs Dpal ldan bkra shis, and Kevin Stuart. 1999. Tibetan Tricksters. Asian Folklore Studies 58:5-30.
Dkon mchog dge leg and Kevin Stuart. 2000. The Khams Seng ze Village Mani. China's Tibet. receive from http://zt.tibet.cn/tibetzt/tibet50-en/story/doc/story_523.htmSKILLS