Background

Blezer, Henk W. A. was born on July 14, 1961 in Schaesberg, Netherlands.

Education

Master of Arts, Leiden University, 1992. Doctor of Philosophy, Leiden University, 1997.

Career

Senior researcher Leiden University, 1993—1997, postdoctoral research fellow, 1997—2000, 2002—2005, senior postdoctoral research fellow, 2005—2010, lecturer, Buddhist studies, since 2010. Research fellow International Institute Asian Studies, 2000—2001. Organiser International Association Tibetan Studies, Bonn, 2002, 06, Leiden, 00, acting chairman.

Co-organiser, international symposium on nativism in Buddhist environs. EKÔ Haus der Japanischen Kultur, Düsseldorf, 2008. Head teacher IIAS, 2009.

Achievements

• Henk W. A. Blezer has been listed as a noteworthy language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fieldwork amongst refugee Tibetans in Dharamsala, 1996—1997. Fieldwork in Menri monastery Dolanji India, 1998. Brief concluding fieldwork in Menri monastery, 2000.

Fieldwork in Indian and Nepalese himalayas, 2005. Fieldwork in Indian himalayas, 2008. Brief fieldwork in West and Central Bhutan, 2009.

Member of Berichten uit de Academie (former guest), Tibetological Collections & Archives Series IIAS Newsletter (former founder), Bon Virtual Library. Project (former advisor), CNWS Research Cluster, Studia Asiatica (Bucarest) (former member editorial board), International Network Bon Studies (founder and moderator), Leiden University Buddhist Studies Network, Curatorium Leiden University Numata Chair, Brill's Tibetan Studies Library. (member editorial board), Religious Studies Leiden University (member preparatory committee).

Interests

• Botany, writing, hiking.