M.A. Christine Sommerschuh

Christine Sommerschuh studied Tibetology, classical Indology, and  ethnology at the University of Hamburg. Her master's thesis, entitled  "The 15th-Century Tibetan Artist sMan-bla-don-grub and His Handbook  for Painters", dealt with a 15th-Century Tibetan handbook on painting  techniques. Her thesis supervisor was Prof. David Jackson. From 2001 until 2008, she taught written Tibetan at the Asien-Afrika Institut of the University of Hamburg. The course material developed during that period resulted in the book "Einführung in die tibetische Schriftsprache" Lehrbuch für den Unterricht und das vertiefende Selbststudium (Norderstedt, 2008). Its companion website can be found at: www.tibetischesprache.de.
Her research interests lie in the biographies of the early Kagyü school. The edited and translated biography of Jigten Sumgön ('Jig-rten-gsum-mgon, 1143-1217, founder of the Drikung-Kagyü Order), called rDo rje rin po che 'bar ba, appeared under the title Chenga Sherab Jungne. "Funkensprühen des kostbaren Vajras Der Lebensweg der völligen Befreiung des Dharmaherrn Jigten Sumgön". München, 2014 (ISBN 978-3-945457-02-3)