Katia Buffetrille, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Katia Buffetrille

French tibetologist

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1948

Place of Birth: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Profession: tibetologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Katia Buffetrille is a French ethnologist and tibetologist.
She works at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE 5th section).
Her doctoral thesis is entitled Montagnes sacrées, lacs et grottes : lieux de pèlerinage dans le monde tibétain.
Traditions écrites.
Réalités vivantes (thesis national number: 1996PA100065).
She has done fieldwork in Tibet and Nepal, researching pilgrimage, non-Buddhist beliefs, and sacred geography. She is in charge of a seminar on rituals at the CRCAO (Centre de recherches sur les civilisations de l'Asie orientale; UMR 8155) and is editor of the journal Études mongoles, sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines (EMSCAT).