Khenrab Palden

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Box 1157                                               Hampshire College                                                  893 West Street                                                Amherst, MA 01002                                               kp05@hampshire.edu                                            cell phone # 347.237.3170

EDUCATION

Hampshire College, Amherst, MA Candidate for Bachelor of Arts: Expected May 2009 Concentrations: Film and Photography, Religion, Tibet Studies and Anthropology

Relevant Courses: • Theatre of the Ear • Constructing Tibet through Film and Literature • Video Production I &amp; II • Photography • Independent Film Workshop • History of World Cinema • Film and Writing • Socially Engaged Buddhism • Violence and Non-violence in Religious Traditions in South Asia • Feminist Philosophy and Performance-based Media Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi, India Uttar Madhyama, equivalent to Associates Degree, May 2005

Relevant Courses: • Tibetan Buddhism • Indian Constitution and Politics • Tibetan History • Tibetan Language and Literature • Economic Science • English Literature

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Summer Internship, Gold TeleProduction. New York, New York, 2008

Teaching Assistant/Culture Liaison, Five College Tibet Studies in India Program. Varanasi, India, 2006-07.

Co-Chair, Students For A Free Tibet, Hampshire College, Amherst. 2005-2007.

Member, Tibetan Association of Western Massachusetts (TAWMA), Amherst. 2007 - Present.

Signer, Forum for International Students at Hampshire (FISH), Hampshire College. 2007- Present

Signer, Engaging Buddhism through Discourse and Practice. Hampshire College. 2007 - Present

Teacher Assistant for Abraham Zablocki: Constructing Tibet Through Film and Literature. Hampshire College. F’06

Intern, Tibetan Art and Literature Initiatives (TALI). Summer 2007, New York

Secretary, Voluntary Committee of Social Service (VCSS), Vrnsi, India. (2000-05)

INTERESTS

• Tibetan Lifestyle both in exile and inside Tibet • Working with Children • Film and Photography • Sino-Tibetan Relationship • Writing

OTHER EXPERIENCES

• The Making of Hampshire College. 7 mins (2006) • Co-directing a half an hour movie on the different approaches of Tibetans for the struggle of their country (Movie untitled yet). • The Struggle. 13 mins (2007) • Shadow Tibet. 10 mins (2008) • The Frog and the Crow. 12 mins (2007) • Member, Voluntary Committee of Social Service (2000-05), Varanasi, India: Volunteered during Gujarat earthquake crisis (2001) • Co-Chair, Students for a Free Tibet, Hampshire College (2005) • Member, Community Council at Hampshire College (2007) • Teacher Assistant - Constructing Tibet Through Film and Literature (F '07)* • Teacher Assistant - Five College Tibet Studies in India Program, TSIP (J '08)* • Intern: Tibetan Art and Literature Initiative, TALI (Summer '07)* • Intern: Gold TeleProduction, New York (Summer ’08) • English Teacher, Dharamsala, India (2008-09)

WORK-STUDY EXPERIENCE AT HAMPSIRE COLLEGE

• mDun-sKyod, Annual Magazine, Tibetan University, Varanasi (Editor) • Robert Crown Center (Front Desk Monitor) • Center for Institutional Advancement (File Room Assistant/Receptionist) • Dean of Students Affairs Office (Receptionist) • OPRA Equipment Room (Manager) • Hampshire College SFT (Chairperson 2005 – ’07) • Cole Science Center (Lab Monitor)

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