Aleix Ruiz Falqués

Curriculum Vitae

2011–2016 Ph.D., Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge. Title of dissertation: “A Firefly in the Bamboo Reed: the Suttaniddesa of Saddhammajotipāla and the Grammatical Foundations of Burmese Theravāda Buddhism”. Supervisor: Prof. Eivind Kahrs.
2008–2010 M.A. Ancient Languages and Cultures, University of Barcelona. M.A. Thesis: Viatge a l’altra riba (Journey to the other shore), a study and Catalan translation of the Pārāyanavagga, the 5th book of Sutta Nipāta. Supervisor: Prof. Ignasi-Xavier Adiego/ Dr. Ole H. Pind.
2006–2008 M.A. Sanskrit, University of Pune (India). Specialization: Nyāya (Indian Logic). Tutor: Prof. V.N. Jha.
2000 – 2005 B.A. Classics (Greek, Latin), University of Barcelona.

– Eighth International Intensive Sanskrit “Summer” Retreat (EIISSR), 4-13 January, 2013, Siem Reap Centre of the École Française d’Éxtrême Orient (EFEO)

Mother Tongues: Catalan, Spanish
Modern Languages: English: very good [IELTS, overall: 8.0]; French: good; German: good [completed B1 VHS Berlin, 09/2012]; Italian: reading competence; Burmese: basic; Thai: basic; Hindi: academic reading competence
Classical Languages: Latin: very good; Greek: very good; Pali: very good; Sanskrit: very good.

Mar 2018–[current] Lecturer in Pali, Shan State Buddhist University, Taunggyi, Myanmar. Head of the Department of Pali and Langauges.
April 2019–June 2019 Research Collaborator in the book project The Pyu Language of Ancient Burma, by Dr. Marc Miyake, Funded by: European Research Council Grant.
Aug 2017–May 2018 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. Singapore University of Technology and Design. Project: Mapping Medieval Sciences in South and Southeast Asia. Director of the Project: Dr. Alastair M. Gornall.
Oct 2015–Aug 2017 Editor and Academic Coordinator at the Dhammakaya Tipiṭaka Project, Bangkok, Thailand.

April 2018 Institució de les Lletres Catalanes, Translation Grant for El Pantxatantra (Catalan translation from the Sanskrit Pancatantra).
October 2014 – July 2015 Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in Buddhist Studies.
July 2014 – September 2014 Research Grant of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, stipend for research on Burmese manuscripts in the archives of the Staatsbibliothek of Berlin.
October 2013 – September 2014 Rapson Grant, University of Cambridge, coverage of college and university fees.
September 2011 – September 2013 ‘La Caixa’ Postgraduate Scholarship, full coverage Grant to study in the UK.
April 2011 Institució de les Lletres Catalanes, Translation Grant for El Núvol Missatger (Catalan translation from the Sanskrit of Kālidāsa’s Meghadūta).

I am part of the Project to Digitize Myanmar Manuscripts: http://www.palitext.com, https://mmdl.utoronto.ca/

May 2018–current Convening Ph.D. Research Seminar, Weekly Session, at Shan State Buddhist University.
May 2019–Mar 2020 Lecturer of the courses: ‘Sutta Texts I: Mahāparinibbānasutta with Buddhaghosa’s commentary,’‘Kaccāyana Grammar’, ‘Introduction to Pali Manuscript Studies and Textual Criticism’, ‘Milindapañha’ at Shan State Buddhist University.
May 2018–Mar 2019 Lecturer of the courses: ‘Pali Foundation I and II’

Sep 2019–current Ven. Kondaññakitti ‘The Jātakavisodhana of Ariyavaṃsa: Critical Edition and Annotated Translation,’ Shan State Buddhist University. (First supervisor)
Jan 2010–current Linda Cha, ‘The Taddhita Chapter of the Kaccāyanavaṇṇanā: Critical Edition and Annotated Translation’, Mahidol University, Bangkok. (Co-supervisor)
Nov 2019–current Ven. Nyānasāmi Alaṅkāra (M.Phil. cand.) ‘The Lokuppatti: Critical edition and English Annotated Translation’, Shan State Buddhist University. (First supervisor)
Nov 2018–Apr 2020 Ven. Paññābhoga Hernseng, ‘The Rūpa- and Khandhattaya-paricchedas of the Saccasaṅkhepa: A Study of the Text in its Burmese Transmission together with an English Translation and Notes. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Mahidol, Thailand. Defended on April 24th 2020. (Co-supervisor)

May 2018–current M.A. students on M.A. and Pali and Buddhist Studies, Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar.

May 2018–current Teaching M.A. Buddhist Studies modules at Shan State Buddhist University: Pali Foundation I and II, Kaccāyana Grammar, Introduction to Pali Manuscript Studies and Textual Criticism, Sutta Texts I, Milindapañha, Pali Poetry and Poetics, Introduction to Prakrit.

May 2019–current Director of the M.A. Philological Pathway programme, Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar.
January 2019 Co-founded Centre for Manuscript Studies at Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar.

November 2018 ‘Breaking Through the Links: Independent Perspectives of Dependent Origination.’ Shan State Buddhist University, Taunggyi, Myanmar