Tshering Om Tamang Registers as PhD Student at Trinity College Dublin

01 March 2026

On 01 March 2026, Tshering Om Tamang officially registered as a PhD student at Trinity College Dublin.

Tshering's doctoral research will focus on the preparation of a descriptive grammar of the Monkha language as spoken in the Riti and Cungseng speech communities in Sarpang district, Bhutan. Her work will form a central component of the Lo-Rig project's long-term documentation and description of Monkha varieties.

Tshering Om Tamang at the Royal University of Bhutan.

While Tshering received her visa for Ireland after a four-month wait in early March, she is still waiting for her passport to be returned and is also unable to travel to Dublin due to travel restrictions in the Middle East. The project team looks forward to welcoming her in person once the necessary arrangements have been completed.

The Lo-Rig project is delighted to have Tshering formally join the team and anticipates a productive collaboration in the years ahead.