Film Screening & Discussion
With Director “Mani, The Hidden Valley of Happiness At A Crossroads” Sonam Lama, architect and urban planner from Tsum, Gorkha, Nepal. Discussion with Director to follow Tuesday, March 4 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM International Affairs Building, RM 918 No registration required.
Film Screening and Discussion “Kora (One Mile Above)”
Introduction and discussion with the producer, Kevin Ouyang of Beijing University, and Adjunct Professor at Tibet University. With English translation and subtitles. Friday, March 7 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM International Affairs Building, RM 918 RSVP, go to tinyurl.com/pwexw5w or email moderntibet@gmail.com Co-sponsored by the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, the Asia Pacific Development Society (CU-Asia), the Modern Tibetan Studies Program, and the Asia Pacific Affairs Council.
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Program Series
Meet the WEAI Authors “Taming Tibet: Landscape transformation and the gift of Chinese development” Emily Yeh, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder Moderated by Robert Barnett, Director, Modern Tibet Studies Program, Columbia University Tuesday, March 25 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM International Affairs Building, RM 918 No registration required.
Lecture
“The Fate of Tibet’s Linguistic Minorities in the 21st Century” Gerald Roche of Asian Highlands Perspectives, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Uppsala University Friday, April 4 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Kress Seminar Room, Starr East Asian Library No registration required.
Lecture
“Caught between the Empires: Tibetan Buddhism in Russia and the Qing State” Nikolay Tsyrempilov, Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton University Tuesday, April 15 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM International Affairs Building, RM 918 No registration required.
