Modern Tibetan Studies Director Robert Barnett (Retired January 2018) talked with The New York Daily News in a July 6, 2016 Q & A about the reality of the Dalai Lama's life on the eve of the spiritual leader's 81st birthday. "His birth name was Lhamo Dhondup. After he was recognized as the Dalai Lama, he was also given a religious name — Tenzin Gyatso. In Tibetan, Gyatso … [Read more...]
Robert Barnett talks with The New York Times About Prominent New Tibet-Related Films
Modern Tibetan Studies Director Robert Barnett (Retired January 2018) talked with The New York Times in a June 10, 2016 article about prominent Tibet-related movies that are screening at the 2016 Shanghai International Film Festival. “These young Tibetan filmmakers are trying to make us look very hard without giving us answers,” Professor Barnett noted. “Many of their films … [Read more...]
Gray Tuttle Discusses His New Co-Edited Book with The New York Times
Gray Tuttle, the Leila Hadley Luce Associate Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, discussed his new book, co-edited with Ben Hillman, Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang: Unrest in China’s West, in a Q & A with The New York Times on May 26, 2016. The book, a Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute published by Columbia University … [Read more...]
Robert Barnett talks with NBC News about China’s Investments in Tibetan Ganzi Prefecture
Modern Tibetan Studies Director Robert Barnett (Retired January 2018) talked with NBC News on May 24, 2016 about China's significant investments in majority Tibetan Ganzi Prefecture. Professor Barnett discussed the decline of self-immolations in the region. "It seems that the use of collective punishment in some key areas —penalizing families, friends, communities and … [Read more...]
“Religion and Society in a Contemporary Tibetan Monastery”
Modern Tibetan Studies Lecture "Religion and Society in a Contemporary Tibetan Monastery" Khenpo Tsultrim Lodroe, Larung Gar Buddhist Academy Moderated by Dominique Townsend, Rubin Museum of Art/Columbia University 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Davis Auditorium, Shapiro Center Registration requested. Please register at https://goo.gl/k1npHB Co-sponsored by the Modern … [Read more...]
