Tibet (China)
Academic Content
Lectures
IFDS lectures are given at a mix of academic environments and field locations. Please note the following lecture listings are tentative and subject to change:
- Tibetan Studies in China: An Overview
- The Entwinement of Indigenous and Exogenous Cultural Identities in the Frontiers of Tibetan and Chinese civilizations
- Bonpo – the Indigenous, Pre-Buddhist Religion of Tibet
- In the Embrace of Spirits: Mountains, Spirits, and Human Ecology in Eastern Tibet
- Buddhism in Contemporary Tibetan Cinematography
- Virtual Tibet in the Popular Imaginations of the Tibetans and the Chinese
- Buddhist Consecration of Tibetan Ecological Landscape
- Consumption of Tibetan Buddhist Art in Contemporary China
Co-curricular Site Visits & Field Trips
Please note the following trips are tentative and subject to change:
- Visit to the College of Tibetan Studies at the Minzu University of China in Beijing
- Visit to China’s Tibetology Research Center in Beijing
- Interactions with Tibetan Scholars and Students at Makyi Ama Tibet House in Beijing
- The Lama Temple in Beijing
- Potala Palace
- Visit to landmark monasteries in Lhasa Area (Sera, Jokhang and others)
- Lhasa Museum
- Yamdor Lake
- Namotso Lake
- Tashi Lunpo Monastery – Panchin Lama’s Home Monastery