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