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Tibetan Studies Events and Other News |
TIBETAN STUDIES EVENTS IN NEW YORK CITY
Nov. 4: Jaye Trabho (Rgya-ye Bkra'-bho), "Indian Political Society and Tibetan Literature"
12:30-2pm EALAC Lounge; 4th Floor Kent Hall, Columbia University
Nov. 5-7: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TIBETAN BOOK DUPLICATE SALE!
Hundreds of duplicate Tibetan Studies titles, in Tibetan, Chinese and western languages. Modern and dpe-cha (traditional) formats.
Hours: 10am-4pm on Thurs & Friday; 1-4pm on Saturday
Nov 6 (Fri): Kensaku Okawa, "Conflicted Histories: Representations of Traditional Tibetan Society"
12noon-1:30pm SIPA Building 918. Visiting Scholar from Tokyo University.
10:30-6pm; Latse Reading Room, Trace Foundation (132 Perry Street; Greenwich Village)
Opening day of this exhibit will feature talks by experts and scholars of Tibet’s postal history and letter-writing culture. Exhibit is open until December 13.
Nov. 10: Special Event on Tibetan Folk Music
2-4pm Contact Prof. Robert Barnett for details at rjb58@columbia.edu.
Nov. 10: Classroom Film Showing of Three Tibetan TV Comedy Sketches (1990s)
7:10-9:30pm Kent Hall 522D; Columbia University. Three episodes from the humorous TV series written by Phuntsog Tashi, and performed by Migmar, Thubten, Tashi Dondup, and others in Lhasa. Film is shown free-of-charge in conjuction with Dr. Robert Barnett's course, "Envisioning the Snowland." With English subtitles.
*NEW DATE AND TIME Nov. 12: Anya Bernstein (NYU), "The Post-Soviet Treasure Hunt: New Sacred Geographies and Historiographies in Buryatia"
7 to 8:30pm; Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center / Rubin Foundation Scholars Group; 17 West 17th St, 9th floor
Nov. 17: Classroom Film Showing of "Xizang Fengyun" (Tib. Bod-ljongs dus 'gyur) [Winds and Clouds over Tibet] (episodes 1 and 25)
7:10-9:30pm Kent Hall 522D; Columbia University. The first and final episodes from this 25-part CCTV series, which offered a dramatized history of "liberation" and aired in the late 1990s. Showing is free-of-charge and held in conjuction with Dr. Robert Barnett's course, "Envisioning the Snowland." The Tibetan-language version will be shown, with English subtitles.
Nov. 19: Dr. Paul Hackett (Columbia), talk on Guhyasamaja
7 to 8:30pm; Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center / Rubin Foundation Scholars Group; 17 West 17th St, 9th floor
Nov. 24: Classroom Showing of Local Family TV Dramas (2001 and 2002)
7:10-9:30pm Kent Hall 522D; Columbia University. Two episodes of CCTV/Tibet TV productions will be shown: Lasa wangshi (= Lha sa’i sngon byung gtam rgyud) [Old times in Lhasa]; and Xiangwang Lasa (=Lha sar phyogs pa) [In the direction of Lhasa] The showing is free-of-charge and held in conjuction with Dr. Robert Barnett's course, "Envisioning the Snowland." English subtitles.
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