International Cooperation and Exchange
The Modern Tibetan Studies Program and Columbia University have hosted visiting scholars from both within the United States and abroad to foster international cooperation and scholarly exchange. While at Columbia, visiting scholars conduct their own research, participate in discussion with their peers, and offer seminars and lectures to students and the public.
Additionally, scholars from the Modern Tibetan Studies Program participate in Tibet-related conferences and seminars around the world, take part in delegations to other countries, and convene panels at conferences, and also have lectures and courses at other universities.
For details, see below:
Delegations Abroad
Summer Courses
Panels at Conferences
Lectures by Columbia Faculty at Other Institutions
Visitors
Resident Visiting Scholars
Delegations Abroad
Ecotourism Training Project (4)
November 2009 | Tibet; Chengdu; Yunnan
Chris Jones, Tamdin Wangdu, Sharyn
Ecotourism Training Project (3)
August 2009 | Kardze, Tibet. With University of Virginia
Chris Jones, David Germano and others
Ecotourism Training Project
March, 2009 | Bhutan
Gregory Pflugfelder, Chris Jones
Ecotourism Training Project (2)
November 2008 |Tibet
Chris Jones
Bhutan
August 2008 | Bhutan
Robert Barnett
China Film Archive – Meetings
July 2007 | Beijing, China
Angela Zito, Angus McNellis
Ecotourism Training Project (1)
July-August 2007 | Chengdu; Tibet
Chris Jones, Anna Spenceley, Kabir Heimsath
Tibetan Language Teaching Delegation to Tibet (2)
July 2005 | Tibet
School for International Training: Brian Long, Jon Nordemeyer, Julie van der Horst
Video Training Delegation for Oral Tradition Research
September 2005 | Tibet University
Nelson Walker
Tibetan Language Teaching Delegation to Tibet (1)
May 2005 | Tibet
School for International Training: Bonnie Mennell, Julie van der Horst
Visit of Prof. Stiglitz to Tibet
July 26 – August 2, 2004 | Tibet University
Joseph Stiglitz, Anya Stiglitz, Robert Barnett
Summer Courses
Tibetan Language Summer Course at Tibet University
2000-06 | Tibet University. With University of Virginia
Organizers: David Germano and Robert Barnett
Panels at Conferences
Uses and Abuses of the "Modern" and in Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism
June 28, 2008 | Atlanta, GA | Emory University, Association of Buddhist Studies
Convenors: Leigh Sangster, Laura Harrington, Janet Gyatso
The Rise of Modern Tibet: National Identity, Secular Literature, and New Questions about the Authority of Tradition
August 27-28, 2006 | Bonn, Germany | Bonn University, International Association of Tibetan Studies
Convenor: Gray Tuttle
Modern Tibetan Culture: Visual Representations & Film, TV, Internet, and Music
August 27-28, 2006 | Bonn, Germany | Bonn University, International Association of Tibetan Studies
Convenors: Leigh Sangster, Susan Chen, Robert Barnett, Francoise Rubin
Zones of Contact: Identity and Cultural Practice in Inner Asian Borderlands
April 6-9, 2006 | San Francisco, CA | Association of Asian Studies
Convenors: Gray Tuttle, Yudru Tsomu
Tibet , Media, and Modernity
September 8, 2003 | Oxford, England | Oxford University, International Association of Tibetan Studies
Convenors: Robert Barnett and Ron Schwartz
Power, Ritual, and Agency: Negotiating Identities in the Modern Tibetan World
June 24-30, 2000 | Leiden, Netherlands | Leiden University, International Association of Tibetan Studies
Convenors: Margaret McLagan and Robert Barnett
Lectures by Columbia Faculty at Other Institutions
Emerging Trends in Tibetan Studies in China
November 20, 2009 | Delhi University
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Biography in Tibet
March 17, 2009 | Thimphu, Bhutan | Institute of Culture and Language Studies, Royal Bhutan University
Presenter: Robert Barnett
History of Film in Tibet
October 21, 2008 | Naples, Italy | University of Naples
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Tibetan Television Dramas
October 22, 2008 | Naples, Italy | University of Naples
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Varieties of Secularism: Modernity, Religion, and Spiritual Politics in Asia
May 29-31, 2008 | Sandbjerg, Denmark | Aarhus University, Denmark
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Tibeto-Chinese Negotiations: RolePlay Workshop
December 5, 2007 | Middletown, CT | Wesleyan College
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Glud-gtor at the Crossroads: Ransom Offering-Sculpture in Contemporary Tibet
November 9, 2007 | Paris, France | Sorbonne, CNRS
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Installation in the City Streets: glud gtor or ransom offering-sculpture in contemporary Tibet
November 4, 2007 | Toronto, Canada | Toronto University
Contemporary glud gtor
October 17, 2007 | New York, NY | Rubin Foundation
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Tibet : What's Going on in China's Backyard?
September 28, 2007 | Ithaca, NY | Cornell University
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Architecture and Memory in the Old City of Lhasa
July 5, 2007 | Lhasa, Tibet | Princeton Site Seminar, Lhasa
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Teahouse Posters in Tibet
August 18, 2007 | Beijing, China | Harvard Project on Asia and International Relations
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Tibet in Asian Cinema
August 18, 2007 | Beijing, China | Harvard Project on Asia and International Relations
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Modern Tibetan Art
July 27, 2007 | Chengdu, China | Sichuan University
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Tradition in Contemporary Tibetan Painting
May 17, 2007 | Newark, NJ | Newark Museum
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Religious Regulations in Contemporary Tibet
April 13, 2007 | Cambridge, England | Cambridge University
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Chinese Policies in Tibet
November 9, 2006 | Liverpool, England | Hope University
Presenter: Robert Barnett
When Mao Met the Buddha: Policies in Tibet
November 7, 2006 | London, England | Eton College
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Female sprul-sku: Tibetan Cinema and the Filming of Dorje Palmo
August 28, 2006 | Bonn, Germany | Bonn University, International Association of Tibetan Studies
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Representations of Tibet in Asian Cinema
July 20, 2006 | Xining, China | Qinghai Nationalities University
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Disappearing Subjects: Rethinking Politics and Tibet
May 2, 2006 | Seattle, WA | University of Washington
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Tibet : Between China and India
May 2, 2006 | Seattle, WA | University of Washington
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Modernity, Religion, and Urban Space in Contemporary Lhasa
April 9, 2006 | San Francisco, CA | AAS
Presenter: Robert Barnett
The Changing Face of Tibet
March 3, 2006 | Middlebury, VT | Middlebury College
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Tibetans in Mongolian Film, Mongolians in Tibetan Film: Two Inner Asian Films about 17 th Century
February 10, 2006 | Charlottesville, VA | University of Virginia
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Swiss Yaks & German Breakfasts: Global Images, Modernity, and Tradition in Contemporary Lhasa
May 24, 2004 | Beijing, China | Peking University, China Tibetology Center
Presenter: Robert Barnett
All Quiet on the Western Front – Tibetan Language TV in Tibet
April 29, 2004 | Vancouver, Canada | University of British Columbia
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Transnational Religious Pilgrimage, Consumerism, and Popular Culture in East Asia
February 14, 2004 | Houston, TX | Rice University
Presenter: Robert Barnett
Visitors
Tsering Thar and delegation, Central University of Nationalities
October2009 | Central University of Nationalities
Wang Songping and delegation, TAR Tourism Department
February, 2009 | Columbia with University of Virginia
Thubten Khedup and Ecotourism Training delegation from Tibet University
January, 2008 | Columbia
Surkhang Dekyi Lhadze, Yungchen Lakar
October, 2007 | Columbia
Bi Hua, Tsewang Gyurme, Tanzen Lhundup and delegation, China Tibetology Center
February, 2006 | Columbia
Lhakpa Phuntshogs and delegation, China Tibetology Center
November, 2005 | Columbia
Tsering Gyalpo and Oral Traditions delegation from Tibet Academy of Social Sciences and Tibet University
April, 2005 | Columbia
Tsering Tashi and Tibetan Language Training delegation from Tibet University
August, 2004 | Columbia and School of International Training, Vermont
Tsering Tashi and Champa Yangchen from Tibet University
February, 2004 | Columbia and School of International Training, Vermont
Wang Songping, TAR Tourism Department
October, 2004 | Columbia
Zhang Li, Sichuan University, and Zhang Zhirong, Peking University
April 2002 | Columbia
Du Yongbin and Luorong Zhangdui, China Tibetology Center, Beijing
January 2002 | Columbia
Ju Jianhua, TAR Foreign Affairs Bureau, Lhasa
March 2000 | Columbia
Resident Visiting Scholars
Kensaku Okawa, University of Tokyo
September 2009-March 2010 | Columbia
Padma 'Tsho, Southwest Nationalities University
July-September 2009 | Columbia with Columbia Oral History Workshop
Manla Kyi , Qinghai Education University
2008 | Columbia
Gartso Kyi , Qinghai Nationalities University
January 23-March 18, 2007 | Columbia with Luce Foundation
Jamyang Kyi , Qinghai Television
March-April 2006 | Columbia with Luce Foundation
Kabir Heimsath
April 2003 | Columbia
Pasang Wangdu , Tibet Academy of Social Sciences
November 2004-March 2005 | Columbia with ALCS
Tanzen Lhundup , China Tibetology Center
March-April 2003 | Columbia
Phuntsog Wanggyal
October-December 2002 | Columbia
Tanzen Lhundup , China Tibetology Center
Spring 2000 | Columbia
Alak Zenkar Thubten Nyima, Senior Research Scholar
2000-2004 | Columbia