Spotlight Tibet
- From April 4 to 10, 2016 the Tibet Himalaya Initiative (THI) hosted renowned Tibetan artists Gonkar Gyatso and Dorje Tsering Chenaktsang (Jangbu) for Tibetan Arts Week. Coinciding with the Conference on World Affairs, Tibetan Arts Week gathered
- CAS is pleased to partner with the Department of Geography and the Tibet Himalaya Initiative to invite John Osburg from the University of Rochester to present on "Business and Belief among Han Chinese Practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism in
- Widely considered the father of cotemporary Tibetan art, Gonkar Gyatso was one of a number of young Tibetans seeking new vehicles for creative expression and co-founded the Sweet Tea House artists’ collective in Lhasa in in 1984. Later he left Tibet
- On June 15, Emily Yeh, chair of the Department of Geography here at , was interviewed by New Books in East Asian Studies, about her recent book, Taming Tibet: Landscape Transformation and the Gift of Chinese Development, published
- On Tuesday April 28, Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö presented a lecture entitled, “Liberating yaks: the vegetarian question in Tibet” in the Norlin Library, with at least 80 audience members in attendance. These included faculty, graduate students and
- The Center for Asian Studies is pleased to help host Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö, a renowned Buddhist teacher from Larung Buddhist Academy in eastern Tibet for a public lecture on Tuesday, April 28.Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö is a leading figure at Larung
- In late February, Tibetan artist Ang Tsherin Sherpa spent a week at -Boulder, engaging students and community members alike with his experiences as an artist in one of the newest fields of Asian art history, contemporary Himalayan art.
- Tsherin Sherpa, whose artwork is featured in the current Art Museum Anonymous: Contemporary Tibetan Art exhibition, will give a public lecture at on Tuesday, February 24. Born in 1968 in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tsherin Sherpa studied
- On Thursday, February 12, Ariana Maki will present the first in our Spring 2015 Luncheon Series Program.In 2006, the Art Museum (AM) exhibited Waves on the Turquoise Lake, the world’s first museum show dedicated to contemporary Tibetan art, a
- Faculty, students and visitors enjoyed a three-part event on Wednesday, October 1st exploring Tibetan texts—their materials, production, and compilation. The events spanned from the Art Museum to Norlin Library and covered an array of media: