WEBINAR ON TIBET AND THE HIMALAYAS: THE PAST AND PRESENT

5-8 October 2020 at 3.00pm IST

(Media Partner: Tibet Online TV)

 Monday, 5th October 2020 (Moderator: Tsewang Dorji)

The Geopolitics of Tibet’s Relations with South Asia: Some Thoughts in Outline

Professor Siddiq Wahid, Former Chancellor, Islamic University of Science and Technology

A Cultural History of Ladakh

Mr. Nawang Tsering Shakspo, author of A Cultural History of Ladakh

Tuesday, 6th October 2020 (Moderator: Dr. Tenzin Desal)

Tibetan Ethnicity in the Central Himalaya

Professor Ramu Manivannan, University of Madras

Tracing the trans-Himalayan connection and its significance for Central Himalayan History

Dr. Vasudha Pande Associate Professor, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi

Wednesday, 7th October 2020 (Moderator: Tsewang Dorji)

Interactions, Connectivities and Disruptions: Narratives from Tibet and the Eastern Himalayas

Dr. Jigme Yeshe Lama, Assistant Professor, University of Calcutta

The Impact of the Lepchas Encounter with the Tibetan Buddhism in Sikkim

Dr Anira Phipon Lepcha, Assistant Professor, Sikkim University

Thursday, 8th October 2020 (Moderator: Dr. Tenzin Desal)

Imagined Geographies in the Indo-Tibetan Borderlands: Culture, Politics and Places

Dr. Swargajyoti Gohain, Assistant Professor, Ashoka University

Monks and Monasteries: Understanding change and continuity in the present era

Professor Uden Bhutia, Assistant Professor, Government General Degree College at Pedong