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2008 Institute > Week 3
WEEK 3 July 21st-July 25th
Institute Schedule
| 9:00-12:00 |
Morning Session |
| 12:00 -1:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 1:00-4:00 |
Afternoon Session |
| 4:30-9:00 |
Web Page Consultations |
| 6:30-9:00 |
Evening Sessions |
All Sessions in Hogan 402-3 of the Hogan Campus Center, unless otherwise noted
Monday, July 21st
Excursion to Rubin Museum for Tibetan Art and Karmapa Monastery, Woodstock, NY
Museum Program hosted by Curators and Educators of the Museums
Departure from the College at 6:45 AM; return by 9 PM
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Tuesday, July 22nd
Morning
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Expert Presentation: Naomi Bishop, University of California
Cultural Traditions in the Tibeto-Burman Region, Video: "Himalayan Herders"
Required Readings:
- Naomi H. Bishop, Himalayan Herders. (NY: Harcourt Brace, 1998)
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Afternoon
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Expert Presentation: Naresh Bajracarya, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Mahayana Ritualism and the Mandala
Required Reading:
- Naresh Bajracarya, “The Guru-mandala-Arcana” (ERES)
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Evening
(5-8 PM) |
Evening Program: Prof. Lewis and Prof. Bajracarya
Workshop on Making Nepalese Foods and a Newar feast |
Wednesday, July 23rd
Morning
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Expert Presentation: Prof. Sienna Craig, Dartmouth University
Tibetan Medicine
Required Reading:
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Craig, Sienna, 2007. “A Crisis of Confidence: A Comparison Between Shifts in Tibetan Medical Education in Nepal and Tibet.” In M. Schrempf, ed. Soundings in Tibetan Medicine: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives. /Leiden: Brill, pp. 127-154. (ERES)
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Meyer, Fernand, 1995. Theory and Practice in Tibetan Medicine. IN J. van Alphen and A. Aris, eds. Oriental Medicine: An Illustrated Guide to the Asian Arts of Healing. London: Serendia Publications, pp. 109-141. (ERES)
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Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Yildiz and Yeshi C. Lama, 2008. Tibetan Medicine and Biodiversity Management in Dolpo, Nepal. IN L. Pordie, ed. Tibetan Medicine in the Contemporary World: Global Politics of Medical Knowledge and Practice. London: Routledge, pp. 160-185. (ERES)
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| Afternoon |
Expert Presentation: Maureen Stephens
Teaching About Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Ladakh |
Thursday, July 24th
Morning
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Expert Presentation: Dr. Anne de Sales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Shamanism in the Himalayas and the Maoist Insurgency
Required Readings:
- Anne de Sales, The Kham Magar Country, Nepal: Between Ethnic Claims and Maoism," European Bulletin of Himalayan Research 19, 41-71 (ERES)
Further Readings:
Thang PowerPoint Slides |
Afternoon
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Expert Presentation: Prof. Charles Ramble, Oxford University
Practices of Tibetan Buddhism; Traditions of the Tibetan Frontier People
Required Readings:
- Charles Ramble, “The People of Mustang and their History,” from The Navel of the Demoness: Tibetan Buddhism and Civil Religion in HighlandNepal. (NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 2008) (ERES)
Further Readings:
- Stan Royal Mumford. Himalayan Dialogue: Tibetan Lamas and Gurung Shamans in Nepal (Madison: Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 1989).
- David Holmberg, Order in Paradox: Myth, Ritual, and Exchange among Nepal’s Tamang (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989).
PowerPoint Slides |
Friday, July 25th
Morning
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Expert Presentation: Prof. Kurtis Schaeffer, University of Virginia
Literatures of Medieval Tibet: Namthars; Women Saints in the Himalayas:
Required Readings:
- excerpts from Kurtis Schaeffer, Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun. (NY: Oxford University Press, 2004) (ERES)
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Afternoon
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Expert Presentation: Dr. Yudru Tsomo, Harvard University
Tradition and Modern Women of Tibet
Required Readings:
- Tsering Chotsho, “A Drop from an Ocean: The Status of Women in Tibetan Society” and Migyur Madrong, “A Discussion on Some Great Women in Tibetan History” (ERES)
- Matthew Kapstein, The Tibetans, 175-204
Further Readings:
- Rex and Shirley Jones, The Himalayan Woman
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