Contemporary visions in Tibetan studies
Subtitle: proceedings of the First International Seminar of Young Tibetologists
By: edited by Brandon Dotson ... [et al.].
Contributors: Dotson, Brandon, 1978-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Serindia Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781932476453
Subjects: Tibet (China) -- History -- Congresses; Tibet (China) -- Religion -- Congresses; Tibetologists -- Congresses; Tibet (China) -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Congresses; Tibet (China) -- Civilization -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Selection of papers from seminar convened by Tim Myatt and Brandon Dotson at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Aug. 9-13, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Engagements with modernities : Tibet, China, and diaspora; title: Incidental to Tibetan studies? : views from various margins / Chris Vasantkumar; title: In the land of checkpoints : yartsa gunbu business in Golok 2007 : a preliminary report from the field / Emilia Róza Sułek; title: Fishery in southern and central Tibet : an economic niche is going to disappear / Diana Altner; title: Exploring the rush for "Himalayan gold" : Tibetan yartsa gunbu harvesting in northwest Yunnan and considerations for management / Michelle Olsgard Stewart; title: Tibetan refugees in India, or, How diaspora politics can be influenced by an omnipresent host country / Anne-Sophie Bentz; title: Adhering to tradition : maintaining the canon of Tibetan architecture in India / Joona Repo; title: Loss of memory and continuity of praxis in Rampur-Bashahr : an itinerant study of 17th-century Tibetan murals / Georgios T. Halkias; title: Tibetans in Taiwan : 1949/2006 / Tsering Choekyi.; title: pt. 2. History, culture, and religion; title: The Tibetan Gesar epic as oral literature / Solomon George FitzHerbert; title: A brief introduction to the era of the ten overlords / Beri Jigme Wangyal; title: The "nephew/uncle" relationship in the international diplomacy of the Tibetan empire (7th/9th centuries) / Brandon Dotson; title: An analysis of the origin of polo through the ancient relationship between Tibet and Persia / Tsering Dawa; title: The role of Confucius in Bon sources : Kong Tse and his attribution in the ritual of Three-Headed Black Man / Kalsang Norbu Gurung; title: Dating and authorship problems in the sNgags log sun 'byin attributed to Chag Lo tsā ba Chos rje dpal / Kadri Raudsepp; title: Elevating Tsongkhapa's disciples : Khedrup Jey and the Jey Yabsey Sum / Elijah Ary; title: 'Phreng po gter ston Shes rab 'od zer (1518/1584) on the eight lineages of attainment : research on a Ris med paradigm / Marc-Henri Deroch; title: Remarks on the state oracles and religious protectors of the dGa' ldan pho brang government / Dobis Tsering Gyal; title: Risk and social mobility : a study of the demotion and dismissal cases in the careers of the dGa' ldan pho brang officials from 1885 to 1952 / Alice Travers.