Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley. Writing about Tibetan Buddhism, medicine, and the transition from empire to nation in China.
🚨New publication: Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, vols 1 & 2. Edited by Matthew Kapstein, with articles by 20 contributors, and richly illustrated. @CornellPress
🚨BDRC is working with Prof. Kapstein on a web companion for these books to be released in the fall.
🚨New publication: Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, vols 1 & 2. Edited by Matthew Kapstein, with articles by 20 contributors, and richly illustrated. @CornellPress
🚨BDRC is working with Prof. Kapstein on a web companion for these books to be released in the fall.
There are many other things to do in the summer other than sit through a zoom lecture, but in case you missed this and are interested, @staceyvv and I are presenting tomorrow on Tibetan Buddhist institutions and networks in Mongolia. https://t.co/udpziHYsx5
Here is a list of local orgs helping Indians survive covid - intended for people with intl credit cards. A WIP - this list is a start. Please point me to organizations I should include. Also, consider news outlets listed here
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https://t.co/OVUH4nSrG9 If you have the time, please sign to show the importance of the refuge for students of South and Southeast Asia on the Berkeley campus.
Always excited for a new film by Khyentse Norbu Rinpoche! Great title 😂 "Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache" https://t.co/TiwzCbHkrv @khyentsenorbu@KhyentseFound
Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Modern Tibetan Studies (AY 2021-22), Columbia University Weatherhead East Asia Institute @WEAI_Columbia Application deadline March 19, 2021: https://t.co/kM2iDWL1Ig
"In 1673, [seeking] to expand the state medical system, the [Fifth Dalai Lama] wrote a new manual for the Medicine Buddha Sūtra ritual practice entitled ~Offering Liturgy for the Seven Sugatas: The Wish-fulfilling King~" - @staceyvv, "Medicine as Impartial Knowledge"
ROYAL CAFE Directed by Tenzin Dasel, 2016 - Available for 24 hours to screen on FB, courtesy of @TibetFilmFestiv! https://t.co/6AiEdyw6c8 Support the "Stay at Home Online Festival of Tibet 2020" here https://t.co/lvlMaH6BS2
The Tibetan Translation of Elie Wiesel’s Night -
A discussion in honor of Elliot Sperling on the third anniversary of his passing: Wed 1/29, 12-1:30pm, GISB 1060 @iuceus@iaunrc@hamiltonlugar
The Central Eurasian Studies Department at Indiana University is currently accepting applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mongolian Studies. Deadline coming up soon, on January 31, 2020. @iuceus@iaunrc
https://t.co/1VdwKgsFy0
Check out the IAUNRC Fall/Winter 2019 Newsletter, featuring an in-depth interview with new Assistant Professor of Tibetan Studies in @iuceus Stacey Van Vleet. @staceyvv
https://t.co/UmDdfCyXvk
Tibetan Studies submissions welcome! The Association of Central Eurasian Students (ACES) invites paper submissions for the 26th ACES Conference, to be held February 29, 2020 at Indiana University, Bloomington. Deadline: November 22, 2019. https://t.co/fJtwTyiHgr