Uncategorized Kunming, Lhasa, Chengdu, Berlin: Sources on Tibetan 20th Century History 5 Mar 2014 Now that the minzu (ethnicity) question is so centrally on the table in China, it is a good time to be looking to the past, for roots of current disputes…
Tibet Dalai Lama in Northern Ireland: Notes on the Situation in Tibet [Updated] 18 Apr 201326 Dec 2015 This essay was originally published as "Dalai Lama struggles to retain influence over troubled Tibet," The Irish Times (Dublin), April 22, 2012, p. 14. Northern Ireland is a long way from…
Chinese communist party… 33 Questions About the Cultural Revolution in Tibet 12 Nov 201112 Nov 2011 The key point of departure for today's discussion is the text On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet: The Nyemo Incident of 1969, co-authored by Melvyn Goldstein (Case Western Reserve University), Ben…
Cultural Politics… Plateau Rouge: On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet (2) 7 Nov 20119 Nov 2011 A few weeks ago, I finally received my copy of the new French translation of Tibetan writer Woeser’s text of oral histories on the Cultural Revolution in Tibet. This past…
China… Democratic/Thought Reform in Tibet 3 Sep 20113 Sep 2011 Man liveth not by links alone, but I did want to make note that, as of Labor Day, this blog will very likely be turning its attentions with greater regularity…
Cultural Politics… Tibet on the Horizon 13 Jul 2011 Chamdo in Paris Tonight, wandering north toward the Rue Oberkampf in search of my little home for the week in Belleville (Parisian Chinatown), I ran across a Tibetan restaurant known…
American Foreign Policy… 33 Questions on The History of Modern Tibet 6 Jun 20116 Jun 2011 Here on Sinologistical Violoncellist, the subject of Tibet seems to be coming up with greater frequency, as it ought to. After all, the Dalai Lama remains floating through the universe…
Cultural Politics… Scaling the Plateau: A Tibet Abstract, and Three Publication Opportunities for Scholars of All Ages 1 Jun 2011 Somewhat excited by the emergence of the Association of Nepal and Himalayan Studies, its scholarly journal Himalaya, and anxious to further connect with colleages at outstanding Macalaster College, I figured it…
China… High Altitude Social Isolation Tense Political Situation = Dream Job for Foreign Aid Worker in Tibet 6 May 2011 In the best cases, one of the unheralded side benefits of being a professor involves the holding of office hours, the offering of an open door. This morning, the open…
American Foreign Policy… Assessing Party Policies in Tibet in the 1950s: Notes on Melvyn Goldstein’s Volume 2 1 May 20119 May 2011 Anyone who has the slightest pretext of considering themselves informed on the question of current Chinese Communist Party policy in Tibet needs to enter into an extended reconnaissance of this…
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