2018-2019 Courses

Fall 2018

ASCE UN1365: INTRO TO EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS: TIBET
Faculty: Gray Tuttle
This course introduces contemporary Tibetan society through the lens of anthropology and how various representations have produced different understandings of Tibet within China and beyond.

EAAS: ETHNOGRAPHIC TIBET
Faculty: Eveline Washul
This course introduces contemporary Tibetan society through the lens of anthropology and how various representations have produced different understandings of Tibet within China and beyond.

HSEA GU4725: TIBETAN VISUAL & MATERIAL CULTURE
Faculty: Gray Tuttle
This course examines the painting, sculpture, architecture, and performing arts of the Tibet in the context of local religious beliefs, ritual practices, and literary canons.

UN1410: FIRST YEAR CLASSICAL TIBETAN
Faculty: Konchog Tseten 
This is an introductory course and no previous knowledge is required. It focuses on developing basic reading and translation skills.Students are also introduced to classical Tibetan through selected readings and guest lectures.

UN 1600: FIRST YEAR MODERN COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN
Faculty: Sonam Tsering 
This is an introductory course and no previous knowledge is required. It focuses on developing basic abilities to speak as well as to read and write in modern Tibetan, Lhasa dialect. Students are also introduced to modern Tibetan studies through selected readings and guest lectures.

UN2412: SECOND YEAR CLASSICAL TIBETAN
Faculty: Pema Bhum
This is the second year in the Classical Tibetan language progression.  Students will work with faculty to read classical Tibetan texts from various genres and learn to read a variety of classical Tibetan scripts and seals.  Prior completion of UN1410: First Year Classical Tibetan or the equivalent required.

UN2603: SECOND YEAR MODERN COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN
Faculty: Sonam Tsering 
Completion of UN 1600: First Year Modern Colloquial Tibetan or the equivalent required.

UN3611: THIRD YEAR MODERN COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN
Faculty: Sonam Tsering 
For those whose knowledge is equivalent to a student who’s completed the Second Year course. The course develops students’ reading comprehension skills through reading selected modern Tibetan literature. Tibetan is used as the medium of instruction and interaction to develop oral fluency and proficiency.

Spring 2019

HSEA GU4700: RISE OF MODERN TIBET: HISTORY & SOCIETY, 1600-1913
Faculty: Gray Tuttle
Deals with the institutional history of major Tibetan state structures and their rivals in the Tibetan borderlands; cosmopolitan, religious and economic aspects of Tibetan culture.

HSEA GU4712: LOCAL HISTORY IN TIBET
Faculty: Gray Tuttle 
This course is designed to ask large questions of relatively small places in Tibet, in comparison with approaches drawn mainly from European and Chinese studies.

HSEA GR9300: EARLY TIBETAN HISTORY AND ITS RELATIONS WITH CHINA
Faculty: Eveline Washul 
This course is an introduction to early Tibetan history focusing on the Tibetan Empire (7th-9th c.) with an emphasis on its relations with China.

UN1410: FIRST YEAR CLASSICAL TIBETAN
Faculty: Konchog Tseten 
This is an introductory course and no previous knowledge is required. It focuses on developing basic reading and translation skills.Students are also introduced to classical Tibetan through selected readings and guest lectures.

UN 1600: FIRST YEAR MODERN COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN
Faculty: Sonam Tsering 
This is an introductory course and no previous knowledge is required. It focuses on developing basic abilities to speak as well as to read and write in modern Tibetan, Lhasa dialect. Students are also introduced to modern Tibetan studies through selected readings and guest lectures.

UN2412: SECOND YEAR CLASSICAL TIBETAN
Faculty: Pema Bhum
This is the second year in the Classical Tibetan language progression.  Students will work with faculty to read classical Tibetan texts from various genres and learn to read a variety of classical Tibetan scripts and seals.  Prior completion of UN1410: First Year Classical Tibetan or the equivalent required.

UN2603: SECOND YEAR MODERN COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN
Faculty: Sonam Tsering 
Completion of UN 1600: First Year Modern Colloquial Tibetan or the equivalent required.

UN3611: THIRD YEAR MODERN COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN
Faculty: Sonam Tsering 
For those whose knowledge is equivalent to a student who’s completed the Second Year course. The course develops students’ reading comprehension skills through reading selected modern Tibetan literature. Tibetan is used as the medium of instruction and interaction to develop oral fluency and proficiency.