2019-2020 Courses
Fall 2019
ASCE UN1365: INTRO TO EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS: TIBET
Faculty: Patrick Booz
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 GU4814: SPACE AND PLACE IN URBANIZING TIBET
Faculty: Eveline Washul
Seminar engaging anthropology, geography, and indigenous studies to understand how space and place are socially produced and analyze contemporary urban transitions on the Tibetan Plateau.
HSEA GU4815: FAITH & EMPIRE: ART & POLITICS IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM
Faculty: Karl Debreczany
Explores Tibetan Buddhist claims to political power in the courts of China and Inner Asia. Images were a means of political propagation, integral to magical tantric rites, and embodiments of power.
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 2020
EARL GU4310: LIFE-WRITING IN TIBETAN BUDDHIST LITERATURE
Faculty: Gray Tuttle
Through Tibetan biographies (read alongside those of other cultures), the class will consider questions about how life-writing overlaps with religious doctrine, philosophy, and history.
HSEA GU4816: COMPARING INDIGENEITIES
Faculty: Eveline Washul
Using anthropology and indigenous studies, examines concept of indigeneity as categories of difference, political relationships, and lived experiences in Americas, Australia, Tibetan communities in China.
HSEA GR9300: SEMINAR IN THE SOURCES FOR MODERN TIBETAN HISTORY
Faculty: Gray Tuttle
This course is designed for graduate students in the EALAC department's Tibetan Studies graduate program who are preparing to engage in research. The course will serve to introduce these students to many of the major sources for modern Tibetan history, as well as the primary reference works. Students will also generate two annotated bibliographies of material relevant to their own research: the first a Western language bibliography of relevant materials & the second a Tibetan and Chinese language bibliography of relevant materials. These will serve as the basis for the students' final paper, which will survey the state of the field on their selected research topic.
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.