Upcoming Events

Film Screening: "Yartsa Rinpoche, Precious Caterpillar" A documentary (2013) about the economics of harvesting medicinal herbs on the Tibetan Plateau. Director Dorje Tsering Chenaktsang. 101 minutes. Co-sponsored by the Tsadra Foundation. Monday, October 26th | 6pm in Humanities 150

Master translator Sarah Harding of Naropa University and the Tsadra Foundation will deliver a colloquium-style presentation on "Tibetan Meditation Techniques: On the Interaction of Text and Practice." The lecture will take place on Thursday, October 15th at 6pm in the British Studies Room in conjunction with the ongoing exhibit of...

Local art historian Sarah Magnatta from the University of Denver will deliver a lecture on "Portraits of Presence: The Dalai Lama in Traditional & Contemporary Imagery." The lecture will take place in Humanities 250. A description of the lecture is below: Traditionally, Tibetan artistic depictions of the Dalai Lamas highlighted...

Is social entrepreneurship a viable alternative to the traditional nonprofit model on the Tibetan plateau given heightened political sensitivity around aid from the West? Join in a panel of five staff members from the Tibetan Village Project who are working to support high-impact entrepreneurship projects in Tibet. They will also...

We are delighted to welcome José Cabezón, the Dalai Lama Chair in Buddhist Studies at UC Santa Barbara for a public lecture on "Love and Lust in Classic South Asian Buddhism." The lecture will take place on Thursday, September 10th at 6pm in British Studies Room on the 5th Floor...