Tibetan Studies at TORS, Copenhagen University

Sign up for the new elective in Tibetology!

The registration is open from the 15th of November until the 1st of December.

Tibetan Studies is presently closed for intake of new students under the study programme known as Tibetology at CCRS, University of Copenhagen, but IT IS POSSIBLE TO STUDY TIBETOLOGY AS AN ELECTIVE.
We offer Tibetan Studies courses on BA- and MA-level on the topics of Tibetan Buddhism, history, culture, politics and so forth, but we offer no language courses. You can find links to the curricula and study programme here: http://ccrs.ku.dk/education/tibetology/
as well as access the course catalogue: http://kurser.ku.dk/course/htik00018u/2017-2018

Welcome to a public talk with Séagh Kehoe (University of Nottingham) on Monday the 4th of December, at the University of Copenhagen, KUA2, room 10.4.05, at 16:15: “Eating the “Spirit of the Grasslands”: The Trade and Slaughter of the Tibetan Mastiff”

They will explore how Tibetan netizens engage with the Tibetan mastiff’s recent passage from nomadic guard dog on the Tibetan plateau to middle-class status symbol among Han urbanities to a grisly end as hot-pot ingredient.

The talk is open to everyone!

For more information about the talk: https://centerforcontemporarybuddhiststudies.wordpress.com/2017/10/13/eating-the-spirit-of-the-grasslands-the-trade-and-slaughter-of-the-tibetan-mastiff/

Check out the amazing blog by Séagh Kehoe here: https://seaghkehoe.com/

Jocelyn Ford is visiting us next week! She will show us her documentary "Nowhere to Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing" on Monday 30. October at 13-16, University of Copenhagen, Southern Campus. After the screening there will be time for Q&A. You can sign up here:

Public lecture: Screening of 'Nowhere to Call Home' and Q&A with director Jocelyn Ford The news headlines about China paint a dire picture of the state of civil society and the state of social activism in the PRC. Yet there are signs of a rise of social awareness among privileged Chinese youth, especially among those with international exposure. Cosmopolitan teens who are better-trave...

The BBB-lecture series
Welcome to a public talk with Dr. Emma Martin on Friday the 29th of September, at the University of Copenhagen, KUA2, room 10.4.05, at 12:15: “The 'Tibetan' Singing Bowl: The significance of place attachment for a souvenir in motion”
https://centerforcontemporarybuddhiststudies.wordpress.com/2017/09/20/the-bbb-lecture-series/

Tibetan Studies is presently closed for intake of new students under the study programme known as Tibetology at CCRS, University of Copenhagen, but IT IS POSSIBLE TO STUDY TIBETOLOGY AS AN ELECTIVE.
We offer Tibetan Studies courses on BA- and MA-level on the topics of Tibetan Buddhism, history, culture, politics and so forth, but we offer no language courses. You can find links to the curricula and study programme here: http://ccrs.ku.dk/education/tibetology/ as well as access the course catalogue.

You can take Tibet-related courses as an elective at the University of Copenhagen. Next term, spring 2018, we offer the following course. OPEN FOR REGISTRATION NOVEMBER 2017: http://kurser.ku.dk/course/htik00018u/2017-2018

Danish-language article sketching the history of Tibetology in Denmark: "Tibetologien i Danmark – og tibetanske teksters eventyrlige rejse til Danmark" with nice photos of Tibetology students Solvej and Renee, and my friend and colleague Jan-Ulrich whom I miss so much in Copenhagen!
https://www.academia.edu/33146902/Tibetologien_i_Danmark_og_tibetanske_teksters_eventyrlige_rejse_til_Danmark

Several Tibet-related papers for you at the ADI conference tomorrow ! Emma will talk about the "Tibetan" singing bowl, Amy about texts, Kalzang about tea, Gisele about primitive art and I will talk about mass-produced Tibetan Buddhist stuff! Our discussions are free and open to everybody. We start Monday 26/6 at 11:15 AM. See the program here: http://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/adi-conference-2017/panels/trade-and-translation-of-buddhist-material-culture-across-asia/

Trade and Translation of Buddhist Material Culture across Asia Copenhagen ADI Conference 20179th annual international ADI conferenceAsian Dynamics InitiativeUniversity of Copenhagen 26-28 June 2017

Sign up for the talk by Yasmin Chon next week!

Take a look! You can now watch the keynote speeches from the conference that we held in October 2016 on our new channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9k5CzLPD1_shZ5u30ZkFeQ … Center for Contemporary Buddhist Studies

The Center for Contemporary Buddhist Studies The Center for Contemporary Buddhist Studies – located in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark – br...

Registration is now open for our spring courses! Sign up for the amazing course "Imagining Shangri-la" : https://kurser.ku.dk/course/htor00017u/2016-2017

KU Kurser - htor00017u 2016/2017 Curriculum for the BA programme in Asian Studies with specialisations in Indology, Japanese Studies, China Studies, Korean Studies, Southeast Asian Studies and Tibetology, The 2010 Curriculum