Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Professors Uwe Gielen and Sunghun Kim will discuss their new book, Global Changes in Children’s Lives (Cambridge University Press, 2019), comparing the nature of childhood and adolescence in three representative societies differing in their subsistence activities. The societies include Tibetan nomadic pastoralists, traditional farmers in India, and South Korean students growing up in a digital … Read more
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Time: 6PM to 8PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000 between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Scholars from China Tibetology Research Center will present on Tibetan history, culture and religion: Zheng Dui: Modern Tibetan Buddhism Studies in China In his talk Tibetan Buddhism, he will present us with … Read more
Professors from the China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing, will share their research on various aspects of Tibetan culture and Buddhism: Du Yongbin – Tibetan Studies in Contemporary China: The Styles and Characteristics Tibetan studies is a discipline both about geography and society of Tibetan areas, and about history and today of the Tibetans. China … Read more
Asian Community Block The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art (JMMTA) was founded in 1945 to encourage interest, study, and research in the art and culture of Tibet and the surrounding regions. To this end, the Museum collects art, books, and photographs, and makes them available to the … Read more