Gray Tuttle to Lecture on "Why Amdo Matters: Tibetan Middle Ground between Lhasa and Beijing"
Gray Tuttle will visit ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ on November 4th to deliver a lecture on "Why Amdo Matters: TIbetan Middle Ground between Lhasa and Beijing." Professor Tuttle studies the history of twentieth-century Sino-Tibetan relations as well as Tibet’s relations with the China-based Manchu Qing Empire; the role of Tibetan Buddhism in these historical relations is central to his research. He is the Leila Hadley Luce Assistant Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies, Columbia University.
His publications include Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China (2005). His current research project focuses on the support that Tibetan Buddhist institutions have received from the governments of China from the 17th to 20th century and how this support, along with economic growth in the Sino-Tibetan borderlands, has fueled expansion and renewal of these institutions into the contemporary period.
This event is scheduled for 4:00pm on November 4th in the British Studies Library on the fifth floor of Norlin Library. It is part of the CHA Lecture Series, related to its theme on China for the 2010-2011 academic year.