THE PROGRAM:

History of IAAS

Language and General Exam

Introductory courses

Prerequisites for Admission

Related Links

 

 

IAAS Lunchtime Lecture Series
2011-2012

The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies sponsors a monthly lunchtime lecture series. You may bring your own lunch to the lecture; the Cafeteria is located in the CGIS North Building. Snacks will be provided. Unless otherwise noted, the room opens at 12:30, presentation begins at 1:00 pm. Additional details will be announced as talks are scheduled. For more information, please contact IAAS at iaas@fas.harvard.edu


Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Leonard van der Kuijp
Harvard University

"A Tibetan Buddhist and Evangelical Christian Encounter in Xining, Early 1890s"

At the CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
On the First Floor, in Seminar Room S153


Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Bat-Ireedui Jantsan
National University of Mongolia

"Mongolian Studies in Mongolia"

At the CGIS South Buidling, 1730 Cambridge Street
One the Second Floor, in Seminar Room S250


Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Sienna Craig
Dartmouth College

"Healing Elements: Social Ecologies of Tibetan Medicine in Nepal and China"

At the CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
On the First Floor, in Seminar Room S153


Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Georgios Halkias
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

"Greek Assimilation of Buddhism in Central Asia"

At the CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
On the Second Floor, in Seminar Room S250


Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Tashi Rabgey

George Washington University

"From Multinationism to Multiculturalism: New Liberal Logics and the Reframing of the National Question in the PRC"

At the CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
On the Basement Level, in Seminar Room S050


Wednesday, Februrary 1, 2012 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Cancelled

At the CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
On the Concourse level, in Seminar Room S050



Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Benjamin Levey
Harvard University

"Seeing Like A Nomad: The Colonization of Tarbagatai, 1759-1768"

At the CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
On the Concourse level, in Seminar Room S050


Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Dr. Hiroshi Nemoto
University of Tsukuba, Japan

"Is the Abhisamayalamkara a Work of an Enlightened Being? Tibetan Commentators on Maitreya and his Attainment of Buddhahood"


At the CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
On the second floor, in Seminar Room S250


 

Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Maya Peterson
Harvard University

"A Modern-Day Farhad? Grand Duke Nikolai Konstantinovich Romanov and the Irrigation of Russian Turkestan's Hungry Steppe, 1881-1993"

At the CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
On the Concourse level, in Seminar Room S050



Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Daniel Hirshberg
Harvard University

"The Origins of Concatentated Reincarnation in Tibet"

At the CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
On the Concourse level, in Seminar Room S050


Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 1:00-2:00 p.m.


Cancelled

At the CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
On the first floor, in Seminar Room S153


Thursday, April 26, 2012, 4:00-5:00 p.m.

David Germano
University of Virginia

Ritual Introductions to Crystal Buddhas and Other Intimate Experiences

At the CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
On the first floor, in Seminar Room S153


Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 4:00-5:00 p.m.

For the IAAS Lecture Series of past years:


2010-2011 Lecture Series
2009-2010 Lecture Series
2008–2009 Lecture Series
2007–2008 Lecture Series
2006–2007 Lecture Series
2005–2006 Lecture Series
2004–2005 Lecture Series
2003–2004 Lecture Series
2002–2003 Lecture Series
2001–2002 Lecture Series
2000–2001 Lecture Series
1999–2000 Lecture Series
1998–1999 Lecture Series

 

Foliate Jun-Ware Flower Pot (1279–1368)

 

THE PEOPLE:

Faculty and Staff

Students

Contact us

 

 

EVENTS:

Lunchtime Lecture Series

The Joseph Fletcher Memorial Lecture

The Richard N. Frye Fund Lecture

Upcoming IAAS Events

 

 

 

Home    Harvard    GSAS

Last Updated November 22, 2011