Postmarked Lhasa: An Exhibit of Tibetan Stamps and Correspondence
Opening day: Saturday, November 7, 2009
Trace Foundation Latse Library, 10:30 am - 6:00 pm

Please RSVP by Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, 2009
at (212) 367-7380 or events@trace.org

Opening to the public on Saturday, the 7th of November, Postmarked Lhasa is a unique exhibition featuring Tibetan postage stamps, envelopes and letters from the first half of the 20th century. The exhibit will examine the variety of Tibetan stamps and covers—including rarities and forgeries—and the art and etiquette of Tibetan correspondence.

The opening day of the exhibit will also feature talks by experts and scholars of Tibet's postal history and letter-writing culture.  Tibetan stamp expert Geoffrey Flack will present a talk entitled "The Stamps and Postal History of Tibet" which will include discussion of many of the postal items featured in the exhibit. 

In her talk "Merchants and Neighbors: a Ladakhi Tibetan Muslim Family in Lhasa," Yangchen Lakar, a Tibetan cultural expert, will discuss the social and cultural milieu captured in the personal and business correspondence of a family of Tibetan Muslims working as textile traders in Tibet in the early 20th century.

Tibetan scholar Shewo Lobsang Dhargyel will present "The Art of Official Correspondence," a presentation on the rules of style and formatting for official and formal Tibetan written communication. 

A light reception will follow the presentations with an opportunity to view the exhibition and meet the featured speakers.

The exhibition will remain on display until the 13th of December.

For more information, please visit our Events page.

Opening day: November 7th

Visions of Development in Minority and Indigenous Societies: Making Viable Peoples’ Ways of Life

Date to be announced.

Trace Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its 2nd lecture series, Visions of Development in Minority and Indigenous Societies: Making Viable Peoples’ Ways of Life. Each event will be organized around different topics such as traditional cultures and modernization, biodiversity and local knowledge, microcredit and rural development, participatory process and community self-determination in development, social entrepreneurship and community development, the impact of tourism on local communities, and more. The lecture events in the series will bring together speakers from diverse national and disciplinary backgrounds to examine and share experiences on the selected topics at hand, with a special comparative focus on Tibetan communities in China.

The first event in this new series, will examine themes of traditional cultures in the context of modernization and globalization, biodiversity and the impact of development, and the role of local knowledge in maintaining biodiversity.

Please visit the Events section of our website for updates on this event and others...