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Saturday, July 10th 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Breaking the Line: Examining New Ideas for Written Tibetan
Learning to read Tibetan can be a considerable undertaking for native and non-native speakers alike. Since the establishment of the language’s written form in the 7th century, there have been arguments and debate for reform and innovation. In recent times, one proposal that has generated a considerable amount of discussion has focused on the use of punctuation and spacing in Tibetan. It has been argued that for some learners of the Tibetan language, the ability to recognize words in a system where punctuation is only used between syllables and sentences or phrases is prohibitive to learning, and that the spacing out of words as such would make the act of reading Tibetan for many among the younger generations more accessible and easier. Another proposal advocates adopting a new punctuation mark to indicate words. In the past year, these ideas have been hotly debated in the Tibetan community and in the blogosphere, we have invited three speakers representing different viewpoints for what is sure to be a lively roundtable discussion of these points and more.
Featuring: Tenzin Dickyi, Lama Pema Wangdak, and Dhondup Tashi; moderated by Pema Bhum.
Speaker biographies:
Tenzin Dickyi was born in northern India. She received her BA in English literature at Harvard University, where she also served as Features Editor of the Harvard South Asian Journal. She currently works at Office of Tibet in New York City. Tenzin Dickyi is the author of essays and poems, including the much-discussed work "Breathing Space: How Word Separation Can Save the Tibetan Language" which can be found on her blog, www.YuthokLane.blogspot.com.
Lama Pema Wangdak is the director of the Palden Sakya Centers and the Vikramasila Foundation. With an Acharya degree from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Benares, India, Lama Pema Wangdak has been teaching Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan language in the New York City area and beyond for over 25 years. Through his foundation, he has opened schools for Tibetan communities in Nepal and India. Lama Pema la is also the creator of a system of Tibetan braille. In 2009, he was the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, awarded to outstanding American citizens.
Rikjong Dhondup Tashi was educated in Tibetan Children’s Village school in India before going abroad to pursue a degree in Economics first at Norway United World College, and currently at Methodist University in South Carolina. He is a managing editor of the Tibetan language blog, Khabdha.
This talk is free and open to the public.
Trumpet Blasts, Cymbals & Chants:
The Ritual Music of Tibetan Buddhism
June 12, 2010, 3 pm - 5 pm
Join us for a fascinating exploration of the music and instruments used in Tibetan Buddhist rituals. Phursang Kelak Lama, ritual music director of Karma Raj Monastic University in Kathmandu, will present and demonstrate the typical elements and instruments of monastic ritual music, including chants, cymbals and drums, drungchen (long trumpets), and the gyaling (oboe). Along with ethnomusicologist Michael Monhart, Phursang Kelak Lama will explain musical notation and patterns, as well as the general meaning and role of music in Tibetan Buddhist ritual.
Phursang Kelak Lama is the ritual music director (dbu mdzad) of Karma Raj Mahavihar, a Kagyu monastery located at Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, Nepal. Phursang Lama grew up in Tibet, entering Dilyak monastery in Nangchen, in the Kham region of Tibet. He received the traditional training in ritual arts. He left Tibet in 1959 with other senior lamas from his monastery, settling in the monastery in Kathmandu. Phursang Lama taught Tibetan ritual music for two years in the Ethnomusicology Department of the University of Washington. He is presently visiting New York City for several months before returning to Nepal.
Michael Monhart, (Columbia University) received his MA in Ethnomusicology from the University of Washington, specializing in the Buddhist ritual musics of Tibet and Japan. He then worked in the multimedia education department at Microsoft for 12 years. He is presently an MA student in Tibetan Studies at Columbia University.
Saturdays, 11 am – 12:30 pm
February 6 through June 5
Pakéling: Fundamentals of Tibetan Language and Culture
Trace Foundation’s Latse Library is pleased to announce a new Tibetan language class for adult students to learn conversational and written Tibetan. Pakéling: Fundamentals of Tibetan Language and Culture is an elementary level class where individuals can begin to learn, refresh, or improve their Tibetan language skills. Students will be taught the fundamentals of Tibetan, with a focus on conversation and reading skills. The class is intended to provide immersion in the language and will be conducted in Tibetan, Central Tibetan dialect, with little or no English instruction.
What is Pakéling? Pakéling can be loosely translated as "Tibetan Language Corner." "Paké" literally means "father tongue language," referred to in the West as "mother tongue language"." One of the uses of the term ling is to refer to a special place for a certain activity. From as early as Tibetan Imperial times, we can find the term dragyurling for a place where individuals do translation work, or samtenling, an area dedicated to meditation. Pakéling, therefore, is meant to be a special corner devoted to the study and appreciation of the Tibetan language.
Schedule: Saturdays, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., February 6 through May 1.
Location: Trace Foundation’s Latse Library, 132 Perry St. Suite 2B
Fee: a $5 suggested donation per class goes directly to teaching staff. In addition, there will be a minimal fee for class materials.
Teaching Staff: Tenzin Norbu, instructor of Tibetan language at Columbia University has generously volunteered to teach the class.
Registration is required. The class is limited to 20 students, so please register early. Provide your name, email, and phone number to info@latse.org or by calling 212-367-8490.
Interested in a more advanced class? Write and let us know! An intermediate level Tibetan language class is under consideration.
Friday, May 21st at 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Tibet’s First Modern Artist
A Lecture by Donald S. Lopez
Gendun Chopel (1903-1951) was, arguably, the most important—and certainly the most controversial—Tibetan intellectual of the 20th century. He was a brilliant philosopher, a superb poet, and the first Tibetan to paint in a “modern style.” This lecture will survey his fascinating career (he wrote the first sex manual in Tibetan and was imprisoned for this political views) and present some of his watercolors from his travels to India and Sri Lanka in the 1930s. The lecture will end with a reading, in both Tibetan and English translation, of some of Gendun Chopel’s most famous poems, drawn from the recently published collection of his poetry, In the Forest of Faded Wisdom.
Donald S. Lopez is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan, where he serves as chair of the Michigan Society of Fellows and chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. His most recent books are Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed and In the Forest of Faded Wisdom: 104 Poems by Gendun Chopel.
Local Knowledge & Sustainable Development in the Himalayas
How can we advance conservation and economic development hand-in-hand? What could serve as a model for sustainable development on the Tibetan plateau? What is the role of local knowledge and culture in building the future?
Join us for two events and learn how three communities on the plateau are achieving sustainable development and strengthening indigenous culture by incorporating the knowledge and traditions of their peoples.
Friday, May 14th 6:30 pm - 8 pm
A special screening of, The Economics of Happiness.
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Saturday, May 15th 10:30 am - 3:30 pm
Full-day workshop with panel discussion moderated by Tsering Shakya of the University of British Columbia.
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Saturday, April 17th 3 - 5 pm
Drangchar: The Life and Times of a Leading Tibetan Literary Magazine
For nearly 30 years Drangchar (Light Rain) has been one of the premier Tibetan literary journals. Established in 1981, it was one of the first journals devoted to literature written in the Tibetan language. Over the years it has become an essential Tibetan language literary resource--featuring influential Tibetan writers and poets, literary theory pieces, and artwork--and has inspired countless literary and artistic endeavors. On Saturday, April 17th Dawa Lodrö, the Editor-in-Chief of Drangchar, will join us at Trace Foundation’s Latse Library to discuss the work and the challenges involved in producing this important journal.
Dawa Lodrö is from Bayen County in Qinghai Province, in the Tibetan cultural region of Amdo. His career has spanned the fields of teaching, social science research, and literary editing. He has earned numerous national awards for his excellence in teaching as well as for his editorial work. He has worked as an editor for Drangchar for thirteen years.
This event is free and open to the public.
Tibetan Reading Class
Trace Foundation’s Latse Library is pleased to announce the return of the Tibetan Reading Class. The class focuses on the literature of different historical periods, from Dunhuang / Tibetan Imperial Period to modern-day writings. The classes will be taught by Library Director Pema Bhum and will involve not only critical readings of texts, but also the historical context of different literary genres and background information of the work and author.
Requirements: Strong reading skills in Tibetan; good oral Tibetan skills (class will be conducted in Tibetan).
The class meets once a month. Next meeting: September 12, 2009. Please consult Latse Events Calendar for meeting details.
To register, please send an email with your contact information (name, telephone number, email) to info@latse.org. or call 212-367-8490.
This class is free and open to all for registration.
Saturday, April 10th at 3:30pm
Thursday, April 16th at 6:45pm – 5 PM
Two Film Screenings by Pema Tseden at Asia Society
Trace Foundation, Asia Society, Columbia University Modern Tibetan Studies, Maysles Institute, and Kham Film Project present the ground-breaking work of filmmaker Pema Tseden (Wanma Caidan in Chinese), who has emerged as the outstanding cinematic voice of Tibet. Hailing from the Tibetan area of Amdo (Qinghai) and trained at the prestigious Beijing Film Academy where he was its first ever Tibetan student, Pema Tseden has made award-winning films that meditate on the meaning of culture and tradition in contemporary life, with Tibet as his canvas.
Free admission. Limit to two per person. Ticket registration available at https://tickets.asiasociety.org/public/ or in-person at Asia Society. To purchase tickets or for more information, please call (212) 517-ASIA or visit www.AsiaSociety.org.
Behind the Camera: Tibetan Filmmakers Discuss Their Art
March 20th 2010 , 2 - 4pm
Join us as Tibetans film directors Padma Tseten and Rigdan Gyatso talk about their experiences and achievements in filmmaking with moderator Dr. Robert Barnett (Columbia University).
A leading authority on Tibetan film, Dr. Barnett will engage in conversation with the directors, here in a rare appearance in New York City for the film festival, Tibet In Harlem.
Rigdan Gyatso, whose latest work The Girl Lhari will have its New York premiere at Tibet in Harlem on March 19, will discuss his vision and aim to create films and videos for children. Padma Tseten (Silent Holy Stones, and The Search), who is enjoying increasing international recognition as a director, will show excerpts from his films with his commentary. The Search will be shown in its entirety on Saturday night, March 20th, at Tibet in Harlem.
This talk is free and open to the public.
February 26, 2010 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Losar 2010: Year of the Iron Tiger
Come Explore the Losar Traditions of the Tibetan Plateau
Join us at Trace Foundation as we celebrate the unique cultures of the Himalayas with talks on the new year customs of different regions on the Tibetan plateau. The evening will also feature a special exhibition of butter sculptures with a demonstration of the 600-year-old tradition. Tibetan holiday specialties will be served.
Space is limited. Please RSVP by February 22nd by email, events@trace.org, or phone (212) 367-7380.
Click here to view our Losar 2010 photo gallery
February 27, 2010 3 - 4:30 pm
Life of a Sakya Khön daughter: Jetsün Kushok Chimey Luding
Talk given by Dr. Elisabeth Benard
"Jetsün Kushok Chimey Luding was born into the prestigious Sakya Khön family, which was established in the 11th century by Khön Könchok Gyelpo. In the Sakya Khön family, the daughters are known as Jetsünmas and have an important role as religious practitioners and teachers. Until she was 21 years old, she lived in the Sakya Khön Dolma Palace in Sakya, and left Tibet for India in 1959. Presently she resides in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada with her family but as a popular lama, she travels all over the world to give teachings.
This lecture will focus on Jetsün Kushok Chime Luding’s early life in Tibet, based on three interviews conducted by Dr. Elisabeth Benard. During this period she was able to attend His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s first public empowerment in Norbulingka and to meet the last British Indian Political Officer—Arthur Hopkinson and his wife Eleanor when they visited Sakya Monastery. The lecture will further examine her family lineage and discuss her main influences in her childhood. Through her life story this lecture will also examine the role not only of the Sakya Jetsünmas, but the greater role of women in Tibet in the first half of the twentieth century.
Elisabeth Benard is a professor in Asian Studies and Religion at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington. She has written Chinnamasta: the Aweful Buddhist and Hindu Tantric Goddess and she co-edited Goddesses Who Rule.
This event is free and open to the public.
January 30, 2010, 3:00 - 4:30 PM
Aspects of Culture in 11th Century Tsongkha
Tseten Dorje, visiting scholar at Columbia University, will present his research on the culture, customs and cuisine of 11th century Tsongkha, an extensive region in contemporary Qinghai Province. The region was later the home and namesake of Je Tsongkhapa the 15th century founder of Ganden Monastery and the Gelukpa School of Tibetan Buddhism. The talk will focus on the costume, food, architecture, and traditions of this historical and culturally rich border region.
Tseten Dorje is currently a visiting scholar in the Modern Tibetan Studies Program at Columbia University. He has worked as an editor at the journal Tsernyek (Climbing), and is the author of the historical saga King of Tsongkha (tsong kha’i rgyal po) and Snow Lotus (ganglha metok), a novel, as well as numerous academic articles on Tibetan culture and literature. His latest work is a history of the Tsongkha region.
Closing Day Event: Sat. Dec. 12, 2009 Postmarked Lhasa: An Exhibit of Tibetan Stamps and Correspondence
2:00 - 4:00 pm
A Talk by Geshe Nornang on
Kadrung Nornang’s Rules for Formal Tibetan Correspondence
Kadrung Nornang’s Rules for Formal Letter Writing was written in 1888 by Nornang Wangdü Tsering, a Chair-Secretary in the Tibetan government. The book is a comprehensive manual of the rules and etiquette in the composition of all manner of correspondence, including formatting and margins of letters, how to properly address letter recipients according to their rank or position, how to use a seal and wax to close the letter, and so on. For this talk, speaker Geshe Nornang, the grandson of Kadrung Nornang, talks about the history of the book, its role as the authority on Tibetan letter-writing, and on his exquisite hand-written copy of Kadrung Nornang’s Rules, currently on display at the library.
About the Speaker
Geshe Nawang Lodoe Nornang is a retired lecturer from the Asian Language and Literature Dept., University of Washington. Born in Lhasa, Geshe Nornang came to the U.S. in 1960, where he had a long and fruitful career at the university, teaching and developing Tibetan language materials, including the Manual of Spoken Tibetan, and Modern Spoken Tibetan: Lhasa Dialect.
This talk marks the closing day of the exhibit Postmarked Lhasa: an Exhibit of Tibetan Stamps & Correspondence at Trace Foundation’s Latse Library.
Exhibit opened until December 12, 2009
Postmarked Lhasa: An Exhibit of Tibetan Stamps and Correspondence
Opened to the public on Saturday, the 7th of November Postmarked Lhasa is a unique exhibition featuring Tibetan postage stamps, covers, and letters from the first half of the 20th century. The exhibit examines the variety of Tibetan stamps and covers, including rarities and forgeries.
The opening day of the exhibit included talks by experts and scholars of Tibet’s postal history and letter-writing culture.Tibetan stamp expert Geoffrey Flack presented a talk entitled “The Stamps and Postal History of Tibet” which included discussion of many of the postal items featured in the exhibit. Following the lunch break, Yangchen Lakar, a Tibetan cultural expert, presented a talk entitled “Merchants and Neighbors: a Ladakhi Tibetan Muslim Family in Lhasa.” The talk focused on the social and cultural milieu surrounding a unique collection of personal and business correspondence between a Muslim and a Buddhist family living in Tibet during the first half of the 20th century. Lobsang Dhargyel, a Tibetan scholar, followed with a presentation “The Art of Official Correspondence,” a talk on the rules of style and format governing official written communication in the early 20th century.
A light reception followed the presentations with an opportunity to view the exhibition and meet the featured speakers. The exhibition will remain on display until the 12th of December.
Oct. 3, 2009, 3 - 5 pm
Tibetan Medicine, Buddhism, and the State: A Case of Early Modernity?
a talk by Professor Janet Gyatso
Join us for a talk by Dr. Janet Gyatso on her extensive research on the intellectual history of traditional Tibetan medicine in early modern Tibet.
About the speaker:Professor Janet Gyatso
Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies, Harvard University, Divinity School, has her BA, MA, PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a specialist in Buddhist studies with concentration on Tibetan and South Asian religious culture. Her books include Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary; In the Mirror of Memory: Reflections on Mindfulness and Remembrance in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism; and Women of Tibet. She is currently completing a book on the intellectual history of traditional medicine in early modern Tibet. She has also been writing on conceptions of sex and gender in Buddhist monasticism and in Tibetan medicine. She was president of the International Association of Tibetan Studies from 2000-2006, and is currently co-chair of the Buddhism Section of the American Academy of Religion.
Sept. 26, 2009
Tibet: From Marco Polo to Mickey Mouse
a talk by Professor Ramon Prats
The talk focuses on the origin and growth of the mythical view of Tibet in the Western world. Travelogues, novels, fictional movies, and special events —which will be reviewed in a chronological sequence with the support of images— have contributed to the mystification of the Land of Snows and its reshaping as a virtual entity often detached from reality. Tibet has regularly been characterized as secret, magic, mysterious, sacred, forbidden… an arcadia of peace and happiness whose population is featured as the prototype of the spiritual person —an archetype of sorts that has entered and taken deep roots in the Western soul. The Tibet fashion reached its climax in the late 90s when a few Tibetan intellectuals adopted significant icons of the Western civilization and Tibetanized them in order to restore them to the Western audience.
The subject of the talk was dealt with from a different perspective in Ramon Prats' article "Origins Of The 'Tibet Myth' In Western Fiction," published in Latse Library Newsletter, III (Fall 2005), pp. 31-37.
about the speaker:
Professor Ramon Prats (Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona; Rubin Museum of Art)
Ramon N. Prats holds a doctoral degree in Tibetan Studies from the Oriental Institute of the University of Naples (Italy), where he was associate professor of Tibetan language and literature from 1980 to 1995. In 1998 and 1999 Dr. Prats worked at the Himalayan and Inner Asian Resources of the Trace Foundation, New York. He was subsequently appointed professor of Buddhist studies at the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona (Spain). Since 2006 he also works at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, in the position of Senior Curator. Ramon Prats has more than sixty publications to his credit and has traveled extensively in the Tibetan world.
August 15, 2009
Tibetan Astrology in a Modern Society: Its Roles and Challenges
3:00 - 5:00 pm, Latse Reading Room
A lecture by Yumpa (Institute of Tibetan Astro-science and Traditional Tibetan Medicine, Lhasa)
Join us for a talk by Yumpa, Director and Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Tibetan Astro-science and Traditional Tibetan Medicine, or the Mentsikhang, in Lhasa. Mr. Yumpa will discuss the role Tibetan astrology plays in a changing society, as well as the challenges this traditional discipline faces in the digital age.
Yumpa (Institute of Tibetan Astro-science and Traditional Tibetan Medicine, Lhasa)
About the speaker: In addition to his role as Director and researcher at the Mentsikhang, Mr. Yumpa also serves as Secretary-General of the Tibetan Astro-science Association of the Tibet Autonomous Region. He has been affiliated with the Mentsikhang since 1989, and has also served as at teacher and guest professor in astro-sciences in various schools and colleges in China. Mr. Yumpa is the author and editor of several publications and research articles on the astro-sciences, Tibetan medicine, and related topics including the book Thirty Year Tibetan Calendar and Collected Works on Tibetan Astrology. He is currently a visiting scholar at Harvard University.
Sat. July 25, 2009, 3 - 5 pm
Recent Tibetan Art Historical Findings in Northwest Yunnan
Join us for a presentation on recent research in Tibetan art history undertaken in Tibetan areas of northwest Yunnan Province, China, and in Lijiang, the former center of the Naxi kingdom of ’Jang Sa-tham. In this illustrated talk, Dr. Karl Debreczeny will highlight the legacy of Tibetan art in the region as well as recent discoveries.
Speaker: Karl Debreczeny (Rubin Museum of Art)
Karl Debreczeny graduated from Indiana University with MAs in both Art History and Tibetan Studies and earned a Ph.D. degree in Tibetan and Chinese Art History from the University of Chicago. His dissertation focused on exchanges between Tibetan and Chinese painting traditions, and his research articles on various topics of Tibetan art history in the northwest Yunnan region have been published in Tibet Journal, Orientations, as well as the volume Buddhism Between Tibet and China edited by Matthew Kapstein. He trained in Tibetan painting of the Gardri (“Encampment”) tradition in Nepal and has conducted field research in various locations along the Sino-Tibetan border. Dr. Debreczeny is currently Curator at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York.
Sat. June 13, 2009 at 3 pm
A History of Amdo
Hortsang Jigme’s History of Amdo:
in celebration of a new publication
Latse Library celebrates the release of the much-anticipated History of Amdo (Mdo smad lo rgyus chen mo las lo rgyus spyi’i gzhung shing) by author and scholar Hortsang Jigme. This 6-volume work is the result of nine years of careful research by the author, and covers this whole history of the Amdo region, from the first appearance of inhabitants to the 1950s. Each area of the region is examined, and within each region the forts, monasteries, temples, and individuals that comprise the rich fabric of Amdo.
Hortsang Jigme will discuss the background and his approach to the project, most helpful sources, and most difficult challenges in compiling this work.
May 9, 2009
Future Directions of Minority Education in Western China
Join us for talks by leading experts on bilingual education, Jamyang Tashi and Trowo Gyaltsen, on the current practices and possible directions for the development of Tibetan language in education.
Time: 10 am - 1 pm
Location: Latse Library
Minority Education in Tibetan Areas of Sichuan Province
Jamyang Tashi
Director, Educational Sciences Research Institute, Ngawa Prefecture Education Department
Jamyang Tashi graduated from the Tibetan Language and Literature Department of the Central Nationalities University, and later earned a graduate degree from the Sichuan Normal University. He has published many articles on bilingual education models for Tibetan areas, developed standards and plans for the development and evaluation of bilingual models in primary and secondary schools, and created many standardized Tibetan language teaching materials used in primary and secondary schools in Tibetan areas across the country. He has won many awards recognizing his outstanding role as a teacher, writer, and bilingual education expert.
Trends in Minority Education in Western Regions of China
Trowo Gyaltsen
Senior Lecturer, Barkham Nationalities Normal School, Sichuan Province
Trowo Gyaltsen graduated with a degree in philosophy and went on to teach political theory at the Barkham Nationalities Normal School. He is the editor-in-chief of the Tibetan- and Chinese-language journal, Tibetan Regions Education Forum, which explores issues such as Tibetan regions education systems, mother tongue education in bilingual education, and more. He published a collection of essays on philosophy entitled The Allure of the Light of Reason. He has written many important papers that have been influential in Tibetan education practice today.
Sat. May 9, 2009 at 3 pm
Me and My Life in Poetry
a talk by Chenrangse (Jampa Gelek)
Tibetan Canon Office, Chengdu
Join us for famed Amdowa poet and scholar Chenrangse's talk on his background and career as a poet and writer, his influences, and the creative process.
Jampa Gelek is a researcher at the Tibetan Canon Office in Chengdu, a branch of the Chinese Center for Tibetan Studies (Beijing). He graduated from the Huangnan Minority Normal School (Qinghai Province) and received further education at Ditsa and Rongpo Monasteries. His scholarship on the Kangyur and Tengyur has resulted in two forthcoming works: Catalogue of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon and the [Bilingual] Catalogue of the "Commentaries" of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon. Jampa Gelek is also an accomplished poet, writing under the pen name of Chenrangsé. His works have been published in literary journals such as Spring Rain (Sbrang char) and Moonshine (Zla zer), as well as two publications of collected works, The Sound of Shamhala’s Bell and Footprints of Youth. This spring and summer he is a visiting scholar Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University.
Land Use in China's West:
A Discussion on the New Land Use Reforms and Their Implication for China's Western Regions
In October 2008, China announced the adoption of a new rural land reform policy that would allow farmers to subcontract, lease, or exchange their land-use rights. This new policy is aimed at increasing the disposable incomes of rural populations as well as offering better protections against unlawful land grabs.
According to recent official figures, the average per capita income from wages and salaries for rural communities in the Tibet Autonomous Region is among the lowest in the nation, yet the average per capita income from properties is more than double the national average. Given these conditions, what are the implications of the new reforms for Tibetan communities in western China? What do the new reforms mean in practice for rural China in general? A panel of experts from different disciplinary fields will present their past research and discuss their thoughts about the current reforms.
The event was free and open to the public.
Thursday, February 5th, 2009, 3-5pm
Trace Foundation, Latse Library
132 Perry Street, Suite 2B (between Greenwich St. and Washington St.)
New York City
Speakers
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Chengri Ding, Director, China Land Policy and Urban Management Program, University of Maryland
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Andrew Fischer, Lecturer in Population and Social Policy, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands
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Emily T. Yeh, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder
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