Professor Tsering Shakya (University of British Columbia) will be speaking on Tuesday, February 28, at 4:15pm in the EALAC Lounge (Kent Hall, 4th floor).  His talk is entitled “Tharchin Babu: A Mirror of the World from the Frontier.” Professor Gray Tuttle (EALAC) will serve as respondent, and facilitate discussion.

The talk will be followed by a reception (5:45-6:30pm) to mark the opening of “Transcultural Tibet: Archival Sources at Columbia University,” an exhibition of archival and other rare materials held by the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, including items from the Tharchin Collection. The exhibit will be on display in the Starr Reading Room until June 1, 2017.