C.V. Starr East Asian Library and the Modern Tibetan Studies Program at Columbia University present: Artificial Intelligence for Tibetan Knowledge Systems: a talk by Geshe Lobsang Monlam, PhD Friday, January 19, 2024, 2 pm – 3:30 pm International Affairs Buildings (IAB) Room 918, Columbia University This event is in-person and online. Please see below […]
C.V. Starr East Asian Library is pleased to announce: LEGACIES: PEMA TSEDEN & NEW TIBETAN CINEMA A tribute to the late Pema Tseden, with screenings and discussions of his films, and those of young filmmakers he has inspired. Join us for the opening screening: The Silent Holy Stones ལྷིང་འཇགས་ཀྱི་མ་ཎི་རྡོ་འབུམ། Friday, December 1, 6-8 pm […]
On April 8, 2020, The Treasury of Lives database project announced receipt of a substantial grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Collections and Reference Resources (Division of Preservation and Access) to support the long-term sustainability of its Biographical Encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia and the Himalaya. The three-year grant will enable a […]
The Ethnic Library of China at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing holds some 4,000 rare Tibetan manuscript and print books. Mr. Jampa, a graduate of the Northwest Nationalities University (Lanzhou), spent several years cataloging these materials and as Associate Research Librarian is now […]
Tibetan Studies Librarian, Dr. Lauran Hartley, moderates a discussion focusing on Tibetan women writers with Tenzin Dickie and Tsering Lama at the Rubin Museum of Art (New York City) on January 3, 2018. The event launched a new anthology of Tibetan short fiction: Old Demons, New Deities (O/R Books, 2017), from which both writers read […]
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 […]
WORKSHOP ON THE TIBETAN BUDDHIST RESOURCE CENTER (TBRC) LIBRARY & SEARCH ENGINE MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2-3:30pm KRESS ROOM, C.V. STARR EAST ASIAN LIBRARY (300 KENT HALL) COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Jeff Wallman from Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC) will conduct a 90 minute workshop on the use of the TBRC Library website and search engine. Jeff […]
From March 23 – April 15 we offer an exhibit of selected Tibetan Special Collections items . The following select items are now on display in the main reading room on the 300-level of the Starr Library: 1678 Notice by the regent Lobsang Jinpa during the reign of the Fifth Dalai Lama 1723 Scroll with […]
Tibetan in Digital Communication: Corpus Linguistics and Lexicography Dr. Nathan W. Hill Lecturer in Tibetan and Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London Thursday, October 30, 2014 ~ 4:00 – 5:30 PM 523 Butler Library, Columbia University DESCRIPTION: Dr. Nathan W. Hill is co-investigator on a three-year research project “Tibetan […]
WYLIE TIBETAN TRANSLITERATION WORKSHOP Friday, November 8, 2:30-3:30pm, Kress Room (access on the 200-level) C.V. Starr East Asian Library Columbia University […]