Soo Hyun Hong Here is a website comparing the experience of the traditional Tibeto-Himalayan momo dumpling meal at three different Tibetan restaurants in New York City; accompanied by short interviews with restaurant staff on the history and establishment of their business, the provenance of their chefs and other employees, and how they perceive Tibeto-Himalayan dishes to … [Read more...]
Pekar Monsal: A Tibetan Woman Artist
Pema Tamang Here is a website created by Pema Tamang introducing the contemporary Tibetan female artist Pekar Monsal, one of the few established female figures of modern Tibetan art. Pekar Monsal advocates for gender equity and the empowerment of Tibetan women. Through numerous examples of Pekar Monsal’s artworks, the author analyses her artistic reflections on specific … [Read more...]
The Science of Tibet in Pema Tseden’s Films
Siqi Deng Introduction For Tibet scholars and film enthusiasts, Tibetan director Pema Tseden’s name will not be unfamiliar. Internationally recognized as the father of contemporary Tibetan Cinema, Pema Tseden’s film depicts the dynamics of contemporary Tibetan life from an inside point of view, presenting to international audiences a Tibetan society that is vivacious and … [Read more...]
TIBET 101
A Brief Introduction to the Historic Region of Tibet and Tibet's Rich Culture Rachel Bleau A website introducing Tibet to those interested with no prior knowledge, through the tool of a quiz. For those more advanced, an advanced quiz is available too! … [Read more...]
Tibetan Cuisine in NYC
A website meant to help guide New Yorkers and tourists alike who are interested in learning about Tibetan cuisine. It serves as a resource to learn more about popular foods, as well as the restaurants that serve them. This site was created as a final project for Columbia University's Introduction to East Asian Civilization: Tibet. Visit website here. by Genevieve Barbara … [Read more...]
Interplay between Cinema and Tibet
We explored how Tibetans interact and are portrayed in the cinematic world, speaking to some of their own efforts in the field. By Aakanxit Khullar and Adil Hussain. Visit website here. … [Read more...]
Tibetan Clothing
By Nicha Sophonpanich and Angela Zhang, a website on Tibetan clothing. Includes visits to Do Kham, The Mandala Store, and online research. Visit the website here: http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/amz2132/77-2/ … [Read more...]
Machik Weekend
A Prezi-format presentation on Machik Weekend, a Tibetan Ideas Festival in New York City, by Constantine Lignos. [Prezi here] … [Read more...]
Svetlana Tibet Expedition in Lavran
Introduction. Current materials represent partial translations of the microfilm copies of the “Life in the Tangutsk monastery Lavran. A diary of a Buddhist pilgrim.1906-1907.” which are currently archived at the institute of Mongol, Buddhist and Tibetan studies. The materials are covering a research expedition to Lavran monastery undertaken by B.Baradin.(3) The … [Read more...]
“A Trip to Labrang” by B. B. Baradiin, translated by Vahe Galstyan
From the summary at the book's beginning: "The report made in 1908 at the Geographic society by B. B. Baradiin on the results of his trip to Tibet from 1905-1907 is of great interest not only because of the details it provides about the realities of the daily life in the monastery - center of the Buddhist teachings in Labrang, but also because of the structure of his … [Read more...]
Fazun’s Politico-Religious History of Tibet 西藏民族政教史 translated by Yang Qu
The Political and Religious History of Tibet was written by Fazun, a Buddhist monk and researcher of modern times (English translation by Yang Qu). The author was the deputy dean of the Chinese-Tibetan Buddhist Teaching College and this book was one of his teaching materials, which was written based on the Tibetan historical data – mainly, The Blue Annals. The book was first … [Read more...]
Introduction to Latse Contemporary Tibetan Library
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the doors of Latse Library closed permanently. The mission of the original library, which had been generously supported for seventeen years by the Trace Foundation, is now kept alive even with limited resources by former Latse staff Pema Bhum, Tenzin Gelek, and Kristina Dy-Liacco. The three have since launched: The Latse Project, a public, … [Read more...]
The Tibetan Struggle, Through the Lens of a Camera
Shina Chetti - A website, tibetcinematicexperience.blogspot.com For my final project, I will be conducting an analysis and experiential description of Tibetan cinematography, observing Kundun (1997), a biographical epic about the 14th Dalai Lama, directed by Martin Scorsese and The Sun Behind the Clouds (2010), a historical and biographical documentary directed by Tibetan … [Read more...]
All About Tibetan Script
A website by Whitney Hartstone which provides information about the invention and integration of the unique Tibetan written language into Tibetan society. Tibetan script is different from all other written languages in the region; however, there are evident similarities between Tibetan characters and the lettering style of other surrounding countries, like Kashmir and Nepal. … [Read more...]
Tibetan Music Through Time
A Tibetan Music blog by Alain Dana Jabbour Introduction: In its earliest forms, Tibetan Music took its roots in Buddhism and religious practices. While not that much is known on the specific time period and early development of Tibetan music, we can qualify that genre as a type of Himalayan music, to the likes of Nepalese or Bhutanese music. The earliest records available … [Read more...]
Sports & Recreation of Tibet
Solomon Rice & Chris Thompson A website reporting on the diversity of sports and recreation which are actively pursued in Tibet, including soccer, yak racing, basketball, wrestling, horse racing, and archery. … [Read more...]
Exploring Tibetan Music and Its Western Counterparts Over Time
A website by Peter Jiang & Christopher Yuan Shen. Visit HERE. … [Read more...]
Pieces of Tibet
A website by Ivy Chen and Lydia Jiang exploring pieces of Tibetan Culture in NYC, VIEW WEBSITE HERE. … [Read more...]
Tibet Through the Eyes of a Tibetan American
A website documenting an interview by Molly Burke and Robin Nguy, VIEW WEBSITE HERE. … [Read more...]
Jackson Heights: A Tibetan Perspective
A Brief History Over the past one-hundred and twenty-five years, Jackson Heights, a community situated in the northern part of Queens, New York, has become one the most ethnically diverse communities in the United States. In the early 20th Century, when Jackson Heights was first developed, nothing about its design or purpose precluded to the ethnic diversity it has today. … [Read more...]
Our Journey to Punda: Learning a Life through Food
Maxwell C. Hu & Ethan Danial Exploring Tibetan food as a way of exploring local Queens Tibetan communities and experiences of individuals in a website, Here: https://tibetfinal.wordpress.com/ … [Read more...]
Manhattan Meditator
Manhattan-Meditator website I’m a senior at Columbia University, and I’m student in Professor Tuttle’s class Intro to East Asian Civilization: Tibet. As a part of my final project in this class, I decided to explore the modern form of the ancient practice meditation. In this class, we’ve explored much of what has made Tibetan culture distinctive and unique, examining the … [Read more...]
Mapping Tibetan Culture
The website Mapping Tibetan Culture was created in Fall 2015 as a final project for ASCE V2365: Intro to Tibetan Civilization with Professor Gray Tuttle. Motivation One of the class assignments in our semester required us to work together as a class to locate centers of Tibetan culture around the world. I saw value in assimilating these datasets and attempting to map them to … [Read more...]