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  • The Sakya Jetsunmas–The Hidden World of Tibetan Female Lamas

    Please join us for a lecture about extraordinary Tibetan female lamas, daughters of the prestigious spiritual Khon family of Sakya, Tibet.

  • Writing and Resistance with Tenzin Tsundue (Co-sponsored with Tibetan Cultural Society of BC)

    Co-sponsored event with the Tibetan Cultural Society of BC - ནང་ Nowhere to Call Home - book launch with Tibetan activist Tenzin Tsundue (click on image above for more info)

  • Global Indigenous Leadership On Climate Action

    Please join us Monday, April 11 for a panel with Dr. Bernard Perley, Chief Ninawa Huni Kui, Dr. Pasang Dolma Sherpa, Dr. Vanessa Andreotti. Click the image above for more information.

  • Workshop – Biodegradable Blessings: Prayer Flags and Ephemeral Materiality in Indigenous Himalayas

    Dr. Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia will guide participants in creating biodegradable prayer flags on Monday, April 17th. For more information on this hybrid event, click the image above.

  • Tibetan Language in a Community Context (TIBT 390)

    Tibetan Language in a Community Context (TIBT 390) will run from May 15 to May 26, 2023. Click to learn more.

  • Nepali Language in a Community Context (NEPL 390)

    Nepali Language in a Community Context (NEPL 390) will run from July 04 to July 14, 2023. Click the image above to learn more.

  • The Kathmandu Bookshop as a Literary-Historical Event: Natibajra Bajracharya’s “Saphūdhukū”

    Please join us Tuesday, March 28th for our second Annual Lecture Series featuring Professor Christoph Emmrich. Click the image above for more information.

  • Appropriation, Conflation & Abstraction: Mara’s Three Daughters in Tibetan Art: Jeff Watt

  • Uncivilized City: Urban Tibetans and China’s State-led Urbanization

  • Ningwasum: Film Screening and Q&A with Director Subash Thebe Limbu

The UBC Himalaya Program builds on faculty expertise and student experience to create a transdisciplinary hub for sharing scholarly insights about the Himalayan region, including Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Tibetan cultural zones that traverse all of these countries. Community engagement is integral to our program, with partners in the Himalayan region as well as in the Canadian diaspora.

The UBC Himalaya Program was founded in 2015 and has developed an annual summer intensive community-engaged language learning program for Nepali and Tibetan. Throughout the academic year, the program also hosts a speaker and event series. The Himalaya Program network extends across UBC and beyond, bringing together individuals and organizations across the Lower Mainland; please register your interest by signing up for our mailing list.

The Himalaya Program is jointly supported by the UBC Faculty of Arts, the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF), the Centre for Community Engaged Learning, the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs / Institute of Asian Research, and the Department of Asian Studies.

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  • Between Canada and Nepal: Reflections on Development, Change, and Learning in the Himalaya
    Oct 18th, 2023 at 5:30pm to Oct 18th, 2023 at 7:30pm
    CK Choi Bldg, Room 120
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Article: “The Himalayan Program at the University of British Columbia”
June 30, 2022


Updated: UBC Library Himalayan Studies research guide
April 22, 2021


‘A Timely Message from the Cave’: Q&A with Dr. Dagmar Schwerk
March 6, 2021


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