Sacred Himalaya in the Anthropocene
Dr. Pasang Sherpa draws on her research on climate change impact and response to consider how the concept of the Anthropocene
relates to sacred Himalayan landscapes.
Monasteries as Home: Facing Challenges of Modernization in Tibetan Monastic Education and Leadership
Khenpo Choying Dorjee addresses Tibetan Buddhist monasteries’ urgent need to adapt and change their traditional forms of education, organization, management, and approach to leadership.
Carrying a Basket of Gold: A Historical Reflection on Buddhist Concepts and Ethics in Bhutan
In this talk, Dagmar Schwerk provides a historical perspective on the ideas behind Gross National Happiness (GNH) in Bhutan, and how Buddhist concepts and ethics have been implemented on an institutional level in the past and present.
“Is it safe to rebuild the gumba?” The politics and practice of landslide risk management in post-earthquake Nepal
Professor Katie Oven draws on findings from a UK Department for International Development-funded project to provide a critical overview of landslide risk management in Nepal, including the role of science and technical expertise, and how this intersects with local knowledge, politics, power and agency within local government and communities themselves.
A Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Modernism
Dan Smyer Yü speaks about the transforming patterns of Tibetan Buddhism in China – especially in its cities. Click here for more information.
Belonging, Transformation, and Ethnographic Predicaments in Nepal’s Himalaya
This photograph exhibition is a collection of work pertaining to social, environmental, political, and economic transformation among Himalayan communities in Mustang, Nepal, while drawing attention to the nature of conducting ethnographic fieldwork.
Members from the UBC Himalaya Program with Khenpo Choying Dorjee
The UBC Himalaya Program co-hosted a dinner at SAGE Bistro for Khenpo Choying Dorjee after his talk on February 26th, 2019.
Pictured (left to right): Sara Shneiderman, Patrick Dowd, Khenpo Choying Dorjee, Tsering Shakya, Dagmar Schwerk, Sonam Chusang, James Binks
Quality Education and the Role of Digital Technology in Nepal — Now Available Online
Mr. Rabi Karmacharya speaks about the challenges and lessons of using technology to improve education in Nepal. This talk took place on January 17th, please visit our Events page for more information.