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Recording Now Available

Recording Now Available

Marking one year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the UBC Himalaya Program is hosting a virtual roundtable discussion with four members of the Tibetan-Canadian community to reflect on how they have responded with care to the pandemic.

2021 Nepali and Tibetan Language Student Experience

2021 Nepali and Tibetan Language Student Experience

2021 marked the sixth summer of our intensive, community-engaged Nepali and Tibetan courses. Click on the image to see what happened!

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

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

UBC Himalaya Program Steering Committee member Dr. Dagmar Schwerk’s monograph entitled A Timely Message from the Cave was recently published. We sat down with her to learn more about her work and the research process behind it.

Dates Announced! Nepali and Tibetan Summer Language Courses

Dates Announced! Nepali and Tibetan Summer Language Courses

Nepali Language in a Community Context (NEPL 390A) and Tibetan Language in a Community Context (TIBT 390A) will be offered by the Department of Asian Studies in collaboration with the UBC Himalaya Program from May 10 to May 21 this year! If you are a non-UBC student, resident in Canada, and are interested in taking one of the courses, please apply through UBC’s Access Studies portal by March 15. All non-UBC students must first receive acceptance to UBC through Access Studies before they can register in the course, so please apply as soon as possible.