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Wednesday,
June 28-Sunday, July 2, 2000, 9am-5:30pm
Compassion and Cultural Survival:
A Teacher Institute on the Study of Tibet in K-12 Education
at the Year 2000 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Tibetan Culture
Beyond the Land of Snows
National Mall and Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC
Co
Presented by:
The Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture
The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Experience
the largest celebration of Tibetan Culture ever held in
the West
- Dialogue
with Tibet Experts & Scholars, and Tibetan Artists, Artisans,
Monks & Nuns
- Shape
a Curriculum on the Study of Tibet
- Share
and Learn with Fellow Educators from Across the United States
Themes:
- Introduction to Tibet (Geography, History, Culture, Civilization,
World View, Current Situation, Demystifying Tibet)
- The Tibetan Diaspora
- Tibetan Buddhism, Monastic Art and Ritual
- Tibetan Theater and Dance
- Tibetan Artisans and Healers
- Tibetan Cultural Survival
- The Fourteenth Dalai Lama
- Multiple Perspectives of Tibet
- Tibet in the 21st Century
- Approaching the Study of Tibet: Themes, Concepts, Sources,
Curricula
Program Itinerary (Abridged):
Wednesday,
June 28, Smithsonian
Tibetan Identity in The Diaspora: A Panel Discussion with
First Generation Tibetan-North Americans featuring Nortso
Gyaltsong--Students for a Free Tibet, Nyenchen Thanglha Dance
Troupe; Tashi Gyaltsong--Students for a Free Tibet, Nyenchen
Thanglha Dance Troupe; Lhadon Tethong--Students for a Free
Tibet; Dadon Tethong--Milarepa Fund; Tenzin Dhonthog--International
Campaign for Tibet, Nyenchen Thanglha Dance Troupe
Tibetan National Identity and Sino-Tibetan Relations: A Conversation
with Warren Smith, Independent Scholar (Washington, DC); Research
Historian, Tibetan Service, Radio Free Asia; and author of
Tibetan Nation
Inside Tibet: A Conversation with Steven Marshall, Independent
Researcher (Washington, DC) and author of Hostile Elements,
Tibet Outside the TAR (CD Rom, The Alliance for Research in
Tibet), and Tibet Since 1950
Thursday,
June 29, Smithsonian
Life as a Tibetan Nomad and Escaping Tibet: A Conversation
with Tinley Gyasto, Exiled Tibetan
Student NGOs, Tibet and the United States: A Conversation
with Mary Beth Markey, Director of Government Relations, International
Campaign for Tibet
Tibetan Struggle for Survival: A Conversation with Ken Knaus,
former CIA Officer, Tibet Mission; author of Orphans of the
Cold War; and Associate, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research,
Harvard University
Friday, June 30, Smithsonian and National Mall
Tibetan Culture Beyond the Land of Snows: The Making of a
Festival (Part1): A Conversation with Greg Kruglak, Executive
Director, Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture
Tibetan Culture Beyond the Land of Snows: The Making of a
Festival (Part 2): A Conversation with Richard Kennedy, Deputy
Director, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Festival
Buddhist Discourse by Sogyal Rinpoche, Tibetan Lama; Spiritual
Director of RIGPA; author of Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Saturday, July 1, Smithsonian and National Mall
Compassion from a Tibetan Buddhist Perspective: A Talk by
Thubten Jampa
An Introduction to the Monlam Chemo (Great Prayer Festival):
A Conversation with Geshe Lobsang Tenzin, Festival Presenter
and Director of The Drepung Loseling Institute
The Story of a Tibetan Nun: A Conversation with Ani Choying
Drolma, Festival Presenter, founder of Nuns Welfare Foundation
and Ayra Tara School and vocal artist, Cho (Rykodisc)
Group Question & Answer Session with Tashi Dhondup and Sonam
Tashi of Chaksampa
Sunday,
July 2, Smithsonian and National Mall [Festival Event]
A Public Talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
A Conversation with Robert Thurman, Professor of Indo-Tibetan
Studies, Columbia University; Founder and President of Tibet
House, New York
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