Event held in 523 Butler Library (map)

• 9:30 a.m.
  Opening Remarks: JAMES G. NEAL, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University
• 9:40 a.m.
  Panel Discussion: “Tibet and the Social Sciences: Opportunities for Undergraduate and Graduate Research".  Panel Members: GEOFF CHILDS, ANDREW FISCHER, KARL RYAVEC, TSERING WANGYAL SHAWA, EMILY T. YEH.  Moderator: GRAY TUTTLE, Leila Hadley Luce Assistant Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies
• 11:00 a.m.
  Break
• 11:15 a.m.
  GIS Maps and Statistical Packages
  JEREMIAH TRINIDAD-CHRISTENSEN and TSERING WANGYAL SHAWA
• 12:00 p.m.
  Research Models: Geography and GIS Maps
  KARL RYAVEC
• 1:00 p.m.
  Lunch (list of nearby restaurants will be available)
• 2:30 p.m.
  Research Models: Demography/Anthropology
  GEOFF CHILDS
• 3:15 p.m.
  Research Models: Social and Political Economy
  ANDREW FISCHER
  
• 4:00 p.m.
  Break
• 4:15 p.m.
  Research Models: Human Geography and Environmental Studies
  EMILY T. YEH
• 5:00 p.m.
  Screening of Kokonor, a new documentary film by writer and director Chenaktsang Dorje Tsering (aka Jangbu). Examines environmental and social change in the vicinity of Qinghai Lake (Mtsho sngon po) through interviews with local residents. In Tibetan with English sub-titles. (32 min.)
• 5:35 p.m.
  Demo of Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center Online Database (25 min.)
  
  

• 9:30 a.m.
  Tour of C.V Starr East Asian Library and the Tibetan Collection
• 9:50 a.m.
  Yearbooks and Local Histories
• 10:15 a.m.
  Walk to Lehman Library
• 10:30 a.m.
  Hands-on Workshop (Participants can freely rotate among six stations.)
  1. Using GIS Maps and Statistical Data Packages and Software
  2. Using Yearbooks and Local Histories (online and print)
  3. Statistical Sources for Research on Social and Political Economy
  4. Anthropology: Fieldwork
  5. Bibliographic Searches: WorldCat, CLIO, TBRC, etc.
  6. Designing Your Own Project
     
• 12:30 p.m.
  Lunch (with presentations)
  
  • FBIS Indexes and Archival Resources
    ROBERT BARNETT
  • The Tibet Mirror (new digital archive project)
    PAUL HACKETT
    
• 3:00 p.m.
  Tour of Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library (directions)
• 4:00 p.m.
  Resources for Research on Education and Development
  KUNSANG GYA and EVELINE YANG, Research Office, Trace Foundation
• 4:45 p.m.
  Conclusion (followed by reception at the Rubin Museum of Art) (directions)

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY AT THE RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART ON SATURDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY

The Rubin Museum of Art invites workshop participants to a guided tour of the new “Patron and Painter” exhibit (5:30 p.m.) and an opening reception (6:30 p.m.) on Saturday evening. This will be followed by the keynote address, given by Tashi Tsering (Amnye Machen Institute), for the related conference “Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th Century Tibet.”

The event will continue on Sunday (9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.), featuring Rémi Chaix (CNRS, Paris), Nancy Lin (UC Berkeley), Karl Debreczeny (RMA), Jann Ronis (UVA), Frances Garrett (U Toronto), Kurtis Schaeffer (UVA), with David Jackson (RMA) and Elliot Sperling (Indiana U) as discussants. For more details and to register for the Situ Panchen conference, see http://www.rmanyc.org/situpanchen.