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The Tibetan Graduates Studies Seminar (TGSS) is a weekly series of colloquia and guest lectures at the Oriental Institute.
The intended purpose of the TGSS is to give MPhil and DPhil candidates a platform to present their work-in-progress and receive feedback from staff and affiliated scholars of the field.
Additionally, the weekly time slot will also allow visiting scholars to present their current research.
They are provided with the opportunity to engage in similar ways with both students and fellows of the Tibetan Studies department.
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| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
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| 1 | Liu pin fo lou (Building of Six Classes of Sutra and Tantra), the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon in the Forbidden City | Ziyi Shao takes us to the reign of the Qianlong Emperor and will show us around the Fan hua lou (Hall of Buddhist Efflorescence), one of the most complex and prominent Buddhist monuments in the Forbidden city | Ziyi Shao | 07 Jan 2021 | |
| 2 | Culture of Emotions: Uses and Interpretations of Musical Heritage in the Tibetan Refugee Community of Dharamsala | Chloé Lukasiewicz talk on the significance of music in the Tibetan refugee community in Dharamsala, India | Chloé Lankiewicz | 19 Nov 2020 | |
| 3 | Buddhism and the Rise of ‘the Tibetans’ (bod pa): Religion, Myth and the Promotion of Ethnicity in the Pre-modern Period | Apropos 'the Tibetans': Reinier Langelaar's talk focuses on the mythical origins and the promotion of ethnicity in historical Tibet | Reinier Langelaar | 05 Nov 2020 | |
| 4 | Human Remains in Tibetan Material Religion: An object centered approach | Ayesha Fuentes shares a unique and interdisciplinary insight into art conservation of human remains in Tibetan material religion | Ayesha Fuentes | 29 Oct 2020 | |
| 5 | Sacred Trash, Trash Talks, And Personhood | Bo Wang discussing the practice of depositing garments as offerings to sacred mountains in Eastern Tibet | Bo Wang | 29 Oct 2020 | |
| 6 | The First Tibetan Block Print: The Khara-Khoto Collection of Precious Dhāraṇīs with the Emperor's Postscript | Alla Sizova discusses the role of translation activities in the spread of Buddhism in the 12th century and outlines the extent of Tibetan influence on the Tangut culture. | Alla A. Sizova | 15 Oct 2020 | |
| 7 | Fictional Facts or Factual Fiction? The Social Reality behind Kha stag ʼDzam yag’s "Diary" and Lhag pa Don grub’s "Life of a mule driver" | Fictional Facts or Factual Fiction? Lucia Galli's talk on self-representation and the social reality behind two Tibetan memoirs | Lucia Galli | 04 Jun 2020 | |
| 8 | The Nechung Oracle and the Construction of Identity in the Tibetan Diaspora | The Oracle in Exile: Pema Choedon's talk on the Nechung Oracle and identity construction in the Tibetan Diaspora | Pema Choedon | 28 May 2020 | |
| 9 | The Mortality of the Dalai Lama and its Scriptural Sources: A Study in Tibetan Buddhist Political Theology | I am currently focusing on the problem of the Dalai Lama’s mortality that is, the question of how to come to terms with his suffering and death, in light of the association between Tibetan kingship and the deity Avalokiteśvara. | Ian MacCormack | 21 May 2020 | |
| 10 | Preliminary Practices: Bloody Knees, Calloused Palms and the Transformative Nature of Women’s Labor | The Preliminary Practices not only initiate practitioners into a specific tradition, but also more fundamentally, into Vajrayana Buddhism as it is practiced in contemporary Tibet. | Kati Fitzgerald | 14 May 2020 | |
| 11 | Creative Commons | Writing about the Nechung Oracle | Christopher Bell's talk about oracles, protector deities, and other mysteries | Christopher Bell | 07 May 2020 |
| 12 | Creative Commons | The sku bla of the Tibetan emperors and its metamorphosis in Yungdrung Bön | In the late 12th century Yungdrung Bön text Grags pa gling grags a deity that has a special relationship to the Tibetan ruler plays a prominent part in the narrative of the Tibetan kings. | Per Kværne | 30 Apr 2020 |