Symposium: Moving Borders — Tibet in Interaction With its Neighbors
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(Detail) The Sakya Lamdre lineage (Lam ‘bras rgyud). 16th–17th century CE. Tsang, Tibet. Pigment on cloth. H. 35 x W. 22 7/8 in. (89 x 58 cm). MU-CIV/MAO “Giuseppe Tucci,” inv. 882/715. Image courtesy of the Museum of Civilisation/Museum of Oriental Art “Giuseppe Tucci,” Rome.
(Detail) The Sakya Lamdre lineage (Lam ‘bras rgyud). 16th–17th century CE. Tsang, Tibet. Pigment on cloth. H. 35 x W. 22 7/8 in. (89 x 58 cm). MU-CIV/MAO “Giuseppe Tucci,” inv. 882/715. Image courtesy of the Museum of Civilisation/Museum of Oriental Art “
International scholars, art historians, and curators focus on the topic of the moving borders of the Tibetan cultural zone across the centuries, from the Imperial period to the present, including the Western exploration of Tibet.
Peripheral Visions: An Indian Buddha in the Tibetan Imaginary
Keynote Address by Andrew Quintman at Asia Society
Friday, May 4 at 6:30 p.m.
Symposium at Asia Society
Free program with museum admission.
Saturday, May 5, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Symposium participants include:
Karl Debreczeny, Rubin Museum of Art
Brandon Dotson, Georgetown University
Deborah Klimburg-Salter, University of Vienna and Harvard University
Leonard van der Kuijp, Harvard University
Rob Linrothe, Northwestern University
Robert Mayer, Wolfson College, Oxford and Ruhr Universität, Bochum
Adriana Proser, Asia Society
Andrew Quintman, Yale University
Gray Tuttle, Columbia University
Luo Wenhua, Palace Museum, Beijing
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In conjunction with the exhibition Unknown Tibet: The Tucci Expeditions and Buddhist Painting through May 20, 2018.
Co-organized by Asia Society and the International Center for Buddhist Studies, Renmin University of China with generous support from Christie’s and John and Berthe Ford.
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