List of all IATS Seminars

SeminarPlaceConvenerDates
1st IATS SeminarEthnographic Museum of the University of Zürich, ZürichPer Kværne, Martin BrauenJUN 26 – JUL 1, 1977
2nd IATS SeminarSt John’s College, OxfordMichael ArisJUL 1 – 7, 1979
3rd IATS SeminarColumbia University, New YorkBarbara Nimri AzizJUL 25 – 31, 1982
4th IATS Seminar*Schloss Hohenkammer, MunichHelga Uebach, Jampa L. PanglungJUL 21 – 27, 1985
5th IATS SeminarNaritasan Institute for Buddhist Studies, NaritaZuihō Yamaguchi,
Shōren Ihara		AUG 27 – SEP 2, 1989
6th IATS SeminarICRHC (Oslo), FagernesPer KværneAUG 21 – 28, 1992
7th IATS SeminarIKGA (Wien), Schloss SeggauErnst SteinkellnerJUN 18 – 24, 1995
8th IATS SeminarIndiana Bloomington University, BloomingtonElliot SperlingJUL 25 – 31, 1998
9th IATS SeminarLeiden University, LeidenHenk BlezerJUN 24 – 30, 2000
10th IATS SeminarSt Hugh’s College, OxfordCharles RambleSEP 6 – 12, 2003
11th IATS SeminarBonn University (Seminar for Central Asian Studies), KönigswinterPeter SchwiegerAUG 27 – SEP 2, 2006
12th IATS SeminarUniversity of British Columbia, VancouverTsering ShakyaAUG 15 – 21, 2010
13th IATS SeminarMongolian Academy of Sciences & National University of Mongolia, UlanbaatarS. Chuluun (MAS),
D. Bum-Ochir (NUM), U. Bulag (Cambridge),
U. Roesler (Oxford)		JUL 21 – 27, 2013
14th IATS SeminarUniversity of Bergen, BergenHanna HavnevikJUN 19 – 25, 2016
15th IATS SeminarINALCO, CNRS, EPHE & EFEO, ParisFabienne Jagou, Matthew Kapstein, Françoise Pommaret, Françoise Robin, Nicolas SihléJUL 7 – 13, 2019
16th IATS SeminarCharles University (Faculty of Arts) & Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, PragueDaniel Berounský, Jarmila PtáčkováJUL 3 – 9, 2022
17th IATS SeminarOnlineIATS BoardAUG 23 – 29, 2026
* In the context of the Munich seminar, it was decided it should be considered as the 4th IATS Seminar, retrospectively counting the 1977 Seminar of Young Tibetologists as the 1st IATS Seminar (similarly to some of the prestigious Tibetan reincarnation lineages). This decision then affected the numbering of the 2nd and 3rd Seminars, too.

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Donation to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund

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The 17th IATS Seminar was affected by an unusual and unclear intervention by Nepalese government officials, following which the conference had to be switched to an online format. As this happened unexpectedly and shortly before the conference was due to begin, it caused considerable problems and significant financial losses for the conference participants. Nepal has lost credibility as a host for major academic conferences.

However, whilst the conference was taking place, a huge tragedy struck Nepal in the form of a massive flash flood. Floods are still ravaging Nepal at this very moment. As an expression of sympathy for the people of Nepal, the IATS Board has decided to donate a symbolic sum of 500,000 NPR to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund from the amount that had previously been allocated for the preparation of the next conference. Our thoughts are with those suffering as a result of these severe natural disasters.

Daniel Berounský
President of IATS

Charles Ramble and the finance manager of One Globe Prajjwal Ghimire, with a letter confirming a donation of 500,000 NPR from IATS for the flood victims in Nepal.
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