WEDNESDAY 24 – FRIDAY 26 JULY
For an obituary of André Alexander by Robbie Barnett, click here.
For other brief tributes, click here.
PART 1: Tibetan Architecture, Architectural Preservation, and Tibetan Cultural Heritage
WEDNESDAY 24 – THURSDAY 25 JULY
This part of the Session will be convened under the aegis of the Committee for the Study of Historic Tibetan Architecture (CSHTA). To learn more about the CSHTA and its development within the IATS, click here.
The presentations will be coordinated by:
Deborah Klimburg-Salter <klimburg-salter.kunstgeschichte@univie.ac.at>
Janet Gyatso <jgyatso@hds.harvard.edu>
Heather Stoddard <heather.stoddard@orinst.ox.ac.uk>
The first day of the Session will be a tribute to André Alexander’s life and work and his contributions to the study of Tibetan architecture, architectural preservation, and Tibetan cultural heritage. In André’s short life, he worked to preserve Tibetan and Himalayan architecture and art. He was a pioneer in the field of architecture conservation and mural painting conservation. André wrote books and articles, gave lectures, photographed and painted. His topics of research ranged from history, architecture, conservation, urban planning and art in Tibet and in the Himalaya. He was a founding member of the IATS committee CSHTA (Committee for the Study of Historic Tibetan Architecture), dedicated to raising awareness about Tibetan Heritage Preservation. Toward this end, André co-organized a CSHTA panel dedicated to new initiatives in the field at each IATS conference. We intend to continue this tradition and to honor André’s life’s work by incorporating papers that:
- report on new initiatives in the field of Tibetan Architectural Conservation anywhere within the Tibetan cultural zone.
- update continuing work initiated by André or the THF Research directly mentored by André.
- present new research in the field of Tibetan architecture (in the Tibetan cultural zone.)
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TRIBUTES TO ANDRE ALEXANDER
Chair: Deborah Klimburg-Salter |
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| 9:00–9:20 | The Lhasa archive project and André Alexander’s contribution to the conservation of Tibet’s architectural heritage
Pimpim de Azevedo |
| 9:20–10:00 | Heritage Hero – André Alexander’s conservation work in Old Town of Leh
Yutaka Hirako |
| 10:00–10:20 | TBA
Heather Stoddard |
| 10.20–10:40 |
Tea and Coffee
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| 10:40–11:00 | The Trace Foundation’s support for the Tibet Heritage Fund
Tenzin Gelek |
| 11:00-11:20 | André Alexander’s Legacy
Anna Wozniak
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ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: HERITAGE CONSERVATION
Chair: Heather Stoddard
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| 11:30–11:50 | Heritage Preservation: Bon culture – unique problems and innovative solutions
Deborah Klimburg-Salter |
| 11:50–12:10 | The website of the Franco-Austrian project “Text, Art and Performance in Bon Ritual”
Charles Ramble |
| 12:10–12:30 | Materiality and Ornamentation in Western Trans-Himalayan Architecture: An Examination of Historical and Contemporary Vernacular Architecture Traditions in Nako, Upper Kinnaur, India
Natasha Kimmet |
| 12:30–12:50 | The Swiss government/Unesco Ramoche Conservation Project 2004-2008: a long-term assessment
Amy Heller |
THURSDAY 25 JULY
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Session 1 contd: TIBETAN MONUMENTS Chair: Janet Gyatso |
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| 9:30–10:00 | Borderland, Diffusion at Kyirong: An Architectural Enquiry on the Ankle of the Mythical Supine Ogress
Maggie Mei Kei Hui |
| 10:00–10:30 | Buddhist art, religious landscape and ritual practice: Explorations into the cultural heritage of Spu-Rang, Kar-Dung, Western Tibet
Tsering Gyalpo |
| 10.30–11:00 |
Tea and Coffee
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| 11:00–11:30 | Quels outils pour préciser la chronologie des peintures murales réalisées au cours des XIVème – XVème siècles au Ladakh ?
L’exemple du Tsatsapuri lha khang à Alchi. Nils Martin |
| 11:30-12:00 | Pan-Tibetan religious iconographies in the 10th century – The case of the Tabo guardian deities of the foundation period (996 C.E.).
Uwe Niebuhr |
SESSION 14: TIBETAN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
THURSDAY 25 JULY
Chairs: Christian Luczanits, Reinhard Herdick
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Chair: Christian Luczanits |
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| 12:00-12:30 | New Perspectives on the Historical Evidences and Archaeological foundings from Monastery Erdene-Zuu
Takashi Matsukawa |
| 12:30-1:00 | Interactions between the Yuezhi, Xiongnu and western Han according to the archaeological data and primary source
Comparative study on Noin Ula (Mongolia) Razieh Taasob |
| 1:00-2:00 | Lunch |
| 2:00 – 2.30 | Rewriting the Ancient History of Tibet: A Recent Field Survey of the Looted Tombs and Lost Relics of the Tibetan Empire in Western Kokonor and its Vicinity
Yongdrol Tsongkha |
| 2.30-3:00 | The Sri Kaniyoor Math in Udupi in Karnataka—Parallels between the Architecture in Udupi and Newar Architecture in the Kathmandu Valley
Reinhard Herdick |
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Chair: Reinhard Herdick |
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| 3:00-3:30 | Reflections on the Flip Side
Christian Luczanits |
| 3:30–4:00 |
Tea and Coffee |
| 4:00-4:30 | Old Images New Insights. Preliminary Report on the Buddha of Guita Bahī, Lalitpur.
Aurora Graldi |
| 4:30–5:00 | De’u dmar dge bshes’s Method of Compounding Gray Colours: –Ivory, Beige, Ashe and the colours derived from them
Shunzo Onoda
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PANEL 2 – ARCHITECTURE AND CONSERVATION
Convenor: Hubert Feiglstorfer
FRIDAY 26 JULY
| 9:00–9:30 | Architectural historic and constructive aspects of the Khorchag monastery, Purang, Western Tibet
Hubert Feiglstorfer |
| 9:30–10:00 | A Detailed Study of the Ancient cross-shaped Towers of South-east Tibet, and how their mapping can help define the borders of the ancient kingdoms of Nyang-po and Kong-po
Frederique Darragon |
| 10:00–10:30 | Opportunities and Risks of Monument Preservation: The Current Restoration-Project of Two Ancient Stūpas in Yushu County, Western China
Eva Seegers |
| 10:30–11:00 |
Tea and Coffee |
| 11:30–12:00 | Study on the System Constitute of “Diao House” in Khams Tibetan Area in Perspective of River Basin
Jihong Wang |
| 12:00–12:30 | Prospects for the conservation of the best preserved all stone corbelled residential structures in Upper Tibet
John Bellezza |