PANEL 16 – LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND ENDANGERMENT IN TIBET

TUESDAY 21 JUNE (Room 304A)

Convener: Gerald Roche

9.00-9.15: Opening of panel.

9.15-9.45: Timothy Thurston: La rgya, language, and cultural authority in post-Mao A mdo.

9.45-10.15: Theresia Hofer: Sign language ideologies from Lhasa to Beijing and beyond.

10.15-10.45: Gerald Roche: How many minor languages do Tibetans in China speak?