PANEL 17 – NEW DIRECTIONS IN AMDO STUDIES
TUESDAY 21 JUNE (Auditorium B)
Convener: Bryan Cuevas
9.00-9.15: Opening of panel.
9.15-9.45: Paul K. Nietupski: Power relations among Amdo’s Henan Mongols, Tibetans, Muslims, and Manchus.
9.45-10.15: Eveline Yang: Mongol royal lineages between Khams and A mdo: a preliminary study of a Chaghadaid genealogy in Rdza chu kha and Mgo log.
10.15-10.45: Yoko Ikejiri: Historical roles of the monastic network of the eastern part of Amdo in the 17th century.
10.45-11.15: Tea and coffee break.
11.15-11.45: Bryan Cuevas: Sorcerer of the Iron Castle: the obscure life of Blo bzang bstan pa rab rgyas (c. 1646-1721), the First Brag dkar Sngags rams pa of A mdo.
11.45-12.15: Ling-wei Kung: Buddhist brotherhood: inheritance system of Sakya tradition and political structure in Amdo during 15th–17th centuries.
12.15-12.45: Karl Debreczeny: Rivalry and identity: Tibetan and Chinese artists in early 17th century Amdo.
12.45-13-45: LUNCH
13.45-14.15: Michael Sheehy: Jo nang pa networks in A mdo, 1425-1901.
14.15-14.45: Wang Yuewei: Offering Mandala to Buddha: the institution and cosmology represented in a sacrificing ritual of an Amdo Tibetan community.