PANEL 35 – THE STATE AS AN EMPTY VESSEL – CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS OF A TIBET WITHOUT TIBET

FRIDAY 24 JUNE (Room 304B)

Convener: Paul Christiaan Klieger

13.30-13.45: Opening of panel.

13.45-14.15: Dibyesh Anand: Negotiating Tibetan national identity in the face of Chinese colonisation and displacement.

14.15-14.45: Jigme Yeshe Lama: Post-national aspirations of Tibetans in South Asia—issues and challenges.

14.45-15.15: Paul Christiaan Klieger: Tibet as empty vessel: a look at essentialisms in the construction of national identities.