SESSION 12 – TIBETAN DIASPORA

TUESDAY 21 JUNE (Auditorium E)

Chair: Inger K. Vasstveit

13.45-14.15: Julie Blythe: Conflict, identity and young Tibetans: the realities and dynamics of exile experience and young Tibetan approaches to peace, conflict and tradition.

14.15-14.45: Dechen Wangmo: Tibetan women in exile:  an analysis of contested gender roles.

14.45-15.15: Tea and coffee break.

15.15-15.45: Ruyu Lin: Narratives of Tibetans defending Indian borders.

15.45-16.15: Kunsang Thokmay: Rang btsan (Rangzen): the origin and its periodical meaning in Tibetan political and linguistic history.