Emory Tibetan Studies Program, 2006, announced

http://www.cipa.emory.edu

"Emory University is currently accepting applications for the Spring 2006 Tibetan Studies Program in Dharamsala, India. This program, jointly run by Emory and the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, offers undergraduate-level courses in Tibetan language, Tibetan history and culture, and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, as well as the opportunity for students to conduct independent field research. Students also directly experience diverse aspects of Tibetan life by attending the Dalai Lama's annual teachings, living with college students on a Tibetan campus, going on numerous excursions led by instructors, doing internships and volunteer work, and celebrating the Tibetan New Year with friends.

For more information, please visit our website at:
http://www.cipa.emory.edu
Select 'Programs' / 'Semester Year' / 'Asia' / 'India' / 'Emory Tibetan Studies Program' "

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Tibetan Medicine and Astrology Books, for sale

Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:10:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tsering Dolma (tibastro--at--yahoo.com)
Subject: Tibetan Medicine and astrology books for sale

This is Drungtso Publication, Dharamsala, H.P., India
please to let you know about our publications on
Tibetan Medicine and astrology for sale as stock
clearance. So, if you are interest to buy more than
10 copies each, then we will offer you 50% discount.
We enclose here the rates, isbn and pages. These
price exclude postage and handling.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Dolma
Drungtso Publications
R/o 167/3, Temple Road,
Below Nag Mandir,
Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala
Phone: 221031
Mobile: 94181-16627
Email: drdrungtso--at--yahoo.com
tibastro--at--yahoo.com

1. Tibetan Medicine-The Healing Science of Tibet
By Dr. Tsering Thakchoe Drungtso
Fwd by : Dr. Tsewang Tamdim, Men tsee khang
ISBN: 81-901395-1-7
Price: $ 30
Pages: 521

2. Tibetan Elemental Astrology
By Tsering Dolma Drungtso
Fwd by : Dr. Tsering Thakchoe
ISBN: 81-901395-0-9
Price: $ 15
Pages: 232

3. Tibetan English Dictionary of Tibetan Medicine and
Astrology
(Revised and Enlarged edition)
By Dr. Tsering Thakchoe Drungtso and By Tsering Dolma
Drungtso
Fwd by : Late Dr. Tenzin Choedrak (Personal Physician
to His Holiness Dalai Lama
ISBN: 81-901395-2-5
Price: $ 30
Pages: 556

Forthcoming books:
1) Tibetan Fengshui
2) Tibetan Book of Massage
3) Healing power of Mantra ˆthe wisdom of Tibetan
healing science

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Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia U., inagurated

From: Robbie Barnett (rb25--at--mindspring.com)
Subject: Modern Tibetan Studies - Inauguration & Forum, 26 Sept
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:43:28 -0400

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute & The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
invite you to

The Inauguration of Gray Tuttle as the first
Leila Hadley Luce Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies

followed by a Forum on 'Future Directions in Modern Tibetan Studies'

with presentations by
Robert Barnett (Columbia)
Melvyn Goldstein (Case Western Reserve)
Janet Gyatso (Harvard)
Lauran Hartley (Indiana)
Kurtis Schaeffer (Virginia)
Tsering Shakya (British Columbia)

Monday, September 26, 2005, 2pm-5pm

Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555, Columbia University
(At 115th street and Broadway)

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Laogai Research Foundation (LRF) Publications, available

http://www.laogai.org

"We would like to inform you about our new 2003-2004 Laogai Handbook, which details information about prison camps throughout China. The Laogai Handbook, published bi-annually and now in its eighth edition, is the world's only independent and publicly available catalogue of the Laogai prison system. It is bilingual in English and Chinese, making it useful for speakers of both languages. The 2003-2004 edition, which is 444 pages long, identifies more information about China's prison camps than ever before, and details camps‚ locations, types of facilities, types of products produced by prisoners, etc."

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Tibet 2000 Exhibition, online

http://potala.cz/tibet2000/en/index.htm

Tibet 2000, Exhibition 22 Mar - 7 May, 2000
Royal Castle, Prague, Czech Republic

[clothing] [monks' life] [scripts and writings] [household] [lay buddhism] [entertainment] [information] [authors]

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Tibetan Place Names, translated

http://chinese.yuehan.net/names.php

Tibetan place names in English, Tibetan, Wylie, Chinese, Pinyin, and Czech compiled by Jan Zapotocky (janzap--at--centrum.cz)

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