Introduction
January 11
- Introduction to Tibet
(Assignment
#1)
January 13 -
Visions of Shangri-la: Western Images of Tibet
Unit I: Foundations of
Tibet
January 18
- Ethnicity, Topography and History
January 20 - Discussion:
Defining "Tibet"
(video #2)
January 25
- Religious Foundations: Bon & Buddhism
January 27 - Book Quiz: The
Life of Milarepa (Study
Guide)
February 1
- Political Foundations: Kingdoms, Rulers & Neighbors
February 3 - Discussion:
Tibetan Buddhism
(video #4)
February 8 - Reconciling
Imagined & Historical Tibet
February 10 - Unit I Quiz
(Study Guide)
Unit II: Sacred People
February 15
- Dalai Lama
February 17 - Discussion:
The Dalai Lama and the Rituals of Reincarnation
(video #5)
February 22
- Panchen Lama
(video #6)
February 24 - Book Quiz: In
Search of the Panchen Lama (Study Guide)
March 1 -
Crazy Saints, Yogis, and
Treasure Seekers
March 3 - Unit II Quiz
(Study Guide)
March 7-11: Spring Break
Unit III: Sacred Places & Spaces
March 15 -
Dreams of
Tibet
(video #12)
March 17 -
Lhasa & the Potala Palace
March 22 -
The Art of Dying: A Window into the
Tibetan Way of Life (video #7)
March 24 - Book Quiz: Tibetan
Diary (Study
Guide)
March 29 - Tibet's Holy Mountain
(video #8 -
DS786.N55 1995)
March 31 - Unit III Quiz
(Study Guide)
Unit IV: 20th Century
Tibet
April 5 -
Tibetan Relations with Qing
China
(on-line
video) requires fast connection
April 7 - Discussion:
Inside Tibet (video
#13)
April 12 -
Early 20th Century Tibet (map)
April 14 - Tibet and the People's Republic of China (map)
April
19 -
Book Quiz: A Tibetan
Revolutionary (Study Guide)
April 21 -
Discussion: The Shadow Circus: The
CIA in Tibet (video
#9)
April 26 - The Future:
Free Tibet?
Dalai Lama?
April 28 - Unit III Quiz (Study Guide)
