Unit I: Foundations of Tibet       

            January   10 - Introduction to Tibet: Religion, Imagination and History

            January   17 - MLK Day (NO CLASS) (Assignment #1)

            January   24 - Religious Foundations - Bon & Buddhism
                                       READ: Samuels -

            January   31 - A Living Saint (BOOK: The Life of Milarepa - Study Guide)

 

Unit II: Sacred People      

           February   7 - Dalai Lama & Rituals of Reincarnation

           February 14 - Crazy Saints, Yogis and Treasure Seekers

           February 21 - Power & Reincarnation (BOOK: In Search of the Panchen Lama - Study Guide)

Unit III: Sacred Places & Spaces      

           February 28 - Lhasa and Potala Palace (video #12)

           March  6-12: Spring Break (NO CLASS)

           March 14 - Pilgrimages and Sacred Mountains

           March 21 - Sacred Traditions in a Living Context (BOOK:Tibetan Diary - Study Guide)

           March 28 - NO CLASS

Unit IV: Creating China's Tibet      

           April 4 - Tibetan Relations with Qing China  (on-line video) requires fast connection

           April 11 - Early 20th Century Tibet (map)

           April 18 - Tibetan Freedom (BOOK: A Tibetan Revolutionary - Study Guide)

           April 25 - Tibet Today (map)