THI News
The Tibet Himalaya Initiative (THI) sponsored two sessions at Jaipur Literary Festival in Boulder, September 21-23, 2018. "Toppled World: Memoirs of Change" involved a conversation between Philip Lutgendorf and Susan Murphy, who wrote the story of
We are please to announce the first Lotsawa Translation Workshop, scheduled for October 5-8th at the University of Colorado Boulder, with the generous support of the Tsadra Foundation. The workshop offers the opportunity for
The Tibet Himalaya Initiative at CU Boulder had the honor of hosting the 5th biennial Himalayan Studies Conference of the Association of Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS) over Labor Day weekend, September 1-4. (Scroll to the end of this post for
The Tibet Himalaya Initiative had the honor of serving as a co-sponsor of the second Tsadra "Translation and Transmission" Conference. This international gathering of 250 scholars and translators meets every three years around a shared interest in
Climbing Higher: The Tibet Himalaya Initiative is putting CU Boulder on experts’ map by Clay Evans Boulder, Colorado, became a focal point for Tibetan Buddhism and culture in 1974, when Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche founded the school now known as Naropa
Karma Phuntsok's talk, Unexpected Buddha on September 1, was a rare glimpse into the memories, compassion, and histories of the intricately talented ‘contemporary Tibetan Thankga painter’. Here is an aching excerpt from
The Tibet Himalaya Initiative was honored to have an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his visit to the University of Colorado Boulder on Thursday, June 23rd.The visit was organized by the Cultural Events Board at CU Boulder in
From April 4 to 10, 2016 the Tibet Himalaya Initiative (THI) host renowned Tibetan artists Gonkar Gyatso and Dorje Tsering Chenaktsang (Jangbu) for Tibetan Arts Week. Coinciding with the Conference on World Affairs, Tibetan Arts Week gathered
The CU Tibet Himalaya Initiative had a strong presence at the Himalayan Studies Conference (HSC) IV, held every year and a half by the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS). The conference was held on February 25th-28th at the
The Tibet Himalaya Initiative (THI) at CU Boulder celebrated the success of its inaugural semester with a graduate colloquium and reception in the Koenig Alumni Center on November 11, 2015. More than twenty-five graduate students, faculty, and