Yale Himalaya Initiative

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The Yale Himalaya Initiative brings together faculty, students, and professionals across the University whose work focuses on the Himalayan regions of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Pakistan, and China, as well as the Tibetan cultural areas that traverse the borders of all those states. Our podcast series engages scholars and practitioners of and from the Himalayan region in conversation about key issues i environments, livelihoods and cultures across the Himalaya. Learn more at http://himalaya.yale.edu.

  1. 04/16/2014 · VIDEO

    Kesang Tseten on Documentary Film

    In this video, filmmaker and writer Kesang Tseten discusses his film, Who Will Be A Gurkha?, a documentary about Nepali Gurkhas who have been recruited into the British military for decades. Tseten's documentaries have won several awards in film festivals in Nepal and been screened at international film festivals across the world.

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  2. 04/16/2014 · VIDEO

    Françoise Robin on Tibetan Poetry and Film

    In this keynote address from the 2014 Himalayan Studies Conference at Yale University, Professor Françoise Robin delivers a lecture on the increasing presence in Tibetan poetry and films of the disappearing herders' black tent during the settlement of the mid 2000s.

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  3. 04/15/2014 · VIDEO

    Cultural Diversity in Bhutan

    In this video produced for the Yale Himalaya Initiative, Francoise Pommaret speaks on the topic of cultural diversity in Bhutan.

    15 min

  4. 04/15/2014 · VIDEO

    Challenges and Opportunities in Bhutan

    In this video produced for the Yale Himalaya Initiative, Francoise Pommaret speaks about the challenges and opportunities for cultural diversity and biodiversity in Bhutan.

    6 min

  5. 04/14/2014 · VIDEO

    Biodiversity in Bhutan

    In this video produced for the Yale Himalaya Initiative, Francoise Pommaret speaks on the topic of biodiversity in Bhutan.

    13 min

  6. 04/14/2014 · VIDEO

    Research Engagements and Community Commitments: Reflections on 30 years of Fieldwork in Bhutan

    In this video produced for the Yale Himalaya Initiative, Francoise Pommaret introduces herself and her work in Bhutan.

    5 min

  7. 01/07/2014 · VIDEO

    Kunda Dixit on Reporting on Conflict and the Environment in Nepal

    In this video produced for the Yale Himalaya Initiative, journalist and publisher Kunda Dixit discusses how the press can play a substantive and meaningful role in report about civil conflict and environmental pressures in Nepal.

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  8. 06/14/2013 · VIDEO

    Andrew Quintman and the Thangka Collection of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

    In this video produced for the Yale Himalaya Initiative, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Andrew Quintman, provides an introduction to the aesthetic, cultural and religious significance of thangka paintings in the Himalaya. This video is supplemented with a longer video exploring five more thangkas from the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library's collection of over 70, all of which can be viewed online at http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/tanka-collection Photo credits: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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The Yale Himalaya Initiative brings together faculty, students, and professionals across the University whose work focuses on the Himalayan regions of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Pakistan, and China, as well as the Tibetan cultural areas that traverse the borders of all those states. Our podcast series engages scholars and practitioners of and from the Himalayan region in conversation about key issues i environments, livelihoods and cultures across the Himalaya. Learn more at http://himalaya.yale.edu.

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