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Event Description

In the twenty-first century, China's accelerated urbanization has transformed the Tibetan Plateau. Yet Tibetan urban experiences continue to be profoundly shaped by senses of being in the world that long predate Tibet's subjugation into the modern Chinese nation-state. Combining novel analysis of Tibetan textual sources, ethnographic research, and Indigenous studies frameworks, Eveline Washul explores how Tibetans actively engage history, peoplehood, and place to build belonging and community even in urban spaces characterized by intense state-led development and assimilation. 

Event Speaker

Eveline Washul, Assistant Professor in Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University Bloomington

Event Information

Free and open to the public; registration required. Please visit the event webpage for more information. Please email Julie Kwan at [email protected] with any questions. 

Hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University.