Welcome
Tashi Delek and welcome to the Homepages of the International Seminar for Young Tibetologists!
Throughout these pages you will find information about our nascent research network and the upcoming conference in Paris, France.
This welcome letter will be made available in Tibetan shortly.
Paris, 2009
The Second International Seminar of Young Tibetologists has come and gone.
The conference, convened in Paris, between September 7-11 2009, was a tremendous success, thanks largely to the participation of approximately 50 participants from 15 different countries, the convivial atmosphere, the wonderful venues, the high quality of the papers presented, and the wonderful scholarly discussions that ensued.
We would like to thank everyone who participated in making the event one to remember. In particular, we would like to thank the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, the Indtitut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, and the Université Paris Ouest - Nanterre La Défense for their financial support, and to the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Bibliothèque Sainte-Barbe, and the Musée du quay Branly for graciously providing the incredible venues. Special thanks must also be given to the Trace Foundation, who provided us with a generous grant to welcome five young Tibetan scholars from Lhasa, Chengdu, and Beijing.
The effects of this conference will be felt for a while yet. New friendships and academic collaborations and projects have emerged, and Tibetan Studies in the "City of Lights" has been infused with the energy of the new generation of international scholars. We have no doubt that we have all contributed to keeping Paris' reputation as one of the world's premier centers for academic excellence in Tibetan Studies.
Update
The venue for the next ISYT conference has been set. We will be meeting in Kobe, Japan, in 2012. Congratulations to the conveners!
Preparations are now being made for what will most certainly be an outstanding conference, and more will be posted on this site by the organizational committee.
On another note, the proceedings of the first ISYT conference have been published with Serindia Publications and are now available for purchase. Please see our Proceedings page for more details. As for the proceedings for the second ISYT conference, they will be published under the auspices of the Revue d'Etudes Tibétaines (RET), directed by Dr. Jean-Luc Achard.