SIT Nepal: Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples
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Program Information
Location
Kathmandu, Nepal
Terms
Fall, Spring
Languages
English, Tibetan
Minimum Language Requirement
None; however, you must take the host language as one of your courses.
Areas of Focus
Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences
Structure
Field-Based
Description
Examine Tibetan and Himalayan politics and religion and the contemporary issues faced by communities in exile, particularly in the case of Tibet. Through the thematic lectures and fieldwork of this program, you will explore issues of cultural transformation and preservation, identity and social change, religious revival, and [sub-]regional geopolitics. You will be challenged to consider the contemporary and historic connections between diverse Himalayan “landlinked” communities. Questions of self-identification and recognition, as well as of diaspora, exile, and migration, are important topics for analysis in this program.
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