Art History, Buddhist Studies, Tibet: New Perspectives

Conference in 2008

March 7-9, 2008
Princeton University
101 McCormick Hall

The conference began with a keynote address by Deborah Klimburg-Salter, University Professor for Asian Art History, University of Vienna. Presentations were given by graduate-student participants in the 2007 Tibet Site Seminar, followed by responses from senior scholars in the field.

Respondents to papers were Janet Gyatso (Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies, Harvard Divinity School), Marylin Rhie (Jesse Wells Post Professor of Art History, Smith College), and Gene E. Smith (Director, Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center).

Graduate students presenting papers are:

• Brid Arthur, Ohio State University
• Stephanie Bogin, Courtauld Institute
• Yashaswini Chandra, School of Oriental and African Studies
• Wen-shing Chou, University of California, Berkeley
• Damchö Diana Finnegan, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Maggie Hui, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Nancy Lin, University of California, Berkeley
• Ariana P. Maki, Ohio State University
• Sarah Richardson, University of Toronto
• Leigh Miller Sangster, Emory University
• Uranchimeg Tsultem, University of California, Berkeley
• Ben Wood, University of Toronto

The conference is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion and the Tang Center for East Asian Art at Princeton University. Support is also provided by the Henry Luce Foundation, which sponsored the Tibet Site Seminar in 2007.