The Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research (SCHR)

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/schr/
21 Apr 2004

Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Self-description:
"The Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research unites staff from across Scotland in a collaborative and interdisciplinary area studies centre at the University of Aberdeen. We offer two taught postgraduate programmes, an MRes in Himalayan Studies and an MSc in Himalayan Ethnobotany. PhD research is possible in a wide range of fields and along the entire length of the Himalayas. Researchers draw on expertise and resources from all the Scottish universities."

[SCHR's areas of expertise: anthropology, Buddhism, botany, conflict, development, ethnobiology, global warming, Hinduism, history, Islam, law, Nepali, Newari, politics, public health, Sanskrit, Tibetan, terrorism. Research projects underway in 2006 include: Tibetan divination, Tantric medicine, 17th century Scots in the Himalayas, plant collecting expeditions in the Solu Khumbu region, and spirit categories in Afghanistan. - ed.]

URL http://www.abdn.ac.uk/schr/

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European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EBHR)

http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/workgroups/ebhr/ebhr.php
10 Apr 2006

Dept. of Ethnology, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Supplied note:
"The European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EBHR) ISSN 0943 8254 is one of the major scientific periodical on the Himalayan region. It was founded in 1991 and has appeared twice yearly ever since. It is edited on a rotating basis between France (CNRS), Germany (South Asia Institute) and the UK (SOAS). We take the Himalayas to mean: Karakorum, Hindukush, Ladakh, southern Tibet, Kashmir, north-west India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and north-east India. The subjects we cover range from geography and economics to anthropology, sociology, philology, history, art history, and history of religions. In addition to scholarly articles, we publish book reviews, reports on research projects, information on Himalayan archives, news of forthcoming conferences, and funding opportunities. - pr.]

Site contents:
Subscription Form; Information for Authors; Content of Recent Issues; News; Back Issues for Download.

EBHR Back Issues in PDF format archived online:
[access via http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/journals/ebhr/ Alternative access via http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/ebhr/] #1 - 1991 [4.1 MB]; #2 - 1991 [7.8 MB]; #3 - 1992 [10.7 MB]; #4 - 1992 [11.2 MB]; #5 - 1993 [10.6 MB]; #6 - 1994 [9.1 MB]; #7 - 1994 [8.7 MB]; #8 - 1995 [9.2 MB]; #9 - 1995 [8.3 MB]; #10 - 1996 [8.6 MB]; #11 - 1996 [11.2 MB]; #12 & 13 - 1997 Double Issue [29.8 MB]; #14 - 1998 [14.9 MB]; #15 & 16 - 1999 Double Issue [36 MB]; #17 - 1999 [19.4 MB]; #18 - 1999 [19MB]; #19 - 2000 [2 MB]; #20 & 21 - 2001 Double Issue [2.2 MB]; #22 - 2002 [19 MB]

URL
http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/workgroups/ebhr/ebhr.php

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Ellen Bruno Films: Documentaries on Tibet, Cambodia and Burma

http://www.brunofilms.com/
05 Apr 2006

Bruno Films, San Francisco, CA, US

Supplied note: "[I have produced] films about human rights issues in [Tibet,] Burma/Thailand, Cambodia and Nepal. Below are some descriptions as well as direct links to five minute clips of the films.

SAMSARA: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia - documents the Cambodian's efforts to reconstruct a shattered society in a climate of war, bringing a humanistic perspective to a country in deep political turmoil. To view a clip: http://www.brunofilms.com/samsara.html

SATYA: A Prayer for the Enemy - documents human rights abuses in Tibet, focusing on the non-violent activism of Tibetan Buddhist nuns in the struggle for basic human rights and religious freedom. To view a clip: http://www.brunofilms.com/satya.html

SACRIFICE: The Story of Child Prostitutes from Burma - examines the political and economic forces at work in the trafficking of Burmese girls into prostitution in Thailand. To view a clip: http://www.brunofilms.com/sacrifice.html

LEPER: Life Beyond Stigma - offers a rare and intimate glimpse into a village of lepers in rural Nepal. Villagers speak openly and emotionally about the myriad stigmas and misunderstandings that surround the disease that has marked their bodies and their lives. To view a clip: http://www.brunofilms.com/leper.html

SKY BURIAL - documents a common burial custom in Tibet where the bodies of the dead are offered to the vultures as a final act of kindness to living beings... the ultimate gesture of generosity. To merge with the sky is a holy event, one that replaces the sufferings of this world with peace. To view a clip: http://www.brunofilms.com/sky.html - eb."

[The filmaker, Ellen Bruno, completed a masters degree in documentary film at Stanford University in 1990. She held a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1997, Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998, fellowships from the Western States Media Arts and a Shenkin Fellowship from Yale University School of Art. - ed.]

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Tibskrit - A Bibliography of Tibetan Philology, released

ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/coombspapers/otherarchives/asian-studies-archives/tibetan-archives/tibet-culture/
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Supplied note: "Dear Tibet List [i.e. Tibetan-Studies--at--coombs.anu.edu.au - ed.], [... Tibskrit is] a bio-bibliographical work that may be found useful for anyone who can make use of it critically, which I think might include persons doing research in areas in some way related to Indian and Tibetan religion, philosophy, grammar, literature and so forth. Tibskrit [TibskritRTF.rtf file is 3.6MB long - ed.] was compiled (and typed) by myself over a number of years. Earlier this year it was edited by Alexander Cherniak of Jerusalem.

It is 'open' and freely available to anyone who would like to have it (and if you know of anyone who might like to have it, please forward this message to them right away). Its remaining imperfections can be fixed. It can be used in any way you find useful.

[...] Another warning - If you do not have a fairly recent computer setup, it is possible you may not be equipped to handle Unicode fonts (Mac systems starting with OS X do support Unicode, as do recent PCs). Tibskrit is being made available, at present, only in Unicode fonts. Kindly let me know if you need a pre-Unicode font version. Perhaps this could be made available, too. [...] Yours sincerely, Dan Martin, Jerusalem."

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