Project Orazio [about Fr. Orazio della Penna (1680-1745), Capuchin missionary in Tibet]

http://www.oraziodellapenna.com
26 Jan 2009

Fra Orazio Della Penna Association, Italy.

Self-description:
"'Father Francesco Orazio remained in the monastery of Sera for nine months, from April 1717 to January 1718. However, for a period of four years he continued to learn the common and literary language under the tuition of a qualified Lama. It was at the monastery of Sera that Father Orazio started the writing out of a Tibetan-Italian dictionary, done directly on the Tibetan texts and therefore referred to the literary language. In 1732 the dictionary was consisting of about 33000 words.'
Source: The story of Father Orazio della Penna Short notes about the life of Father Orazio Olivieri della Penna (1680-1745), Capuchin Missionary and Prefect of the Tibetan Mission. (by Elio Marini) http://www.montefeltro.net/pennabilli/tibeteng.htm "

Site contents:
* Work in Progress and Documents (# The [old Christian] Bell of [Jokhang temple,] Lhasa; # The first dictionary from Tibetan into an Occidental language; # A copper engraving [dedicated to friar Orazio of Pennabilli by Pietro Santi (1737-1812) of Rimini] dated 1780 (?); # [Plans and details of the] Capuchin friary opened in Lhasa in 1725; # A letter written by Pho-lha-nas to friar Orazio during his journey in Nepal, dated 1st of September 1732; # A letter written by the VII Dalai Lama to friar Orazio; # A letter by Pho-lha-nas to friar Orazio; # A letter by friar Orazio to his brother Pierleone dated 4th of October 1741)
* Tibet in the [Orazio della Penna's] town of Pennabilli (Tenzin Gyatso, XIV Dalai Lama - 15th of June 1994, Fosco Maraini - 5th of May 2000, Jetsun Pema - 24th of September 2004).
* Stories (My research about the Capuchins of the Marche Region who went to Tibet during the 18th Century - by E. Marini; From the Montefeltro county to Tibet following the toll of a bell - by E. Marini, June 1994).
* Links.

[A bi-lingual (IT,EN) site - ed.]

URL http://www.oraziodellapenna.com

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.oraziodellapenna.com

Link reported by: Elio Marini (eliomarini--at--yahoo.it)

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Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th-Century Tibet, Feb 2009

http://www.rmanyc.org/situpanchen

14 Jan 2009

Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th-Century Tibet, Feb 2009

The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY, US.

Supplied note:
"The Rubin Museum of Art is organizing its first scholarly conference, 'Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th-Century Tibet,' February 7 and 8, 2009. The brilliant polymath Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne (1700-1774) was influential in multiple domains of cultural and institutional life in 18th-century Tibet. Situ made major contributions to the fields of painting, the literary arts, and medicine. He was also a charismatic leader during a particularly volatile period in Tibetan history, as well as the senior court chaplain in the culturally significant Kingdom of Derge on the Sino-Tibetan border.
We have invited eight scholars to present on the many aspects of his cultural production and engagement with the social world of his time in their respective fields, including: patronage and print culture, authenticity and Indic roots, artistic impact in China, politics and sectarian relations, medicine, and literary scholarship. We hope that such a well-rounded and multidisciplinary approach will constitute a significant contribution to an understanding of Tibetan intellectual history in the pivotal 18th century.

The conference schedule, abstracts, and registration information can be found at: [the URL below] [...].

This program coincides with opening weekend of the exhibition 'Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style' (February 6-August 17 [2009]) at the Rubin Museum of Art: http://www.rmanyc.org/exhibitions/upcoming.xml?context=exhibitions/upcoming.xml

The conference is being held in conjunction with Columbia University's 'Tibet and the Social Sciences Workshop' http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/ We hope that these two back-to-back events will draw the academic community into NYC for this exciting weekend of programming! - kd."

Site contents:
* Program: Sat, Feb 7, 2009; * Program: Sun, Feb 8, 2009;
* Conference Abstracts: (# Remi Chaix (Societes et Cultures en Himalaya, CNRS, Paris) - Situ Panchen and the House of Derge: A Demanding but Beneficial Relationship, # Karl Debreczeny (Rubin Museum of Art) - Situ Panchen' s Artistic Legacy in Yunnan, # Frances Garrett (University of Toronto) - Medical Literature in the Situ Panchen Tradition, # Nancy G. Lin (University of California, Berkeley) - Situ Panchen and the Re-enactment of Buddhist Origins, # Jann Ronis (University of Virginia) - Situ Panchen and Sectarian Relations in Eighteenth-Century Derge: Precursor to the Ecumenical Movement (ris med), # Kurtis R. Schaeffer (University of Virginia) - Situ the Scholar).

URL http://www.rmanyc.org/situpanchen

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Karl Debreczeny (kdebreczeny--at--rmanyc.org)

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Columbia Online Research Guide For Modern Tibetan Studies

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/guide/index.html

14 Jan 2009

Columbia Online Research Guide For Modern Tibetan Studies

Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University, New York, NY, US.

Self-description:
"The COLUMBIA ONLINE RESEARCH GUIDE FOR MODERN TIBETAN STUDIES was compiled by Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley Luce Assistant Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies, and published for use on Library Web by Lauran Hartley, Tibetan Studies Librarian. It is a navigational tool for library patrons at Columbia University and elsewhere to access bibliographies and other noteworthy resources covering a wide range of subjects in the field of Tibetan Studies. Drawn from an extensive syllabus compiled by Professor Tuttle for his seminar 'Sources for Modern Tibetan History,' the Online Guide in its current version is exceptionally strong in its survey of resources for historical research."

Site contents:
* Tibetan Studies (Survey Articles, Journals, Book Reviews, Scholarly Blogs, Listservs);
* General Bibliographies; * Library Catalogs (North America, Western & Eastern Europe, East Asia, South Asia);
* Dictionaries, Encyclopedias (Tibetan Dictionaries, Chinese Dictionaries, Encyclopedias);
* Tools, Maps, Images (Maps & Social Data, Photo Images & Archives, Tibetan Fonts & Software, Library Search Conventions);
* Periodicals (Western Language, Tibetan & Chinese Post 1950, Tibetan & Chinese Pre 1950);
* History (Biography, Religious & Geographic Surveys, Local Histories, Imperial Records, Archival Materials);
* Social Sciences [under construction]; * Religious Studies [under construction]; * Language & Literature [under construction]; * Art & Material Culture (Engaging Digital Tibet [http://digitaltibet.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/], Research Materials For the Study of Tibetan and Himalayan Art [under construction]); * Music [under construction]; * Contact; * Search.

URL http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/guide/index.html

Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)

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Online Guide
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