Tibetan Buddhism, China and the Dalai Lama: Tibet and Contested Geopolitics

Date 19 February 2024
Time 6 - 8:30pm
Location 309 Regent Street
Cost Free
This event is free, but registration is required.
Tibetan prayer flags on strings.

About this Event

The Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) is based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Westminster. The Centre undertakes research across a range of critical social and political challenges, promoting an interdisciplinary environment. The CSD has a research theme on “postcolonial politics, nationalism, small states, Asian geopolitics” and there is an explicit focus on engagement with local and global communities and impacting upon public debates around subjects of rights, identities, and justice.

This event is organised with Tibet Watch, a UK registered charity that works to promote the human rights of the Tibetan people through monitoring, research and advocacy. It is an indispensable source of reliable information and expert analysis from Tibet, and is relied upon by Tibet and China watchers worldwide and policy makers world-wide. 

The conversation deals with a topic that is integral to the complex geopolitics of Asia, affects the present and the future of China-Tibet relations, challenges the perceived divides between religion and politics, and brings together prominent experts to discuss some of the most important dynamics involved. Politics being played by Communist Party-ruled China over the religious institution of reincarnation in Tibet Buddhism in general and the future of the global icon Dalai Lama in particular goes beyond China-Tibet relations.

Event schedule

  • 18.00: Door Opens
  • 18.15: Welcome by Professor Nitasha Kaul, Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy
  • 18.20: Panel discussion with Telo Tulku Rinpoche, Tenzin Choekyi, and Kate Saunders, chaired by Professor Dibyesh Anand
  • 19.40: Vote of thanks by Joe Hipgrave, Chair of Trustees at Tibet Watch
  • 19.45: Concluding Remarks by Professor Nitasha Kaul
  • 19.50: Networking Reception
  • 20.30: Programme Ends

Location

Fyvie Hall, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street W1B 2HW