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UB proudly sponsors a year of events
The 14th Dalai Lama at the University at Buffalo
Promoting peace across borders through education
A Year of Events
September 19
Distinguished Speakers Series Lecture
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will deliver a major address on the theme of promoting peace across borders through education. | Details
September 18
Center for 21st Century Music Inaugural Concert
The Music of Philip Glass
Music inspired by Tibetan Buddhism with famed composer Philip Glass | Details
Tibet: Myth and Reality Lecture
Current Political Status of Tibet
Academic Lecture
Claude Welch, UB professor;
Rinchen Dharlo, president of the Tibet Fund
Wednesday, April 26 at 7 p.m.
20 Knox Lecture Hall, UB North Campus
This lecture is part of a semester-long course on Tibetan history and culture that features UB experts and guest lecturers using media resources to unravel the myths and realities of Tibet's history, society, and culture. The current status of Tibetan politics, including human rights and opportunity for dialogue with China, is the focus of this seminar conducted by Claude Welch.
Claude Welch is SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science at UB, where he also directs the Human Rights Program. He is the author or editor of Protecting Human Rights in Africa (2001), NGOs and Human Rights: Promise and Performance (2000), Asian Perspectives on Human Rights (1990), and Human Rights and Development in Africa (1984).
Rinchen Dharlo is the president of the Tibet Fund, a nonprofit organization supporting exiled Tibetan communities in India and Nepal. He began working for the Tibetan government-in-exile in 1972. From 1978 to 1987, he served as His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s representative in Nepal, and from 1987 to 1997 was representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas in New York.
Cost: Free