Gesar Conference, Paris
International conference: The Many Faces of Ling Gesar / Destins divers de l’épopée de Gesar de Ling. Homage to Rolf A. Stein. Collège de France, Paris, 27-28 Oct. 2014
Category: oral literature
Pouvoir, musique et chamanisme. La Chine des marges vue par deux ethnologues
Le Comptoir des Presses, 86 rue Claude Bernard, 75005 Paris, organise le jeudi 27 juin à 19H, une rencontre à l’occasion de la parution de : Versets chamaniques de Aurélie Névot Le pouvoir en...
Incompleteness in Yi writings
China officially numbers fifty-five “minority nationalities” (shaoshu minzu 少数民族)—an expression often inappropriately translated as “national minorities” and wrongly regarded as “ethnic groups”. One of these is the “Yi nationality” (Yizu 彝族), ranked first among...
Digital Himalaya – An Online Archive
The Digital Himalaya Project is a collection, storage and dissemination portal for scholarly content and research findings about the Himalayan region. The project was established in December 2000 in the Department of Social Anthropology...
New publications (2): Amdo and Kham
The editors of Asian Highlands Perspectives have recently announced the publication of a further three new volumes (see here for a previous set of recently published volumes). Free downloads are available by following the...
Research seminar: “The transmission process among religious specialists”
2012: Shamans and mediums (II) seminar organized by Aurélie Névot Knowledge passed down from one generation to the next is the foundation stone of any social structure since it guarantees social continuity and ensures...
Authoritative Speech in the Himalayan Region
Conference: Authoritative Speech in the Himalayan Region 25 – 26 November 2011, Maison Suger, Paris (16-18 rue Suger) organized by Marie Lecomte-Tilouine and Anne de Sales This conference aims at exploring the social and...
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