Digital Workshops

This ses­sion intro­duces par­ti­cipants to the study of Eng­lish lit­er­at­ure through a vari­ety of works from Old Eng­lish wan­der­ers’ songs to con­tem­por­ary poems. We will explore inter­pret­ive approaches to texts and prac­tice close read­ing tech­niques whilst think­ing about lit­er­ary form in its wider intel­lec­tu­al and his­tor­ic­al con­texts. …

This work­shop primar­ily explores the his­tor­ic­al devel­op­ment of the lan­guage, with a par­tic­u­lar focus on its trans­form­a­tions from ancient Tibetan to con­tem­por­ary Tibetan through com­par­ing words and phrases from the Dun­huang Manu­scripts and gen­er­al text­books. …

By focus­ing on a pas­sage from Plato’s Euthy­phro, I will intro­duce the Socrat­ic meth­ods of dia­logue and argu­ment with which West­ern philo­sophy begins. In par­tic­u­lar, Socrates asks wheth­er piety is what is loved by the gods, or wheth­er the gods love that which is pious. We will then take a closer look at the logic­al form of […] …

This work­shop will start with an invest­ig­a­tion into the his­tor­ic­al back­ground upon which the Gaden Phodrang Gov­ern­ment was foun­ded and its pros­per­ous devel­op­ment in the mid 17th cen­tury. We will then look at the priest-pat­ron rela­tion­ship it estab­lished with the Man­chu emper­ors of the Qing dyn­asty, a pro­cess that began in the early 18th cen­tury. […] …

This inter­act­ive class explores the approach and prac­tice of trans­lat­ing clas­sic­al Tibetan lit­er­at­ure. Tak­ing into con­sid­er­a­tion the spheres of aca­demia and Buddhist prac­tice trans­mis­sion, we will address the themes of trans­lat­ing, the role of the trans­lat­or, and meth­ods of trans­la­tion. In addi­tion to allot­ting time for inquir­ies and dis­cus­sion, space is most import­antly offered for […] …

Mano will give an over­view of apply­ing to UK uni­ver­sit­ies includ­ing, sub­ject choice, decid­ing which uni­ver­sit­ies to apply to, the applic­a­tion pro­cess, schol­ar­ships, and accept­ing an offer. The ses­sion will con­clude with a Q&A. …