Tibetan Studies Program

= Tibetan Studies Program at Hampshire =

The Tibetan Studies Program at Hampshire is a unique exchange program connected with the Five Colleges Tibetan Studies in India Program. The program consists of three major components:

Five College Tibetan Studies in India: An intensive JanTerm course through which 15 Five College students study Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan history and culture, and Tibetan textual analysis at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS) in Sarnath, India. For information on the program and the application process, visit the website: www.smith.edu/philosophy/tibet.html Applications are due in October. You can also ask Sue Darlington for details about the program. The program is run by Professor Jay L. Garfield, in the Philosophy Department at Smith College.

Tibetan Scholarships: Hampshire offers a four-year scholarship each year to a Tibetan student from either the Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, India, or the Institute for Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, India. Begun at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this program provides the opportunity for Tibetan students to study at Hampshire and get a liberal arts degree.

Tibetan Scholars Visiting the Five Colleges: Every two to three years, a professor from the Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies comes to teach at Hampshire and at Smith. The professor usually lives on Hampshire's campus, and teaches one course at Hampshire and one at Smith. We hope to have the next Tibetan professor here for Spring 2010.

For more information on Tibetan Studies at Hampshire, contact Sue Darlington.