Govt-banned Tibetan Studies Conference to take place online - Peoples' Review

International Tibetan studies conference pushed online after pressure from China

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug.10: The 17th Seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (IATS), scheduled to bring more than 700 scholars and researchers to Kathmandu from August 23 to 29, has been moved online after the Government of Nepal instructed Kathmandu University to withdraw from hosting the international academic gathering, amid mounting diplomatic pressure from China. The decision, which effectively scuttled the confe…

Govt-banned Tibetan Studies Conference to take place online - Peoples' Review

Kathmandu, Aug 8: A major international conference on Tibetan studies, which the Nepal government recently barred from being held in the country, will now take place online. The board of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, IATS, has announced that its 17th seminar will be held virtually from August 23 to 29, as originally scheduled. The decision came after Kathmandu University’s Himalayan Centre for Asian Studies and Centre for Bu…