China Studies Centre, the University of Sydney
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm AEDT, Tuesday 5 March 2019
Room 708, Jane Foss Russell Building (G02), 160 City Road, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Co-presented with the University of Sydney’s Department of History
1950s Tibet is traditionally portrayed as a state isolated and cordoned off from the dramatic changes sweeping across post-war Asia. Yet, such descriptions overlook the many ways in which Tibet maintained strong inter-Asian linkages. Focusing on the Nepalese rebel K.I. Singh, Lhasa’s flourishing Tibetan Muslim community and the Bandung Conference, Dr. Atwill’s talk will examine Tibet’s ability to defy the hardening Cold War divisions of post-war Asia.
Speaker
David G. Atwill is Associate Professor of History at Penn State University where he teaches a broad range of courses on China, Tibet, and world history. He has recently published the monograph Islamic Shangri-La: Inter-Asian Relations and Lhasa’s Muslim Communities, 1600 to 1960. His previous books include The Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwestern China, 1856–1873 and Sources in Chinese History: Diverse Perspectives from 1644 to the Present.