Société Européenne pour l'Etude des Civilisations de l'Himalaya et de l'Asie Centrale
The printing press of Dergé: a revisited history of the first developments
by Rémi Chaix, Center for Himalayan Studies. UPR 299 - CNRS.
Located in the Kham region, the Dergé printing press, officially founded in 1729, is one of the most famous institutions in the Tibetan world, but its history remains relatively unknown, if not through the largely simplified versions of the kingdom's historiographers. Historians have so far focused on publishing the two great collections of the Tibetan Canon, Kangyur and Tengyur, considering the date of foundation of the building (parkhang) intended to house the xylographic blocks such as that of the beginning of the project editorial. The examination of the prints produced from the oldest blocks (from the beginning of the 18th century) nevertheless makes it possible to trace the history of the first developments of the printing press and to analyze more finely the strategy of the House of Dergé in the establishment of a company participating in the influence of the kingdom. Put in perspective with similar projects in the rest of the Tibetan world during the beginning of the 18th century will show, moreover, how these editorial companies constituted not only a religious stake but also a political one.
Lecture at 6PM
18/11/2018 18:53
Tibetan Cinema Today: A Reflection of Gender Relations in Tibet?
Rainboots" de Lhapal Gyal
(2017) ©Hoshi Izumi.
l'actrice Shamma Kyi, lors du
tournage de "Wangdrak's
Rainboots" (2017). ©F. Robin
by Françoise Robin, professor of universities and teacher of Tibetan language and literature at INALCO.
Tibetan cinema in Tibet, despite its short history (barely 15 years), can already boast of having seen emerging filmmakers internationally, such as Pema Tseden and Sonthar Gyal. Their films all have the background of the rural world from which they come, that is to say the Amdo, whose social upheavals they manage to represent through the itineraries of singular individuals (monk, nomadic pastor , farmer, director, trader). However, with two exceptions, male characters dominate the screen, with female roles being limited, not very audible and not very visible. We will be interested in this communication to describe and try to explain this under-representation of women in the cinema produced in Amdo today, while showing the rapid evolutions in progress.
Lecture at 6PM
29/09/2018 21:52
Uproar in the chronology of newar art!
in Panauti. ©Gilles Béguin.
by Gilles Béguin, Honorary General Curator of Heritage.
For forty years, a corpus of dated works has made it possible to elaborate a chronology of the art of the Newars of Nepal. In her latest book, the great specialist Mary Shepherd Slusser presents carbon-14 analyzes that shatter the acquired system without offering a coherent chart of dating. This short intervention should open a debate with the public.
LECTURE at 6pm
21/08/2018 21:38
PROGRAM OF LECTURES FOR THE SECOND SEMESTRE OF 2018
Uproar in the Chronology of Newar Art!
by Gilles Béguin, Honorary General Curator of Heritage.Tibetan Cinema Today: A Reflection of Gender Relations in Tibet?
by Françoise Robin, Professor of Universities and teacher of Tibetan language and literature at INALCO. From 5 to 7 November 2018Colloquium : The Image as Instrument and Reflection of Rituals in Central Asia and the Himalayas: from Antiquity to the Present.
Naples.The Printing Press of Dergé: Revisiting the History of the Earliest Developments.
by Rémi Chaix, Center for Himalayan Studies. UPR 299 – CNRS.
Subject to modification
12/07/2018 15:11
Faxian, archetype of the Buddhist pilgrim?
showing Faxian with his name
by Jean-Pierre Drège, Director of Studies Emeritus, EPHE, CRCAO.
Considered to be one of the three great Chinese travelers who traveled to India in search of the remains of Buddhism and the texts of this religion, the monk Faxian (circa 340-around 420) is also the first of this triad, in the chronological order, with Xuanzang (602-664) and Yijing (635-713).
If the second became the ideal pilgrim, haloed by a glory gained during his lifetime, Faxian remains a pioneer whose course deserves to be revisited.
LECTURE at 6pm at La Maison d'Asie, 22, Avenue du président Wilson, 75016 Paris
15/05/2018 08:49
The Metaphysics of Light in the Indian and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist Literature of the XIth-XIIth c.
by Giacomella Orofino, Professor of Tibetan Language and Literature, University of Naples "L'Orientale".
When the esoteric doctrines of the last phase of Indian Buddhism spread in Tibet, there emerged a progressive development of yogic practices and ideas that considered light as an essential ontological principle. In these traditions, we can observe an evolving model of visionary yoga.
Gradually a metaphysics of light took form that strongly characterized the yogic theory and praxis. Light was seen as the fundamental structural component of all the universe, both from a cosmological and ontological point of view.
In this lecture I will focus on the main traits of this metaphysics of light, as it emerges from the esoteric treatises of the Indian Buddhist Kālacakratantra, and of the Tibetan heterodox treatises of the Rnying ma rgyud ‘bum and of the Zhang zhung snyan rgyud.
LECTURE in ENGLISH at 18:00
19/04/2018 08:49
The Monastery of the gigantic valley with many hued strata
with many hued strata ». ©Yannick Laurent
by Yannick Laurent, doctoral candidate at Wolfson College, University of Oxford.
In the footsteps of Kim, the main character of Kipling's eponymous novel, we invite you to discover Dangkhar, the ancient capital of a border valley situated in the Western Himalayas.
In spite of a documentation work initiated in the 19th century, what do we really know about the history of this 'royal seat' that owed allegiance to the governments of Tibet, Ladakh, and British India over the centuries?
Can the study of material culture and local archives help us to trace the social, religious and political history of the "gigantic valley of many-hued strata"?
CONFERENCE à 18h
29/03/2018 22:18
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