Tibetan and Himalayan Studies is currently being offered as a three-paper option for undergraduate students taking the B.A. in Chinese Studies, and a two-paper option for students studying for the B.A. in Sanskrit.

The course covers the language and literature of Tibet, and focusses on the history and culture of Tibet and Nepal, and the Himalayan regions of northern India.

Tibetan language teaching will be based on Nicolas Tournadre and Sangdak Dorje’s Manuel de Tibétain Standard. An English translation of this work (provisionally entitled A Handbook of Standard Tibetan) is currently in preparation. Until its publication, students will be provided with handouts from the unpublished manuscript.

Training in language and literature will be supplemented by a series of lectures and tutorials aimed at presenting an outline of the history and culture and of Tibet and the Himalaya.