Ritual + Narrative + Kingship
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Tibet + Surrounding Cultural Area
A small conference hosted by the Kingship and Religion in Tibet research group, LMU München
Munich, 17–19 July 2014
Participants and paper titles (subject to change):
Megan Bryson (University of Tennessee), Bstan-po chung, Yunnan wang, Mahārāja: Narratives of Nanzhao Buddhist Kingship between Tibet and Tang
Giovanni da Col (University of Cambridge), Respondent
Brandon Dotson (LMU München), The Naming of Kings: Accession, Death, and the Afterlife through the Re-, Un-, and Nick-Naming of Tibet's Kings
Johan Elverskog (Southern Methodist University), Sino-Mongol-Tibetan Kingship in the Ming Borderlands
Kalsang Norbu Gurung (Universität Bonn), A Restricted and Secret Ritual of Tibet and its Connection with the Great Fifth Dalai Lama
Christian Jahoda and Christiane Kalantari (Universität Wien), Kingship in Western Tibet in the 10th and 11th Centuries
Leonard van der Kuijp (Harvard University), Karma pa VIII Mi bskyod rdo rje's Advice to the Phag mo gru Ruler
Marie Lecomte-Tilouine (CNRS), The Fictional King? An Exploration in the Constellation of the Himalayan Kingdoms
Pierre Marsone (EPHE), The Sovereign in the Khitan Empire (Liao dynasty, 907-1125)
David Pritzker (University of Oxford), Early Historiography of Gu ge and its Relationship with Orality, Kingship, and Tibetan Identity
Peter Schwieger (Universität Bonn), Respondent