Flames of My Homeland: The Cultural Revolution and Modern Tibet

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2021

May

Artist Talk by Ian Boyden: Dearest Elephant—Collaborations between Ian Boyden and Tsering Woeser [New Date]
Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom Webinar
Ian Boyden ’95—a visual artist, poet, and translator—will discuss his collaborations with the Tibetan poet and political dissident Tsering Woeser, focusing on works presented in the exhibition Flames of My Homeland, previously displayed in the gallery (February 23-April 1, 2021).

April

Photography and Tibet: Widening the Frame with Clare Harris [CANCELED]
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom Webinar

This lecture has been canceled.

A lecture on the history of the photographic representation of Tibet, exploring the wider context for Tsering Dorje’s photographs from the Cultural Revolutionary period, with Clare Harris, Professor of Visual Anthropology and Curator for Asian Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, UK and author of Photography and Tibet.

March

Burning for Buddhism: Robert Barnett and Barbara Demick
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom Webinar
A conversation on the role of art, memory, and resistance in Tibet with scholar of modern Tibetan history and politics Robert Barnett, Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University, London and former Director of Modern Tibetan Studies Program at Columbia University; and journalist Barbara Demick, former Beijing Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times, and author of Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town (2020).

February

Flames of My Homeland Talk: Ian Boyden and William Frucht
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom Webinar
Flames of My Homeland exhibition curators Ian Boyden ’95—a visual artist, poet, and translator—and William Frucht, Executive Editor for Political Science and Law at Yale University Press, will discuss the lives of Tsering Dorje and Woeser, the intersections of art and politics, and the interpretation of photographs across geographic and cultural distance. Moderated by Wesleyan University Associate Professor of Religion and East Asian Studies and exhibition co-curator Andrew Quintman.
Flames of My Homeland: The Cultural Revolution and Modern Tibet Exhibition Opens
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
In this exhibition, the works of Tsering Dorje and Tsering Woeser, father and daughter, document the ravages of Tibetan society brought by the Cultural Revolution and their ongoing effects in Lhasa today. Curated by Ian Boyden ’95, William Frucht, and Associate Professor of Religion and East Asian Studies Andrew Quintman.