Book launch and workshop on “The Great Fifth Dalai Lama and his Circle” to celebrate the publication of The Illusive Play: The Autobiography of the Fifth Dalai Lama, tr. by Samten G. Karmay. We would like to thank the Michael Aris Memorial Trust and Wolfson College for their generous support for this event.
FRIDAY 2 MAY
Workshop
1. The Great Fifth and his Autobiography
4:30 Opening: Hermione Lee; Ulrike Roesler
5:00 Patrick Booz: The Great Fifth Himself
5:30 Janet Gyatso: A Watershed Accounting of Oneself: Reading the Great Fifth's Autobiography for its Place in Tibetan Literature
Book launch
6:00 Per Kvæene: An appraisal of Samten Karmay’s work
Anthony Aris: The Illusive Play
6:30 Book launch & drinks reception
7:30 Dinner
SATURDAY 3 MAY
Workshop
2. The Great Fifth and Those Around Him
9:30 Cathy Cantwell: The long-term legacy of gTer bdag gling pa (1646-1714) and the founding of sMin grol gling Monastery on rNying ma pa tantric practice
10:00 Charles Ramble: Sde srid sangs rgyas rgya mtsho’s part in the protection of Bonpo monasteries
10:30 Christoph Cüppers: Introducing the circle of the Great Fifth: remarks on some characters
11:00 COFFEE
3. The Great Fifth, the Visual, and the Arts
11:30 Matthew Kapstein: Who is in the picture? A puzzling image from Erdeni-juu
12:00 Amy Heller: The Great Fifth as patron of the visual arts and architecture
12:30 Jeff Watt: The Lasting Legacy of Art & Icono¬graphy under the Patronage & Rule of the Fifth Dalai Lama
