Man looking at photos of people disappeared in Nepal's civil war

Pursuing long-awaited justice for victims of Nepal's 'People's War'

Sept. 20, 2024

Nepal’s revamped truth commissions will need to go beyond ‘ritualism’ to deliver justice to civil war victims.

Bruce, Sandy, Rick on log Camp Hale 1963-64

Six decades later, scholar locates site of secret CIA-Tibet training camp

June 3, 2024

Carole McGranahan, a CU Boulder anthropology professor who has long studied the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ perspective of China’s invasion and occupation of Tibet, joins the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ community to commemorate the location on June 9 at Camp Hale, Colorado.

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ pastoralist herding yaks

‘Choosing’ to leave high-altitude ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ homes?

Oct. 24, 2023

Recent research by CU Boulder geographer Emily Yeh studies the difference between consent and coercion in ‘voluntary’ resettlement of pastoralists in Tibet’s Nagchu region.

Himalayas and prayer flags

Preserving culture by learning an endangered language

Oct. 10, 2023

An online beginning ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ language course offered at CU Boulder allows learners worldwide to access contemporary resources for a less-frequently taught language.

Yonetti

Student unlocks mysteries of Norlin’s ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Buddhist texts

April 17, 2017

As an undergraduate at Siena College, Eben Yonnetti, on a whim, went on a study abroad trip to Nepal to study in the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and Himalayan Peoples program. Yonnetti eventually became so engaged with ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½s and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ culture that he decided to study ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ language and religious practices and ideas

Yeh

Climbing higher in Himalaya studies

April 15, 2017

Building on the expertise of faculty scholars, the Tibet Himalaya Initiative is putting CU Boulder on experts’ map.