"Faith and Empire : Art and Politics in Tibet": Mongolian Buddhism, Art & Politics

This guide lists resources to support research related to the class "Faith and Empire" taught by Dr. Karl Debreczeny. It allows searching by historical period and by specific topic.

Resources for the Study of Mongolian Buddhism, Art & Politics

Berger, Patricia, and Terese Tse Bartholomew, eds. 1995. Mongolia: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum.

Bareja-Starzynska, Agata. 2015. The Biography of the First Khalkha Jetsundampa Zanabazar by Zaya Pandita Luvsanprinlei:  Warsaw: Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA.

Charleux, Isabelle. Buddhist Art and Architecture in Mongolia. Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets, 2014. Available on Academic.edu 

Charleux, Isabelle. 2015. Nomads on Pilgrimage: Mongols on Wutaishan (China), 1800–1940. Brill’s Inner Asian Library 33. Leiden: Brill. Ebook

Elverskog, Johan. 2003. The Jewel Translucent Sutra: Altan Khan and the Mongols in the Sixteenth Century. Leiden: Brill.

Tsultem, N. 1982. The Eminent Mongolian Sculptor–G. Zanabazar. Ulaanbaatar: State Publishing House. Offsite Shared Collection

Special issue of Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review, Issue 31, 2019.  Includes several excellent articles, such as:

Tsultemin, Uranchimeg, ed. 2019. “Introduction to 'Buddhist Art of Mongolia: Cross-Cultural Connections, Discoveries, and Interpretations'"