The Modern Tibetan Studies Research Guide is based on an extensive bibliography compiled by Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley Luce Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University. Originally published as the Columbia Research Guide For Modern Tibetan Studies on CU Library Web, in 2024, the content was transferred to a CUL research/subject guide. The guide is a navigational tool for library patrons at Columbia University and beyond to access bibliographies and other noteworthy resources covering a wide range of subjects in the field of Tibetan Studies. Drawn from an extensive syllabus compiled by Professor Tuttle for his seminar “Sources for Modern Tibetan History,” the Guide in its current version is exceptionally strong in its survey of resources for historical research.
The homepage provides additional links for other subjects: History, Social Sciences, Religious Studies, Language and Literature, Art, and Music. Many sections continue to be developed by the Tibetan Studies Librarian and CU Tibetan Studies community, and it is our hope that advanced graduate students or other scholars might contribute bibliographies for their areas of specialty, or suggest useful titles not mentioned here. Dr. Benno Weiner, for example, authored a critical survey of Chinese-language sources for the local histories of Tibetan areas in the People's Republic of China (PRC), while studying in the graduate program.
Please contact the Tibetan Studies Librarian with any questions or comments about this Guide, or to report broken links.
October 2024