Himalaya Program
UBC’s Himalaya Program draws upon faculty expertise, student engagement, and community partnerships to create an interdisciplinary hub for sharing knowledge about the Himalayan region, including Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Tibetan cultural zones that traverse all of these countries.
Beginning in Fall 2015, initial projects have included developing a language partner program to create opportunities for learning Nepali and Tibetan; developing a speaker and event series; and creating an interdisciplinary network across UBC and the broader Vancouver community. Please visit the Himalaya program website for more information on upcoming events and course scheduled for this academic year - http://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/
Steering Committee
There are many faculty members, staff and students at UBC who are from the Himalayan region and/or work in the Himalayas. At present, our Steering Committee includes:
Katherine Hacker
Himalaya Program Curricula Development Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
Elsie Lewison
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Dagmar Schwerk
Himalaya Program Buddhist Communities Liaison
Khyentse Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Tibetan Buddhist Studies
Tsering Shakya
Himalaya Program Speaker Series & Language Program Coordinator;
Himalaya Program Tibetan Community Liaison
Associate Professor, Institute of Asian Research
Canada Research Chair in Religion and Contemporary Society in Asia
Sara Shneiderman
Himalaya Program Research & Outreach Coordinator
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and the Institute of Asian Research
Ratna Shrestha
Himalaya Program Nepali Community Liaison
Lecturer, Vancouver School of Economics
Mark Turin
Himalaya Program Advisor
Associate Professor, Linguistic Anthropology
Chair, First Nations and Endangered Languages Program
Belinda Suen
Himalaya Program Assistant
Courses with Himalayan Content at UBC
There are many courses being offered by Himalaya Program faculty at UBC: Please visit the Himalaya Program website for a full listing of the current course offerings.
Upcoming Events at Himalaya Program
Visit the Events page of the UBC Himalaya Program Website to get details for upcoming events sponsored by the Himalaya Program. The website’s Community Events page lists events sponsored by the Program’s community partners
Language Program
The Himalaya Program has offered short, intensive one-credit courses both the Nepali and Tibetan languages. We hope to continue to offer these courses in late sprint each year. For more information about our courses and programs, please subscribe to our mailing list.
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Location and Access
The Himalaya Program office is located in the C.K. Choi Building on Lower Mall on UBC’s Vancouver Campus. Please contact the Himalaya Program Assistant at himalaya.arts@ubc.ca for information about accessing the Himalaya Library collections, or for other information on getting involved with Program activities.