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Dr. Elliot Sperling

Interests:

India, India Studies, Tibet, Central Eurasian studies, Sino-Tibetan relations, Tibetan history

Education:

• B.A. at Queens College, 1973
• M.A. at Indiana University, 1980
• Ph.D. in Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University, 1983

Background:

Sperling's research focuses on Sino-Tibetan relations and Tibetan History.

His publications include: "Tibet," in John Block Friedman and Kristen Mossler Figg, eds., Medieval Trade, Travel, and Explorations: An Encyclopedia (New York, 2000); "Exile and Dissent: The Historical and Cultural Context," in Tibet Since 1950, (New York, 2000); and "Awe and Submission: A Tibetan Aristocrat at the Court of Qianlong," International Review of History, 20 (1998). He teaches the courses, The Civilization of Tibet; Introduction to the History of Tibet; Tibet and the West; Sino-Tibetan Relations; Inner Asian Peoples and Nationality Policy in the People's Republic of China; U486 Intermediate Tibetan I; and Intermediate Tibetan II

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