Tibetan Contemporary Literature Festival 2022

Posted：2022.09.26

*This event has already been held.

Date/Time

8 October, 2022 (Sat.), 10:00–16:40
9 October, 2022 (Sun.), 10:25–12:20

Venue

Shinjuku Historical Museum Hall (2F)

Program

8 October (Sat.)

10:00–10:10
Izumi HOSHI (ILCAA)
“Opening remarks”

10:10–12:10
Screening of Pema Tseden’s Film “The Search”

12:10–13:20
(Break)

13:20–14:20 Izumi HOSHI (ILCAA), Shiho EBIHARA (JSPS/TUFS), Keisuke IWATA (University of Tsukuba), Junko MIURA (Translator), Sonam Tsering (Interpreter, Coordinator)
“Let’s talk about SERNYA”

14:20–14:30
Recitation

14:30–16:40
Izumi HOSHI (ILCAA), Shiho EBIHARA (JSPS/TUFS), Keisuke IWATA (University of Tsukuba), Junko MIURA (Translator), Sonam Tsering (Interpreter, Coordinator)
“Feasting on Tibetan contemporary literature with translators (1)”

Works to be featured:
◆Sunlight on the Path (Lhacham Gyal)
◆Fantasy Short Stories from Tibet (Various authors)
◆The Valley of the Black Foxes (Tsering Dondrup)
◆Waiting for Snow (Lhacham Gyal)
◆White Crane, Lend Me Your Wings: A Tibetan Tale of Love and War (Tsewang Yeshey Pemba)

9 October (Sun.)

10:15–12:15
Izumi HOSHI (ILCAA), Shiho EBIHARA (JSPS/TUFS), Keisuke IWATA (University of Tsukuba), Junko MIURA (Translator), Kensaku OKAWA (Nihon University), Sonam Tsering (Interpreter, Coordinator)
“Feasting on Tibetan contemporary literature with translators (2)”

Works to be featured:
◆Here Too Is a Strongly Beating Heart (Dhondub Gyal)
◆The Search (Pema Tseden)
◆Balloon (Pema Tseden)
◆Records of Adopting a Pekingese Dog (Takbum Gyal)

Chair

Izumi HOSHI (ILCAA)

Language

Japanese

Admission

Free

Pre-registration

Pre-registration is required. Please register here (in Japanese) by 7 October.

Jointly Sponsored by

TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo)
ILCAA, Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa (DDDLing)”