This paper examines the fascinating life of Wangchuk Tempa 汪学鼎 (1886-1961), the de facto early-twentieth-century political and military leader of Gyalthang (rGyal Thang) in southern Kham, in order to

From 1907 to 1911, some 4,000 commoners from the Sichuan Basin ventured west. Enticed by promises of large tracts of uncultivated land and three years of free rent, seeds, animals, and farm implements

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This project seeks to discern the physical and conceptual boundaries of the Tibetan region of Gyalthang, in southern Kham.  At issue are questions about the relationships between older

The medicalization of male sexuality and the creation of public policies in Brazil This research deals with the medicalization of male sexuality considering two distinct historical processes. The

In recent years, increasingly sophisticated work has traced the remarkable changes in early twentieth-century state-building along China's southwestern and Tibetan borderlands. During this same period

Journée d'études 6-7 janvier 2012  Institut Français d'études Anatoliennes - Istanbul  Organisée par : Yavuz Aykan (doctorant Ehess - Université de Munich), Juliette Dumas (doctorante Ehess – IFEA)

Ségolène Débarre (CNRS UMR 8504) Hybridations and circulations: the case of Ottoman cartography in the 19th century Lundi 29 avril 2013 à 18h00 à l'IFEA Amidst growing economic and political rivalry

How do we make sense of the promotion of a literature on brain physiology in a reductionist and materialist fashion as the solution to Ottoman economic and technological deterioration? What does

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