Emory University's annual Tibet Week is set for March 23-28. Through films, lectures, art and other exhibits and events, Tibet Week provides opportunities for the Emory and Atlanta communities to experience first-hand the diverse dimensions of Tibetan Buddhist culture, and brings Tibetan monks to campus as ambassadors to share religious and artistic traditions.
In 2007, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was named Presidential Distinguished Professor at Emory, the first university appointment accepted by the 1989 Nobel Peace Laureate and leader of the Tibetan exile community. The appointment was an outgrowth of the Emory-Tibet Partnership, which was founded in 1998 to bring together the best of Western and Tibetan Buddhist intellectual traditions.
The partnership also has led to the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative, a program to integrate a comprehensive science curriculum developed by Emory faculty into the traditional studies of Tibetan monks and nuns.
All Tibet Week events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. The Carlos Museum is located on the Emory quadrangle at 571 Kilgo Circle, Emory. Visitor parking is available in the Fishburne parking deck, 1672 N. Decatur Road.
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