Beginning April 17th and ending April 19th, the Tibetan Language Program of the Department of Central Eurasian Studies, the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, the Latse Project, the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, the Center for the Study of Global Change, the East Asian Studies Center, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the Department of Religious Studies, and the Dhar India Studies Program sponsored a Yige, Celebration of Tibetan Calligraphy day. Participants could get a calligraphy done for them by two experts, and also learned about the process of Tibetan Calligraphy. Several events composed this three day series: Calligraphy Exhibitions, History of Tibetan Calligraphy lecture by Pema Bhum, a pop-up exhibit at the Lilly Library, Introduction to the Lilly Library’s Tibetan Manuscripts and Woodblock Prints by Jim Canary, Introduction to the Lilly Library’s Tibetan Manuscripts and Woodblock Prints by Jim Canary, a children's program at the Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, and a Tibetan papermaking demo by Jim Canary at the Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center.
