Dr. Lobsang Sangay, prime minister of Tibet's government in exile, will be on campus Monday, Dec. 1, to give a public lecture, "A Solution for Tibet?" The lecture will begin at 10 a.m.
in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery's DeLuca Forum, 330 North
Orchard Street. Dr. Sangay, the first Tibetan to earn a doctorate in law
(which he received from Harvard in 2004), was elected in 2011 to serve
as the political leader, or "sikyong," of the Tibetan government in
exile, which is based in Dharamshala, India. Dr. Sangay is the political
successor to His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet. UW-Madison Professor
Emeritus of Political Science Edward Friedman will introduce Dr.
Sangay, who is on a tour of Tibetan communities across the U.S. and
Canada.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
UW Madison Event: Primer Minister of Tibetan government in exile to speak - Monday, Dec. 1, 2014
Dr. Lobsang Sangay, prime minister of Tibet's government in exile, will be on campus Monday, Dec. 1, to give a public lecture, "A Solution for Tibet?" The lecture will begin at 10 a.m.
in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery's DeLuca Forum, 330 North
Orchard Street. Dr. Sangay, the first Tibetan to earn a doctorate in law
(which he received from Harvard in 2004), was elected in 2011 to serve
as the political leader, or "sikyong," of the Tibetan government in
exile, which is based in Dharamshala, India. Dr. Sangay is the political
successor to His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet. UW-Madison Professor
Emeritus of Political Science Edward Friedman will introduce Dr.
Sangay, who is on a tour of Tibetan communities across the U.S. and
Canada.