Wed. 10 July 2019, 8.30-12.40
Venue
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales – 65 rue des Grands Moulins – 75013 Paris
Room 3.15
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The Many Wars of the Ganden Phodrang (1642-1959)
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Panel organizers:
Dr Ryosuke Kobayashi, Kyushu University, Japan
Dr Alice Travers, CNRS, CRCAO, France
Organised in the framework of the TibArmy project with the core team and invited participants, this panel studies the numerous wars fought by the Tibetan armies both in internal and international contexts during the Ganden Phodrang period. It seeks to document less-known armed conflicts and shed light on other better-known events through new sources, depicting how battles were then fought; it also analyses the role of wars, be they won or lost, as generating change on four levels: in the development of the Tibetan military institutions themselves; in the development of the Tibetan government; in the links between army and society; in international politics.
Chair: Alice Travers; Discussant: Tashi Tsering Josayma
8:30 Ryosuke Kobayashi, Alice Travers – Panel Introduction
8:40 Federica Venturi – The Fifth Dalai Lama and the Conflict with Bhutan in 1668
9:05 Yuri Komatsubara – Tibetan Policies during the First Sino-Gurkha War (1788-1789)
9:30 Dai Yingcong – The Gurkha Wars and the Shift of the Qing Tibetan Policy during the Qianlong-JiaqingTransition, 1780-1820
9:55 Jeannine Bischoff – Rewarding a Paid Sword – A 1904 Letter of Honour by the bka’ shag for Soldiers Who Fought the British Invaders
10:20 Coffee break
Chair: Ryosuke Kobayashi; Discussant: Tashi Tsering Josayma
10:50 Federica Venturi – Presentation of the TibArmy project: A Timeline of Wars during the Ganden Phodrang Period
11:00 Ryosuke Kobayashi – The Ganden Phodrang Army and the Sino-Tibetan Border Conflict in 1918
11:25 Alice Travers – Borders’ Defence at Wartime: the Role of Local Militia (yul dmag) and Border Guards (sa srung) in the Early 20th Century
11:50 Alex Raymond – The Battle of Chamdo (October 1950)
12:15 Discussion
12:40 Lunch
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Around 60 people came to the TibArmy panel on 10 July 2019:
Ryosuke Kobayashi, Kyushu University, Japan & Alice Travers, CNRS, CRCAO, France 
Federica Venturi, CNRS, CRCAO, France 
Ryosuke Kobayashi, Kyushu University, Japan 
Yuri Komatsubara, Meiji University, Japan 
During the panel 
Yingcong Dai, William Paterson University, USA 
Alice Travers, CNRS, CRCAO 
During the panel