Middlebury College International Student Organization

to Present Roundtable Discussion “China and Tibet” on

April 16

On Friday, April 16, the Middlebury College International

Student Organization (ISO) and the Middlebury College Geonomics

Center for International Studies will host a roundtable discussion

on China and Tibet at 7:30 p.m. in Gifford Annex Lounge, in Gifford

Dormitory, off College Street (Route 125). The event is free and

open to the public.

Four panelists will offer brief presentations for

discussion:

Losang Rabgey, a Tibetan scholar currently enrolled

in a doctoral program at the University of London, will present

“Chinese Racism and Colonialism.”

Thondup Tsering, a Tibetan scholar currently enrolled

in a doctoral program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst,

will present “Is Sino-Tibet Dialog a Possibility?”

Ke-Wen Wang, associate professor of history at St.

Michael’s College, will present “Tibet and Chinese Nationalism.”

Don Wyatt, professor of history at Middlebury College,

will present “Tibet and the Plight of Chinese Intellectuals.”

The roundtable will conclude with a question and

answer session. Refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact Middlebury College

student Tenzin Dolker at (802) 443-6627.