Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Selection of papers from seminar convened by Tim Myatt and Brandon Dotson at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Aug. 9-13, 2007. - Includes bibliographical references and index. . Engl., teilw. tibet , pt. 2. History, culture, and religion ; The Tibetan Gesar epic as oral literature , pt. 1. Engagements with modernities : Tibet, China, and diaspora ; Incidental to Tibetan studies? : views from various margins , A brief introduction to the era of the ten overlords , The "nephew/uncle" relationship in the international diplomacy of the Tibetan empire (7th/9th centuries) , An analysis of the origin of polo through the ancient relationship between Tibet and Persia , The role of Confucius in Bon sources : Kong Tse and his attribution in the ritual of Three-Headed Black Man , Dating and authorship problems in the sNgags log sun 'byin attributed to Chag Lo tsā ba Chos rje dpal , Elevating Tsongkhapa's disciples : Khedrup Jey and the Jey Yabsey Sum , 'Phreng po gter ston Shes rab 'od zer (1518/1584) on the eight lineages of attainment : research on a Ris med paradigm , Remarks on the state oracles and religious protectors of the dGa' ldan pho brang government , Risk and social mobility : a study of the demotion and dismissal cases in the careers of the dGa' ldan pho brang officials from 1885 to 1952 , In the land of checkpoints : yartsa gunbu business in Golok 2007 : a preliminary report from the field , Fishery in southern and central Tibet : an economic niche is going to disappear , Exploring the rush for "Himalayan gold" : Tibetan yartsa gunbu harvesting in northwest Yunnan and considerations for management , Tibetan refugees in India, or, How diaspora politics can be influenced by an omnipresent host country , Adhering to tradition : maintaining the canon of Tibetan architecture in India , Loss of memory and continuity of praxis in Rampur-Bashahr : an itinerant study of 17th-century Tibetan murals , Tibetans in Taiwan : 1949/2006