Sample Itinerary1

This 13-day academic seminar begins in New Delhi with historical framing, international relations context, and legal perspectives on sovereignty and exile governance.

Participants then transition to Dharamshala — the headquarters of the Central Tibetan Administration — where they engage with institutional actors, archival resources, monastic communities, and education systems. The field phase examines:

Governance structures in exile
Cultural preservation as statecraft
The ethics and strategy of non-violent struggle
Historical patronage networks and religious diplomacy

The final synthesis phase in Delhi translates field observations into structured academic outputs, emphasizing comparative analysis and institutional resilience.

By the end of the program, participants will:

Construct a historically grounded timeline of Tibetan exile.
Map the institutional architecture of the Central Tibetan Administration.
Analyze exile governance using political science and international law frameworks.
Evaluate non-violent strategy through comparative peace and conflict theory.
Interpret archival materials as instruments of memory and identity.
Produce a faculty-assessable institutional resilience brief.

International Relations

History

Religious Studies

Human Rights

Sociology

Law

Peace & Conflict Studies

Asian Studies

Anthropology

Migration Studies

Education

Philosophy

New Delhi

Dharamshala

Central Tibetan Administration

Tibetan monastic and educational institutions

Day	Location	Academic Focus & Activities	Learning Emphasis
1	New Delhi	Arrival; safety & cultural orientation; seminar introduction to exile studies	Establish academic framing
2	New Delhi	Seminar: Tibet in the 20th century — sovereignty debates, 1959 uprising, exile formation	Build historical literacy
3	New Delhi	Workshop: International law, stateless governance, and exile institutions; comparative cases	Situate Tibet in global exile frameworks
4	Transit to Dharamshala	Travel; mountain safety briefing; introduction to Tibetan settlement history	Field awareness + settlement context
5	Dharamshala	Institutional visit: Central Tibetan Administration overview briefing	Understand governance-in-exile architecture
6	Dharamshala	Departmental sessions (education, religion, finance, external relations as feasible); governance mapping workshop	Analyze institutional design
7	Dharamshala	Library of Tibetan Works and Archives visit; manuscript preservation seminar; archival ethics workshop	Study cultural preservation systems
8	Dharamshala	Monastic visit; Buddhism, patronage, and Tibet–Mongol historical networks seminar	Connect deep history to identity
9	Dharamshala	Seminar: The Middle Way Approach — non-violent political strategy; comparative Gandhi/King framing	Analyze non-violent strategy
10	Dharamshala	Dialogue session with educators or community leaders (permissions-based); youth identity discussion	Examine intergenerational resilience
11	Return to New Delhi	Structured reflection; institutional systems diagram lab	Translate field data into analysis
12	New Delhi	Writing studio: Memory + institution case study brief; peer review workshop	Produce assessable outputs
13	New Delhi	Closing seminar; departure	Integrate history, politics, and culture