HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies Volume 20 Number 1 Himalayan Research Bulletin no. 1 & Article 16 2 2000 Conference Digest and Abstracts Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya Recommended Citation . 2000. Conference Digest and Abstracts. HIMALAYA 20(1). Available at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol20/iss1/16 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by the DigitalCommons@Macalester College at DigitalCommons@Macalester College. It has been accepted for inclusion in HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Macalester College. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Conference Digest Please address your questions and information about meetings of interest to the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies' Conference Coordinator: Martijn van Beek Department of Ethnography and Social Anthropology Aarhus University Moesgaard DK-8270 Hojbjerg DENMARK CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS THE 29TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIA MADISON, WISCONSIN OCTOBER 12-15, 2000 On Location in Ladakh: Love, War, and Mani Contemporary Newat· Buddhists have experienced a Ratnam's "Dil Se" growing multiplicity of choices in the Buddhist traditions represented in the Kathmandu Valley. While their long-es Ravina Aggarwal, Smith College tablished vajradirya samgha continues to pelform rituals E-Mail:
[email protected] for the majority of households, Theravadin institutions draw growing numbers to merit-making rituals and vipassana As media representations of the Kargil war reveal, land meditation programs. Japanese sects have also gained a scape and tenitory have dominated the portrayals of Ladakh following.