Seminar on Mongolian and Tibetan culture and religion(Z)

obligatory courses

Classroom

Seminar will show the connection between Tibetan and Mongolian cultures with regard to Buddhist teachings and practices. It will focus on showing the students how to carry research on Tibetan Buddhist education and practices in Tibet and Mongolia.

During the seminar which will show the connection between Tibetan and Mongolian cultures with regard to Buddhist teachings and practices students will read literature in English, Tibetan and Mongolian in order to learn how to carry research on Tibetan Buddhist education and practices in Tibet and Mongolia.

Useful internet tools including www pages with source materials, catalogues, dictionaries and studies on Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet and Mongolia will be introduced. Students will prepare their own projects on the basis of the knowledge acquired during the seminar.

Bareja-Starzyńska, Agata, Havnevik, Hanna 2006 ‘‘A Preliminary Study of Buddhism in Present-day Mongolia’’. In: Mongolians from country to city. Floating boundaries, pastoralism, and city life in the Mongol lands, Ole Bruun, Li Narangoa eds., Copenhagen, NIAS (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies), pp. 212-236.

Hanna Havnevik, Byambaa Ragchaa, A. Bareja-Starzyńska, 2007 “Some Practices of the Buddhist Red Tradition in Contemporary Mongolia’’. In: The Mongolia-Tibet Interface. Opening New Research in Inner Asia. PIATS 2003: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Tenth International Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003. Uradyn E. Bulag and Hildegard G.M. Diemberger eds., Brill, Leiden, Boston, pp. 223-237.

Tulisow, Jerzy, Osamu, Inoue, Bareja-Starzyńska, Agata, Dziurzyńska, Ewa (eds.) 2012: In the Heart of Mongolia. 100th Anniversary of W. Kotwicz’s Expedition to Mongolia in 1912 (Selected Source Materials and Study), Polska Akademia Umiejętności, Cracow (413 pp.)

Bareja-Starzyńska, Agata 2015 (book) Biography of the First Khalkha Jetsundampa Zanabazar by Zaya Pandita Luvsanprinlei. Annotated Translation, Study and Facsimile. Wydawnictwo Elipsa, Faculty of Orienatl Stiudies, University of Warsaw, Warszawa (300 pp. + Facsimile)

Bareja-Starzyńska, Agata 2016 “The Reincarnation Lineage of Zaya Gegeen”, in: History, architecture and restoration of Zaya Gegeenii Khüree Monastery in Mongolia, ed. I. Charleux, Bulletin du Musée d’Anthropologie Préhistorique de Monaco , Supplément n°5 , Paris ; Monaco 2016, pp. 43-51.

Bareja-Starzyńska, Agata 2018 “Jebtsundamba Khutugtus of Mongolia,” in: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism, and online as part of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion:

http://religion.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.001.0001/acrefore-9780199340378-e-615

Bareja-Starzyńska Аgata 2019 “The Role of Lamyn Gegeen Blo Bzang Bstan ’Dzin Rgyal Mtshan in the Dissemination of Tibetan Astrology, Divination and Prognostication in Mongolia”, in: Glimpses of Tibetan Divination. Past and Present, Series: Prognostication in History, Edited by Petra Maurer, Donatella Rossi and Rolf Scheuermann, Brill, pp. 198-212, https://brill.com (ISBN: 978-90-04-40737-4)

Bareja-Starzyńska Аgata 2020 “Siregetü Güüsi čorji’s Treatise that Contains the Complete Meanings of the Most Important [Buddhist Concepts] To Be Used”, in: Sources of Mongolian Buddhism, Edited by Vesna Wallace, Oxford University Press, pp. 6-38 (ISBN: 9780190900694), https://global.oup.com/academic/product/sources-of-mongolian-buddhism-9780190900694

The graduate:

has extended knowledge of particular problems pertaining to the cultures of the Orient or Africa (within the scope of culture and literature or language or culture and religion issues) in a comparative perspective

has extended knowledge of particular problems pertaining to the culture of Inner Asia, Mongolia and Tibet (within the scope of culture and literature or language and religion or history and socio-political issues)

has extended and deepened knowledge of the language(s) of Inner Asia, Mongolia and Tibet

has detailed knowledge pertaining to the state of research on chosen issues related to Inner Asia, Mongolia and Tibet as well as in-depth knowledge of research centres in Poland and all over the world

knows and understands the local academic tradition (methods of analysis, interpretation and evaluation) in the context of Inner Asia, Mongolia and Tibet

demonstrates good knowledge of contemporary cultural life Mongolia and Tibet

has genuine knowledge of rules of communication, writing, reading in Mongolian and Tibetan language (contemporary and/or classical/dead language)

can indicate sources of cultural differences between different regions of the Orient or Africa, also on the basis of source materials

can use the terminology from the domain of religion of Mongolia and Tibet to analyze and interpret religious phenomena, ethical motives and social behavior, as well as cultural differences

can read, analyze and interpret advanced literary texts and other works of culture (film, press, social writing) of Mongolia and Tibet and appropriately place them in their cultural context

can compare and thoroughly analyze interrelations between selected literary texts and other works of culture (film, press, social writing) of Mongolia and Tibet, and the issues of tradition and modernity

can carry out a critical analysis and interpretation of different products of culture of Mongolia and Tibet appropriate to a selected tradition, theory and research schools within the scope of studies on literature, language, culture and religion employing unique attitude of Oriental studies

can evaluate, select and describe most important products of contemporary culture in Mongolia and Tibet

can select and translate into Polish most valuable literary works/writings of Mongolia and Tibet

has a good command of Mongolian or Tibetan language at the B2 level

can choose and formulate a subject of an MA thesis, select and find sources in Mongolian or Tibetan language, refer to certain theories and other sources

can actively cooperate and work in a group as well as forge relationships and build social relations

has awareness of the differences stemming from cultural, religious and philosophical variety and their influence on shaping social and political attitudes as well as economic processes

understands and appreciates the value of tradition and cultural heritage of one’s own country and of Mongolia and Tibet

can see the need to enrich one’s own tradition by adding positive philosophical, social and cultural values of Mongolia and Tibet, treats cultural synergy as an added value

ATTENDANCE CONTROL AND WRITTEN ASSESSMENT