The 2012 President’s Lecture presented by
Lobsang Sangay
Prime Minister of Tibet
“Democracy in Exile: the case of Tibet”
Free and open to the public
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 @ 2:00 p.m.
Ives Concert Hall, White Hall
Western Connecticut State University
Midtown campus
181 White Street
Danbury, Connecticut
Dr. Lobsang Sangay is currently the Kalon Tripa (equivalent to Prime Minister) of the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamsala, India. He was elected in 2011 after the Dalai Lama relinquished his political role in order to strengthen the democratic structure of the Tibetan movement.
Prior to his election, Dr. Sangay was a Senior Fellow at the East Asian Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School. A Fulbright scholar, Dr. Sangay obtained both his Master’s Degree and Doctorate in Law from Harvard Law School.
Dr. Sangay is an expert in Tibetan law, international human rights law and conflict resolution. In an effort to promote Track II Diplomacy, he has organized seven major conferences among Chinese, Tibetan, Indian and Western scholars on contemporary Tibet.
He has testified as an expert before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Sub-committee on East Asia and Pacific Affairs, has debriefed Congressional staff members on the issue of Tibet and is consulted by the news media including The New York Times, The London Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, Newsweek and TIME Magazine.
