Elliot Sperling :: Faculty
Associate Professor, Central Eurasian Studies
Office: Goodbody Hall 143
Phone: (812) 855-7344
E-mail: sperlin@indiana.edu
Education
B.A. at Queens College, 1973
M.A. at Indiana University, 1980
Ph.D. in Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University, 1983
Current Doctoral Students
Research Interests
Tibetan history and Sino-Tibetan relations
Courses Recently Taught
- Intermediate Tibetan
- Introduction to Tibetan History
- Sino-Tibetan Relations
- The Civilization of Tibet
- Tibet and the West
Publication Highlights
"Notes on the Early History of Gro-tshang Rdo-rje-'change and Its Relations with the Ming Court," Lungta, (2000)
"Tibet," in John Block Friedman and Kristen Mossler Figg, eds., Medieval Trade, Travel, and Explorations: An Encyclopedia, (New York, 2000)
"Exile and Dissent: The Historical and Cultural Context," in Tibet Since 1950, (New York, 2000)
Awe and Submission: A Tibetan Sristocrat at the Court of Qianlong," International Review of History, vol 20, (1998)
"«Orientalismus» und Aspekte der gewalte in der tibetischen Tradition," in Thierry Dodin and Heinze Räther, eds., Mythos Tibet, (Bonn, 1997)
"Tibétains, Mongols et Mandchous," in Françoise Pommaret, eds., Lhasa lieu du divin, (Geneva, 1997)
