Miami Summerfield School :

People & Culture of Tibet Summer Workshop 2008

The Summerfield School for students from Miami University , Oxford , Ohio , USA was started in June 2003. This program will allow students to visit Dharamsala, the home the Dalai Lama, seat of the Central Tibetan Administration (Government in Exile), and the cultural and intellectual capital of the Tibetan exile community. Workshop participants will learn about Tibetan culture, religion, and philosophy as well as gain an understanding of a community in exile and issues associated with Tibetan refugees.

Students will become immersed in Tibetan culture and religion by taking short formal courses in Tibetan philosophy and culture from instructors at College and in Dharamsala. Guided meditation classes will be held each morning at the meditation hall. Lectures on the Tibetan community's efforts to preserve it cultural as well as introduction to Tibetan performing arts and traditional medical system will be part of the topics to be covered.

The program provides a wonderful opportunity for students to gain international experience, cross-cultural understanding, as well as the opportunity to travel to Thailand and India and fulfills a number of Miami University requirements (check with your departmental CDA).

Miami University has a distinctive role among the nation’s 3,500 colleges and universities in the way they successfully blend teaching and scholarship. Nationally recognized as one of the most outstanding public undergraduate institutions, Miami gives undergraduates many opportunities to work with senior faculty on research projects and to participate in strong international programs. Miami also has selective graduate programs in areas of special strength.