Description

The project is hosted by the Centre for Himalayan Studies (CNRS), on Villejuif campus:
7 rue Guy Môquet, 94800 Villejuif, France, Tél. (Fax) 01-49-58-37-36 (38)
http://www.vjf.cnrs.fr/himalaya/
For any questions about this research project, please contact the Principal Investigator, Stéphane Gros

This research project focuses on the area of the Sino-Tibetan borderlands situated within the People’s Republic of China, and referred to as Kham by Tibetans who make up most of the population of this region divided between the provinces of Sichuan to the east, Yunnan to the south and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west. This research project intends to explore from a comparative perspective the possible definitions of this entity called Kham, which in the course of history has never (...)