The Museum on the Roof of the World – Exploring Tibet through Objects

When:
January 18, 2014 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
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Where:
Pitt Rivers Museum
Pitt Rivers Museum
University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3PP
UK
Cost:
Free

Dr Clare Harris, Curator for Asian Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum and an internationally recognised expert on art and material culture from Tibet and the Himalayas, will speak about her new book ‘The Museum on the Roof of the World: Art, Politics and the Representation of Tibet’ (University of Chicago Press). This will be an illustrated talk and Clare will link her discussion with objects currently on display in the Pitt Rivers Museum.