Conference
Scholar, Trader, Collector, Spy: Alternative Networks in the Himalayas (1850-1950)
- Date
- Thursday 11 December 2025 - Friday 12 December 2025
- Location
- Herta Mohr en Wereldmuseum
- Room
- start: Herta Mohr. See locations on schedule
Workshop Programme
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Scholar, Trader, Collector, Spy Alternative Networks in The Himalayas (1850-1950)
A workshop organized in the context of the VAN MANEN project
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Thursday, 11 December 2025 |
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9.15 onwards |
Herta Mohr Building, Witte Singel 27a Coffee and registration |
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Heinsius Room (University Library, second floor) |
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9:45-10:00 |
Welcome by Berthe Jansen |
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10:00-10.40 |
Berthe Jansen Sokpo Lama Sherab Gyatso: Informant, Teacher of Spies, and Revered Guru |
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10.40-11.20 |
Peter Verhagen Thob yig as Diachronic Network |
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11.20 - 11.50
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Coffee break |
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Grotius Room (University Library, second floor) |
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11:50-12:50 |
Library Collection Pop-up |
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12.50-14.30 |
Lunch break
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Plexus, Kaiserstraat 25, Spectrumzaal |
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14:30-15:10 |
Samuel Thévoz Authority, Archives, and Networks in the French Tibetan Knowledge Production (1911–1933 and Beyond): Unseen Agents and Nodes in the Shadow of Alexandra David-Neel and Jacques Bacot’s Travels and Works |
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15:10-15:50 |
Pascale Dollfus « Mon passeport, c’est mon pinceau » (‘My passport is my brush’): Discover the Himalayas through Léa Lafugie (1890-1972), a French explorer, artist and writer |
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15.50 - 16.20 |
Coffee break |
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16:20-17.00 |
Fabienne Jagou A Transnational Network for Repatriating Chinese Soldiers from Tibet through the Himalayas (1912–1913) |
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17.00 -17.30 |
Peter Richardus Kachen Yeshe Dondrup (1897-1980) and his Multi-faceted Networks |
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Friday, 12 December 2025
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9:00 onwards |
Nooterzaal, Boerhaave-building, Wereldmuseum, Steenstraat 1 |
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9:30-10:10 |
Emma Martin Objects, Inventories, and Archived Networks in the Himalayan Borderlands of Colonial India |
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10:10-10:50 |
Nils Martin Johan van Manen, his Network, and his Collection |
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10.50-11.20 |
Coffee break |
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11:20-11:50 |
Anna Huggenberg Angey Wangdi and the Himalayan Networks of Knowledge and Faith |
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11:50-12:30 |
Tenzin Tsepak Transnational Life: A Story of a Chinese Clerk (1893-1943) |
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12.30-14.00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00-15:00 |
Visit to the Wereldmuseum |
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15:00-16.30 |
Roundtable and Business meeting |
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