History Collections Projects:

The Blue Annals Project

The Blue Annals Project is currently preparing an e-version of the Tibetan text, scans of a second edition, analytical summaries, and a long term retranslation project. At present, available for download are 1) a detailed outline and concordance of Roerich's English translation and the two published editions of the Tibetan text, and 2) a spreadsheet of place names mentioned in the English translation. The E-text is not yet available for public distribution.

Project directors: Kurtis R. Schaeffer (University of Alabama) and David Germano (University of Virginia), Bryan J. Cuevas (Florida State University). Project participant: Jann Ronis (University of Virginia); Eveline Yang (University of Virginia), facilitating data input.

The Historical Sites of Tibet Project

Project directing board: Buchung (Tibet Academy of Social Sciences), David Germano (University of Virginia), Tsering Gyalpo (Tibet Academy of Social Sciences), Matthew Kapstein (University of Chicago), Kurtis Schaeffer (University of Alabama), and Bryan J. Cuevas (Florida State University) The operational manager is David Newman (University of Virginia). A full list of participants and their roles to date is as follows: Nordrang Orgyen (Tibet Academy of Social Sciences), speaker of detailed oral commentary on the Fifth Dalai Lama’s history; Jann Ronis (University of Virginia), markup of the Fifth Dalai Lama’s history; Pema Tashi (Tibet Library), lead transcriber of lectures and commentary, Chris Walker (University of Chicago), lead manager, along with David Newman, of fieldwork operations in the crucial summer 2002 site documentation; Eveline Yang (University of Virginia), overseeing transcription of video.

The Tibetan Timelines Project

The Tibetan Timelines Project is currently soliciting timelines of any and all type that are relevant to Tibet and the Himalayas, including links to already-published resources. Our long-term goal is to build a collaborative and sophisticated timeline, and a variety of annotated periodizations of Tibetan and Himalayan history. At present the timelines and periodization schemes are bound together.

Project directors: Bryan J. Cuevas (Florida State University) and Frances M. Garret (University of Toronto), Kurtis R. Schaeffer (University of Alabama).