This book launch event at Tibet House will feature a wide-ranging conversation between pioneering Tibetan sociologist Dr. Gyal Lo and Professor Robert Thurman, moderated by acclaimed activist Lhadon Tethong. The event will launch Dr. Gyal Lo’s groundbreaking book on the life of the Sixth Gung Thang Rinpoche, and conversations will revolve around Rinpoche’s monumental contributions to Tibetan culture, literature, and identity. Gung Thang Rinpoche was one of the most influential Tibetan scholars of the last century, and Dr. Gyal Lo had a front row view of how Rinpoche survived the tumultuous events of the Cultural Revolution and played a pivotal role in reviving Tibetan language and culture in the 1980s.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signed by the author at the event. The event is free and open to the public.