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Leadership and Reincarnation of the Dalai Lamas

  • Research into the Dalai Lama's succession, innovation, and community

About the Research Network


The Dalai Lamas has repeatedly stated he plans to begin his succession process in 2025. The LEAD network unites researchers to discuss his plans and their impact on various communities in a series of events including online seminars, invited lectures, and in-person conferences.

Aims of the research network

The main aims of the research network are to:

  • Connect researchers across disciplinary boundaries 
  • Create an outstanding environment for researchers
  • Reinvigorate the study of leadership and devotion 
  • Develop cross-cutting theoretical and methodological approaches to studying succession
  • Establish a network to advise governments, businesses, religious groups, and the media

The network was funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark | Humanities in 2023-2026.

Upcoming Events

  • June 12-13, 2025 École française d'Extrême-Orient

Succession in Times of Change in the Tibetan World (poster) (abstracts)

  • June 12, 17:30 (GMT+1) EFEO Library, Maison de l’Asie, 22 avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris

Public Keynote Address:

Antonio Terrone: The Politics of Reincarnation: The Case of the 10th Paṇchen Lama

  • June 11, 2025 Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality and Peace

Online Zoom Forum: His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama: The Spiritual, Ecological, Interreligious, and Diplomatic Vision in his Life and Work

Time: 19-21 GMT

Format: There will be five talks, each of 12 minutes, followed by discussion among the speakers and the chair, followed by Q & A.

https://www.eicsp.org/events/event-details/1280-online-zoom-forum-his-holiness-the-xiv-dalai-lama-the-spiritual-ecological-interreligious-and-diplomatic-vision-in-his-life-and-work-11-june-2025/ 

 

Past Events

  • November 14-15, 2024 Harvard University Asia Center

https://asiacenter.harvard.edu/reincarnation-tibetan-buddhism-and-institution-dalai-lama-0

  • September 12-13, 2024 University of Colorado-Boulder

The Dalai Lama: A Conference on Leadership, Devotion, and Succession

  • November 10, 2023 (online)

Reincarnation, Inheritance and Yogic Attainment: The Dalai Lamas Prior To Pre-1959

-Online lecture by Martin Mills, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen

  • September 22, 2023 Aarhus University

The Legacy of the Dalai Lama: Innovation and Possible Futures (Hybrid Seminar)