Dr. Gyal Lo

(2021) Regional Differences in Tibetan Language and Education Policies in the People’s Republic of China, 2008-present (Via zoom), 11/18/2021 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University, NY, USA.

(2019) Tibetan Buddhism and its Social Innovation: the exemplar of Buddhist Master Je TsangKhapa, at 5:00 to 6:30 on November 14, 2019, the University of Hong Kong. (2019). A Critical Reflection on A New Assimilation approach through Education in the Cross-border Ethnic Asian Regions, at 12:45 to 2:00 on November, 2019, the University of Hong Kong.

(2019) A sociological interpretation on the ecology of Tibetan society in China, Invited Keynote presentation for the 7th Tibetan Education Seminar: Tibetan Educational Ecology, organized by Jian Tsen Education Research Centre, at 9:00 am – 11:00 am on July 25-27, 2019, Ruerge, Sichuan, China.

(2017) A Sociological Perspective on the Principles of Social Justice Education (in Tibetan language), Invited Keynote presentation for the Fifth Tibetan Education Seminar: Tibetan Social Justice Education Issues, organized by Jian Tsen Education Research Centre, at 9:00 am – 11:00 am on July 22, July 21- 23, 2017, Chunchu (Hong Yuan), Sichuan, China.

(2016) A Critical Perspective on Recent Tibetan Preschool Education Issues in China (in Tibetan Language), Invited Keynote presentation for the Fourth Tibetan Education Seminar: Tibetan Preschool Issues, organized by Jian Tsen Education Research Centre, on November 21, 2016, Chengdu, China.

(2016) Global Perspectives on Bilingual Education Models and Practice (in Tibetan Language), Invited lecture at the Department of Tibetan Language and Culture in Northwest University for Nationalities, on November 10, 2016, Lanzhou, China.

(2016) A New Exploratory Perspective of Structuration Theory on the Relation of Education to Tibetan Social Structure and Social Development, Invited lecture at the Department of Tibetan Language and Culture in Northwest University for Nationalities, on November 9, 2016, Lanzhou, China.

(2013) The relation of three forms of education to local social structure in Tibetan society in China (in English), Invited presentation at Wah Ching Center of Research on Education in China, University of Hong Kong.

(2011) The challenges of Tibetan corpus and status planning in China (in English), Invited speaker at Colloquium: Minority Language Situations in Today`s People Republic of China, Centre for Research on Language Contact Glendon College, York University, Toronto, October 18, 2011.

(2008) The Village is a key for language survival in Tibetan society in China, Invited presentation at TRACE Foundation, New York City. November 22th, 2008.

(2007). Revitalizing Tibetan practical knowledge, invited presentation at TRACE Foundation, New York City. April 1st, 2007. INVITED SERIAL LECTURES IN MANDARIN(CHINESE):

(2017). A perspective on issues of minority education research from the structuration theory, Invited Keynote lecture for the third China Council on Anthropology of Education Conference, on July19-20, 2017, Lanzhou, China.

(2017). Methodological reinterpretation of education research, Research Centre for Educational Development of Northwest Normal University, July 5, 2017, Lanzhou, China.

(2017). An introduction to critical pedagogy (A), Research Centre for Educational Development of Northwest Normal University, July 5, 2017, Lanzhou, China. (2017) An introduction to critical pedagogy (B), Research Centre for Educational Development of Northwest Normal University, July 6, 2017, Lanzhou, China.

(2017) Method and applicability of social structuration theory to education research (part one), College of Education, Northwest Normal University, at 2:30-5:00 pm on September 6, 2017, Lanzhou, China.

(2017) Method and applicability of social structuration theory to education research (part two), College of Education, Northwest Normal University, at 2:30-5:00 pm on September 7, 2017, Lanzhou, China.

(2017) Method and applicability of social structuration theory to education research (part three), College of Education, Northwest Normal University, at 2:30-5:00 pm on September 11, 2017, Lanzhou, China.

(2017) Method and applicability of social structuration theory to education research (part four), College of Education, Northwest Normal University, at 2:30-5:00 pm on September 12, 2017, Lanzhou, China.

(2017) Method and applicability of social structuration theory to education research (part five), College of Education, Northwest Normal University, at 2:30-5:00 pm on September 13, 2017, Lanzhou, China.

(2016) A Dialogue towards Equity: A Case of Minority Higher Education issues in Contemporary China, Invited Keynote presentation at the International Conference on the Development of Minority Education via the Action plan on the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, from October 22 24, 2016, Ying Chuan, Ning Xia University, China.

(2016) Sociological Perspectives on School Recognition and Minority Education Issues in Contemporary China (in both Tibetan and Chinese Language), Invited lecture delivered to the faculty of education as a part of serial lectures at the Graduate school of Education at the Qinghai Nationality University, on October 10, 2016, Xi Ning, China.