Melvyn Goldstein

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Goldstein, M.

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bio John Reynolds Harkness Professor of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University

Co-Director, Center for Research on Tibet

Dr. Goldstein is a socio-cultural anthropologist specializing in Tibetan society. HIs topical interest include family and marriage (polyandry), cross-cultural and global aging, population studies, cultural ecology and economic development/change. He has conducted research in Tibet (Tibet Autonomous Region of China) on a range of topics including nomadic pastoralism, the impact of economic reforms on rural Tibet, family planning and fertility, the revival of Buddhism, modern Tibetan history, and socio-economic change. His has also conducted research in India (with Tibetan refugees), in northwest Nepal (with a Tibetan border community in Limi), in western Mongolia (with a nomadic pastoral community in Hovd province), in Kathmandu on family planning and intergenerational relations, and in eastern China on modernization and the elderly). Dr. Goldstein's current projects include: an oral history of Tibet, a multi-volume history of modern Tibet, a longitudinal study of the impact of China's reform policies on Tibetan nomads and a study investigating modernization and changing patterns of intergenerational relations in rural farming Tibet. Source: Professor's Page at Case Western (Accessed March 17, 2012)

  • Goldstein's research and articles:
http://www.case.edu/affil/tibet/CollectedArticles.htm
http://www.case.edu/affil/tibet/index.htm
File:Interview with Melvyn Goldstein.pdf
associatedwebsite Faculty Page
affiliation Case Western Reserve University
phduniversity University of Washington
education
  • Ph.D. University of Washington, Anthropology (first to specialize in Tibetan culture), 1968.
  • B.A. and M.A. in history at University of Michigan, 1959, 1960.
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