8th International Seminar of Young Tibetologists (ISYT 2027)

The International Seminar of Young Tibetologists (ISYT) is the gathering for scholars of Tibet in the early stages of their careers. It grew out of the first Seminar of Young Tibetologists held in Zürich in 1977, the meeting now counted as the first seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, and was revived as a separate seminar in 2007, first meeting at SOAS in London. The seminar keeps the sessions smaller and the presentations longer than the big Tibetan Studies congresses.

The 8th seminar takes place at Korea University in Seoul, 19–23 July 2027.

Call for papers

• Submit: an abstract of no more than 300 words, plus a CV, through the seminar's ConfTool system (conftool.org/isyt2027). You need to create an account first.
• Deadline: 1 November 2026, 23:59 Korea time (KST).
• Review: double-blind peer review, with results by email by the end of January 2027.
• Presentations: 30 minutes including 10 minutes of questions, in English or Tibetan. Papers should present original research based on primary sources, and must not have been presented or published before.

Who can apply

• Scholars who finished their final degree, or took up their first academic appointment, no more than six years ago.
• Other scholars, including monks and nuns, with between 4 and 15 years of engagement with Tibetan Studies.
• Master's students who will have graduated by the time of the seminar, with a letter of recommendation from their supervisor sent to the organizers.

Questions go to the convenors at isyt2027koreauniversity@gmail.com. The full call for papers is on the seminar website.