Elliot Sperling

Elliot Sperling
Sperling at PEN America/ Free Expression Literature, May 2014.
Born(1951-01-04)January 4, 1951
New York City
DiedJanuary 29, 2017(2017-01-29) (aged 66)
Alma materQueens College

Elliot Sperling (January 4, 1951 – January 29, 2017) was one of the world's leading historians of Tibet and Tibetan-Chinese relations,[1][2][3][4] and a MacArthur Fellow.[5] He spent most of his scholarly career as an associate professor[6] at Indiana University's Department of Central Eurasian Studies, with seven years as the department's chair.

  1. ^ Sperling, Elliot (2008-04-03). "The Dalai Lama as dupe". The Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ Sperling, Elliot (2008-04-13). "Don't Know Much About Tibetan History". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  3. ^ "Crossroads for the Dalai Lama - Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crossroads, Dalai Lama - chicagotribune.com". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ^ "Oppression could be the end of the road for Dalai Lama's middle way". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2008-03-22.
  5. ^ "Elliot Sperling — MacArthur Foundation".
  6. ^ "Department of Central Eurasian Studies". Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-03.