Lobsang Sangay will give the President's Lecture Series address at WCSU on "Democracy in Exile: the Case for Tibet."

Sangay was elected in August 2010, and he takes the top political spot in Tibetan politics from the Dalai Lama, who gave up that role in 2010.

“We are honored that Kalon Tripa Lobsang Sangay will deliver this spring’s President’s Lecture,” said WCSU President James W. Schmotter. “Dr. Sangay will provide insights about the political and human rights dimensions of Tibet’s complex status today.” 

An expert on Tibet, international human rights law, democratic constitutionalism and conflict resolution, Sangay has lectured at various universities, think-tanks throughout Europe, Asia and North America. He has organized conferences with scholars from China, Tibet, India and the United States in an effort to promote democracy, and orchestrated unprecedented meetings between the Dalai Lama and Chinese scholars.

Sangay will deliver the President’s Lecture Series address at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The lecture, entitled “Democracy in Exile: the Case of Tibet,” will be free and the public is invited.