Robert Barnett (scholar)

Robert Barnett (born 1953) is a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London and Affiliate Lecturer and Research Affiliate at the Lau China Institute, King's College, London.

His most recent books are Conflicting Memories: Tibetan History under Mao Retold, co-edited with Benno Weiner and Françoise Robin (Brill Publishers, 2020)[2] Tibetan Modernities: Notes from the Field, with Ronald Schwartz (Brill Publishers, 2008)[3] and Lhasa: Streets with Memories (Columbia University Press, 2006).

From 2000 to 2006 he ran the annual summer program for foreign students at Tibet University in Lhasa and has taught courses at Princeton and Inalco (Paris).

[5][6] Barnett directed 15 educational projects in Tibet, including training programs in ecotourism and conservation.

[7] Prior to joining the Columbia faculty in 1998, Barnett worked as a researcher and journalist based in the United Kingdom, specializing in Tibetan issues for the BBC, the South China Morning Post, VOA, and other media outlets.