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Ariana M @arianam.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

It’s okay to find solace! The extraordinary Kurtis Schaeffer (UVA) speaking tonight about the 9th Je Khenpo of #Bhutan on “How to Live in Hard Times” Many thanks to Mangalam for the online option! www.mangalamresearch.org/how-to-live-... #buddhism #himalaya

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How to Live in Hard Times - Mangalam Research Center

How to Live in Hard Times: Examples from Buddhist Lives The talks in this series respond to our need for inspiration in this moment, as scholars and as human beings. Each scholar has identified an his...

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Open access article: "What Next for Digital Himalaya? Reflections on Community, Continuity, and Collaboration" by Mark Turin (UBC) examines the processes, ethics, and challenges of digital publications markturin.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/0... #dh #digitalhumanities #himalaya #academicsky #oa

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Amplifying: Call For Papers - 54th Annual Conference of SouthWest Conference on Asian Studies (SWCAS) "Pasts and Futures: Rethinking Asian Studies in the New Global Landscape" Student awards & travel support available. Due 01 June www.swcas.net #asianstudies #asia #himalaya #conferences #academicsky

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SWCAS SouthWest Conference on Asian Studies

SWCAS--the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies--is a regional conference of the Association for Asian Studies.

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Amplifying: Khyentse Foundation Travel #Grant enables and promotes the participation of #Tibetan and #Himalayan scholars at N. American conferences, primarily #AAR. $1500-$4500 depending on home region. Applications due May 19th, results announced mid-June. For details, contact ITHBSAA@gmail.com.

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Amplifying: CFP: International Conference on Anthropology of Nepal and the Himalayas, 20-21 July 2025, Tribhuvan U, Kathmandu. Abstracts due 15 May. #himalaya #conference #academicsky #nepal #kathmandu #anthropology

Call for Papers from Central Department of Anthropology, Tribhuvan University. The flyer specifies that registration will be Nepal rupees 2000 for professionals and 1000 for students. For further information and abstract submission email anthroconf2025@gmail.com

Potential themes include but are not limited to: Agrarian relations, land, and peasantry; health, aging and wellbeing; culture; democracy; digital social space; migration, mobility and home-abroad connectivity; political movements; religion; populism

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Amplifying: CFP: Chautari Annual Conference, 26-28 Nov., Kathmandu. Abstracts for research in Nepal in humanities and social sciences fields. Abstracts due 22 June! martinchautari.org.np/events/chaut... #himalaya #nepal #kathmandu #academicsky

Facade of Martin Chautari space in Kathmandu, with flowering plants, a palm tree, and other plants and trees in front of a two story building painted a light orange-yellow.

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Now open: Call for papers for the Chautari Annual Conference, organized by Martin Chautari. Humanities and social sciences in focus, abstracts should relate to Nepal, be in English or Nepali. Conference is in-person, 26-28 Nov. martinchautari.org.np/events/chaut... #nepal #himalaya #conference

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Call for Papers/Panels: Chautari Annual Conference – 2025

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Amplifying: CFP for International #Conference on #Anthropology of #Nepal and the #Himalaya organized by the Central Department of Anthropology at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. Abstracts due 15 May. More info: cda.tu.edu.np

Poster advertising Central Department of Anthropology Tribhuvan University Kathmandu, announcing their International Conference on Anthropology of Nepal and the Himalayas, 20-21 July 2025. The Call for papers has abstracts due 15 May, notification of acceptance 21 May, and final papers and presentations due 15 July. Student registration is Nepal Rupees 1,000, and professional registration is Nepal Rupees 2,000. The conference secretariat can be contacted at +977 1 4334832/4336164, and the website is cda.tu.edu.np

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

📖 👀 New book alert! “Walking Nebulous Mountain Slopes: Exploring Healing Practices in the Himalayas” Eds. Cueppers and Ehm Congratulations to the editors and contributors—copies available via Vajra Books. #himalaya #healing #booksky

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

South Asian Studies scholars know not to miss UW Madison's Annual Conference on South Asia. Now accepting panel, individual, and roundtable proposals for 22-25 Oct 2025. Full details & FAQ here: southasiaconference.wisc.edu #southasia #conference #himalaya #academicsky #humanities #socialscience

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Amplifying: Grad students, any discipline: CFP 36th annual Asian Studies Graduate Student #Conference, Univ. Hawai'i Mānoa. Theme: Resilience, Restoration & Reconciliation. Writing awards avail., incl. "Best South Asia paper" spasconference.wordpress.com #gradstudents #southasia #himalaya #asia

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2025 SPAS Graduate Student Conference on Asian Studies

Information regarding the 2025 School for Pacific and Asian Studies conference at University of Hawai'i at Manoa

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Amplifying: Call for proposals open to participate in Bhutan Studies conference focused on mediation. #Bhutan #Himalaya #academicsky #BhutanStudies #HimalayanStudies

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

SIT's 2025 study abroad programs in #Nepal make us wish we were still in school. An astounding three options! 1.Summer only: Geoscience in the Himalaya, apps due 01 April studyabroad.sit.edu/program/summ... #studyabroad #himalaya #geoscience

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Summer 2025: Nepal: Geoscience in the Himalaya

University-level study abroad program administered by World Learning, Inc.

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Summer intensive programs for #Tibetan and #Nepali languages–and other regional languages–at UW-Madison's South Asian Summer Language Institute. Funding available! Applicants need not be enrolled in a college/uni. Apps due 15 March sasli.wisc.edu #language #summer2025 #himalaya #southasia

Skyline of Madison, Wisconsin, location of the intensive summer language program. One of the city's lakes is in the foreground, and in the distance a line of green leafy trees are along the shoreline. Behind are multi-story buildings of brick red, beige, and white, and at center is the tall marble dome of the state Capitol building.

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Amplifying: Call for papers: UH Manoa CSAS Spring Symposium "Party Politics and Transnational South Asia" online 2-4 April. Keynotes: Mona Das, Jessica Namakkal, and Inderpal Grewal Application deadline 1/31. csas2025springsymposium.wordpress.com #academicsky #southasia #representation #politics

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2025 Spring Symposium

UH Mānoa Center for South Asian Studies

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Ready to research in #Nepal but need funding? CAORC & the NEH are accepting apps for US citizens and foreign nationals to conduct multi-month studies at ANHS Kathmandu and other centers. Due 29 Jan! www.caorc.org/fellowships #academicsky #himalaya #fellowships #neh #caorc #kathmandu #ANHS

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CAORC | FELLOWSHIPS

CAORC Fellowships allow recipients to visit and carry out research within our network of Overseas Research Centers

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

5,000+ open-access Tibetan texts in translation available via Lotsawa House—incredibly useful for those teaching Buddhism and Tibetan culture to undergraduates in many languages. www.lotsawahouse.org #Tibet #TibetanBuddhism #himalaya #translation #oa #openaccess #religiousstudies #buddhiststudies

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Translations of Tibetan Buddhist Texts

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Amplifying: New publication on nomadic tents in #Tibet! Congratulations to the authors, and thank you to all involved to make the volume open access. #himalaya #tibetanstudies #anthropology #nomadiccultures

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

🚨 New issue of Journal of #Tibetan #Literature! Open-access & peer-reviewed, edited by @andrewquintman.bsky.social, Kurtis Schaeffer, and Riga Shakya, the journal focuses on research, translation & criticism of Tibetan lit. journaloftibetanliterature.org/index.php/jt... #openaccess #himalaya

Cover image from the Journal of Tibetan Literature, featuring a black and white photo of a Tibetan man standing in a traditional Tibetan chuba robe, his right hand raised to his forehead in a salutatory position. The lighting is dark but his face is lit clearly. In front of him is a large print or canvas with an image of a cityscape at night. Behind the man are trees. The journal issue is volume 3, issue 2.

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Amplifying: Drukrig Network of #Bhutan Scholars Colloquium #52, 16 Dec, 6pm BST. 2 topics: Rural-Urban Migration in Bhutan (Lhawang Ugyel, Tobden, Kinley Wangdi) & Int'l #Migration of Bhutanese (Tobden, Lhawang Ugyel, Tashi Dorjee) For Zoom link, email drukrig@gmail.com or see the Drukrig FB page.

Poster with the following text: Drukrig Network of Bhutan Scholars welcomes you to our 52nd colloquium on Wednesday, 18 December 2024, at 6:00 PM Bhutan Standard Time. There are two topics and two sets of speakers.

Rural - Urban Migration in Bhutan with Lhawang Ugyel, Tobden, Kinley Wangdi

International Migration of Bhutanese with Tobden, Lhawang Ugyel, Tashi

Zoom link will be shared via email (write to drukrig@gmail.com) or on Facebook page for Drukrig Network of Bhutan Scholars. Online participants must be in the Zoom room by 05:55pm Bhutan Standard Time.

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Amplifying: #CFP: #Amdo Research Network workshop "Amdo Traditions, Amdo Futures", Univ. of Leeds (UK), 23-25 June 2025. 150 word abstracts in Tibetan or English due 10 Feb to arn2025leeds@gmail.com. Convened by Dr. Timothy Thurston and Dr. Tsering Samdrup #himalaya #amdo #tibetanstudies #tibet

Call for papers: 5th International Workshop of the Amdo Research Network. Folklorist Henry Glassie defines tradition as "making the future out of the past." From this perspective, we might argue that communities around the world craft their futures with recourse to previously existing cultural resources alongside the dynamic conditions (and restrictions) of the present. As Amdo Tibetans try to imagine and craft their futures within and beyond the People's Republic of China, resources of the past— including but not limited to religious practices, governance structures, festivals and foodways, oral and literary traditions, and artisanry—all play an important role in what people consider possible. For this meeting of the Amdo Research Network, we invite papers examining Amdo from these and other perspectives. Potential areas for discussion could include:
-The representation of Amdo traditions in modern media;
-Cultural practices in urbanizing communities;
-Traditionalization and Amdo Tibetan language practices;
--Connections between historical and contemporary writing practices;
--Historical political and religious practices and their place in contemporary Amdo;
--The activities of religious communities past and present;
--Emerging trends in Amdo Tibetan religious and secular thought;
and more

We should note that contributions do not necessarily need to address the question of futures, as better understanding Amdo's pasts and traditions will help to understand what its futures may look like.
Dates to remember:
Abstract Submission: 10 February 2025
Notification Date: 1 March, 2025
Conference Dates: 23 June 2025-25 June 2025
Interested participants should please submit their English or Tibetan abstracts (maximum of 150 words) including paper title, your full name, affiliation, position, email address, and whether you will require an invitation letter to attend to arn2025leeds@gmail.com in a WORD file with a file name starting with your full name and "Abstract" in the filename (For example JaneDoeAbstract).
Meeting participants will also be invited to submit full papers to a conference volume that we intend to publish with White Rose University Press.
For questions or enquiries contact Dr Timothy Thurston at T.Thurston@leeds.ac.uk Or visit: https://arn.orient.cas.cz/event/the-5th-arn-international-workshop/
A small number of bursaries may be available to help offset some of the costs for the PhD researchers and precariously employed scholars.
The conference will be held at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, and is part of the Tibetan Sustainable Heritage Initiative, a project funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship. To learn more about the city and to plan your trip, see https://www.visitleeds.co.uk.

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

#ANHS is thrilled to partner with Social Science Baha to support a lecture by Professor Sienna Craig (Dartmouth), entitled "Aging, Care, and Place: Himalayan Elders in an Era of Migration" 13 Dec 3pm Nepal time soscbaha.org/lecture-seri... #SSB #Nepal #anthropology #himalaya #aging #migration

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Our third 2024 #ANHS Fellow is PhD student Amrit Tamang, whose project "Re-centering Indigenous Tamang Labor in Nepal's Mountaineering/Trekking Industry" studies the relationship of the #Tamang community with global #tourism and infrastructure in #Nepal.

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Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hi! We’re new here. We’e a professional society for scholars of all disciplines who focus on Nepal and the broader Himalaya—including Tibet, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Ladakh.

A line of colorful Buddhist prayer flags—red, green, blue, yellow, and white—contrast with a vivid cerulean sky and white cloud behind and above. A couple dozen paper prayer flags, small in size, appear in the sky at the center, as if a person standing below the photo frame has just flung them upward in celebration.

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