Submission Deadline for the next issue is 30th July, 2010


Ladakh Studies is the official journal of the IALS: It publishes information relevant to researchers with an interest in the broader Ladakh region, including both Leh and Kargil districts. We invite our readers to submit essays, book reviews, “Notes from the Field”, news stories, and other news of research projects, theses, films, and further materials related to Ladakh.

The full content of the most recent issues of Ladakh Studies are only available to IALS members and subscribing libraries. Individual copies are available for purchase from Lehling Bookshop, Main Bazaar, Leh, Ladakh. A list of libraries holding collections of Ladakh Studies is available for here for download. Back issues of Ladakh Studies are available below for download.

Ladakh Studies 25, February 2010 (table of contents only)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR LADAKH STUDIES

LADAKH STUDIES

NR. 25 February 2010
Contents


LETTER FROM THE EDITOR. Kim Gutschow.

ESSAYS:
Climate Change in Ladakh. Sunder Paul

Conservation and livelihoods through Himalayan Homestays. Rinchen Wangchuk

BOOK REVIEWS:
Dieter Schuh. 2008. Herrscherurkunden und Privaturkunden
aus Westtibet (Ladakh). Reviewed by John Bray

L. Berzenczey. 2007. Adventures in Central Asia. A Hungarian in
the Great Game. Edited by Peter Marczell. Reviewed by John Bray

IALS NEWS & NOTES
Conference Report, Monisha Ahmed and John Bray

Conference Program of the 14th IALS Colloquium

Publication Announcement, John Bray

NEWS FROM LADAKH. Abdul Nasir Khan

LADAKH BIBLIOGRAPHY SUPPLEMENT No 20. John Bray

Ladakh Studies 24, June 2009 (table of contents only)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR LADAKH STUDIES

LADAKH STUDIES

NR. 24 June 2009
Contents


LETTER FROM THE EDITOR. Kim Gutschow.

ESSAYS:
Life of a Nepali Migrant. Jonathan Demenge.

Barley and Potato Chips. Juliane Dame.

Russian Travelers in Ladakh. Alexander Andreyev.

Conservation and livelihoods through Himalayan Homestays.
Rinchen Wangchuk.

BOOK REVIEWS:
Jacqueline Fewke, Trade and Contemporary Society Along the
Silk Road: An Ethnohistory of Ladakh. Monisha Ahmed.

Salomé Deboos, Etre musulman au Zanskar – Etude sur Padum.
Patrick Kaplanian.

Fernanda Pirie, Peace and Conflict in Ladakh, The Construction of
a Fragile Web of Order. Patrick Kaplanian.

IALS NEWS & NOTES
Abstracts for the 14th IALS Colloquium in Leh, July 16-19, 2009
Quads in Ladakh. SB Gurung

NEWS FROM LADAKH. Abdul Nasir Khan, Tashi Morup

Back Issues of Ladakh Studies (available for download as pdf)


BACK ISSUES OF LADAKH STUDIES
(available for download as pdf)



Nr. 23, December 2008
Nr. 22, July 2008
Nr. 21, February 2007
Nr. 20, March 2006
Nr. 19, March 2005
Nr. 18, December 2003
Nr. 17, September 2002
Nr. 16, December 2001
Nr 15, August 2001
Nr 14, Autumn 2000
Nr 13, Spring 2000
Nr 12, Autumn 1999
Nr 11, Spring 1999

Back issues of Ladakh Studies are free for download, however, if you are not an IALS member and you would like to make a donation please use the link below. Please note that in issues prior to 2008 converting files for download has adjusted some formating.








Submission Guidelines:

Ladakh Studies encourages submissions of short essays -
under 4000 words - about contemporary events or ongoing research in Ladakh. Essays may cover any social, cultural, political, ecological, or scientific topics of interest to IALS members. Book Reviews or “Notes From the Field” should be under 2000 words. All material should be submitted in digital form in MS Word, preferable as email attachments. We also accept digital files sent by CD but formatting may be altered. All illustrations should be submitted digitally as JPG files, under 2 MB.

The essays should be submitted single spaced, with left hand margins, in 12 point Arial font, formatted to US Letter size paper. Please consult previous issues of Ladakh Studies for further style guidelines. Please use social science citation guidelines with (Author, Date: page #) in text and in footnotes and a bibliography at the end of the piece.

Please address editorial submissions and correspondence to:
Kim Gutschow
Departments of Religion and Anthropology
North Building #338
Williams College
85 Mission Drive
Williamstown, MA. 01267
U.S.A.
Kim.Gutschow@williams.edu


News stories: please email stories to our news editors Tashi Morup and Nasir Khan. All stories must be accompanied by a title, date, and name of publication (including URL if appropriate). We are always on the lookout for people who want to assist with finding news stories, so if you would like to get involved please contact Kim Gutschow.

Ladakh Studies (ISSN 1356-3491) is published by the International Association for Ladakh Studies and is sent to all members of the IALS.