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.


Recent issues
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.

Nr 25, Feb 2010 (table of contents only)
Nr 24, June 2009 (table of contents only)
Nr 23, December 2008 (table of contents only)

Back issues of Ladakh Studies are available for download.



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
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.

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


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