Conference Proceedings

Rafał Beszterda, John Bray and Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg (eds,). 2021. New Perspectives on Modern Ladakh. Fresh Discoveries and Continuing Conversations in the Indian Himalaya.
This volume originates in the 2017 IALS conference in Bedłewo (Poland) and contains twelve research papers on the following themes: the natural environment and social change; urbanisation and social change in Leh; bees, mushrooms and folkways; 20^th century external contacts and local responses; three perspectives on weaving; and a final essay that poses the question “Did Gama ever reach the land of the lama?”
The book costs 41.40 zł plus postage. Ordering details and a full list of contents are available on: https://wydawnictwo.umk.pl/pl/products/5621/new-perspectives-on-modern-ladakh-fresh-discoveries-and-continuing-conversations-in-the-indian-himalaya.

EMSCAT 51 (2020). Ladakh Through the Ages. A Volume on Art History and Archaeology.
This edition is a special issue on the art history and archaeology of Ladakh. It contains eight papers, mainly drawn from the 18^th IALS conference held in Bedlewo (Poland) in May 2017.

HIMALAYA. The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies 39 (2019), No. 2. This edition is a special issue on Ladakh and contains six papers, mainly drawn from the 18^th IALS conference held in Bedlewo (Poland) in May 2017. See also the two online photo essays accompanying the journal: Marta Normington’s Glimpses from a Monastic School in Zanskar are based on her experiences as a teaching volunteer in Karsha in 2007-2008, while Elisa Read’s Travels in Ladakh and Baltistan in the 1920s and 1930s presents a set of archival photographs taken by a Swiss/British missionary.

confproc14 Rob Linrothe and Heinrich Pöll (eds.). 2016. Visible Heritage. Essays on the Art and Architecture of Greater Ladakh. New Delhi: Studio Orientalia. 272pp.
The volume contains 10 research papers mainly drawn from the 16th IALS conference held in Heidelberg in April 2013. It is possible to order individual copies by sending an e-mail to Biblia Impex in New Delhi (contact@bibliaimpex.com).

confproc13 John Bray, Petra Maurer and Andrea Butcher (eds.). Tibet Journal Vol. 40 (2015), No. 2. Special Issue on Ladakh: Historical Perspectives and Social Change.
The volume contains a total of 11 papers on broadly ‘Tibetological’ themes, including the region’s political and religious history, contemporary development and social issues, and Ladakhi understandings of colour. Most of the papers were presented at the 16th IALS conference in Heidelberg in April 2013, together with two additional contributions from Rob Linrothe and Nawang Jinpa.
The journal is available from the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala and Tibet House in Lodhi Road, New Delhi. It is possible to order individual copies by sending an e-mail to Biblia Impex in New Delhi (contact@bibliaimpex.com).
All articles are also available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/tibetjournal.40.issue-2 (Licence needed, no Open Access!).

confproc12 Erberto Lo Bue & John Bray (eds.). 2014. Art and Architecture in Ladakh. Cross-cultural Transmissions in the Himalayas and Karakoram. Leiden: Brill. 438 pp.
The book consists of 17 research papers, mainly drawn from the 2007, 2009 and 2011 IALS conference. Their topics range widely over time, from prehistoric rock art to medieval Buddhist stupas and wall paintings, as well as early modern castle architecture, the inter-regional trade in silk brocades, and the challenges of 21st century conservation. Taken together, these studies complement each other to provide a detailed view of Ladakh’s varied cultural inheritance in the light of the latest research.

confproc11 Monisha Ahmed & John Bray (eds.). Recent Research on Ladakh 2009. Kargil & Leh: International Association of Ladakh Studies. 183 pp.
A selection of papers from the 12th IALS Colloquium held in Kargil. For purchase details: publications@ladakhstudies.org.

confproc10 John Bray & Elena De Rossi Filibeck (eds.). 2009. Mountains, Monasteries and Mosques. Recent Research on Ladakh and the Western Himalaya. Supplement No. 2 to Rivista degli Studi Orientali 80 (New Series). Pisa & Rome: Sapienza, Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Studi Orientali. ISBN: 8862271883. ISBN-13: 9788862271882

confproc09 John Bray & Nawang Tsering Shakspo (eds.). 2007. Recent Research on Ladakh 2007. Leh: Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages/International Association for Ladakh Studies, 2007. 274 pp. map, illus.
This book presents a selection of 34 papers on the history, art, language, culture and natural environment of Ladakh. Between them, they provide a succinct overview of many of the key themes of contemporary research on Ladakh. The majority of the papers were first presented at the 11th IALS colloquium which took place in Leh and Choglamsar from 21-25 July 2003, and was co-hosted by the Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages. The papers are arranged in eight sections: History; History of Art and Architecture; Local Cultures and Tradition; Medicine and Health; Political and Social Change; Challenges of Development; and An Ethic for the Future? Each of these sections is presented with an editorial introduction summarising the main themes.
UPDATE: PDFs of the articles available now under the link above.