The Journal of Himalayan Arts & Culture is an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural platform for scholarly and practical dialogue, dedicated to exploring the rich artistic traditions, material cultures, and religious phenomena of the Himalayan region.

The “Himalayas” represent a contact zone of profound cultural diversity and layered historical depth—a meeting ground of South Asian, East Asian, and Central Asian traditions. We focus on the cultural interactions and flows of knowledge across the northern and southern slopes of the Himalayan range, situating research within a wider geographical, social, and cultural context. This approach fosters communication between researchers and practitioners on both sides of the mountains and explores how these interactions shape contemporary artistic expression and religious practice.

The journal embraces an open academic model that transforms the relationship between experts and their subjects from a one-way gaze into a two-way dialogue. Our intended readership includes scholars, artists, curators, collectors, enthusiasts, practitioners, and devotees. We promote equitable and sustained engagement between scholars and community members.

The journal supports scholars in disseminating cutting-edge research and academic updates, enhancing visibility through international databases. It also provides a platform for specialists and communities to explore and discuss the arts and cultures of the Himalayan region, including authentication, circulation, and collection of art objects, thus fostering a productive interaction between academia and market.

We especially value the voices and perspectives of religious subjects themselves—including tulkus, monastics, lay practitioners, and devotees—recognizing them as co-creators of cultural knowledge, not merely passive “others” under scholarly observation.

Thus, we welcome submissions from researchers and practitioners across various fields and in diverse forms, including academic articles, field notes, visual works, interviews, exhibition case studies, and reflective essays. We aspire to create an open, inclusive, and human-centered publishing space—one that connects scholarship, art, and religious life, and expands the ways we understand and narrate the Himalayan world