Expanding Horizons, Deepening Engagement

Authors

  • Michael T. Heneise UiT The Arctic Univerity of Norway

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2218/himalaya.2025.10883

Keywords:

Himalayan studies, multimodal scholarship, Open Access publishing, visual repatriation, visual anthropology

Abstract

This editorial reflects on a period of institutional growth and editorial transition at HIMALAYA, the journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies. Amid recent regional upheavals—including the May 2025 escalation between India and Pakistan—the journal reaffirms its commitment to rigorous, inclusive scholarship on the Himalayan region. Strategic developments such as the adoption of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, a publishing partnership with the University of Edinburgh, and expanded print access through IngramSpark have significantly increased the journal’s global reach and accessibility. The editorial welcomes new team members who mark a generational and geographic expansion of HIMALAYA's editorial vision. These include Associate Editor Dr. Shubham Sapkota (University of Colorado Boulder); Reviews Editor Dr. Zezhou Yang (Asia Research Institute, NUS); and in-region Assistant Editors Heidamteu Zeme (IIT Delhi), Gulal Salil (independent artist), and Yatin Batra (University of Delhi). Fatma Matar, a master's student in visual anthropology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, has also recently joined the team as Assistant Editor. This issue features contributions on ritual performance, visual repatriation, agricultural imaginaries, linguistic justice, and archival critique, exemplifying the journal’s evolving commitment to multimodal, interdisciplinary, and regionally grounded scholarship.

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Author Biography

  • Michael T. Heneise, UiT The Arctic Univerity of Norway

    Michael T. Heneise is an anthropologist of religion whose work explores dreams, cosmology, and the entangled lives of humans and nonhumans. He has conducted fieldwork in the Indo-Myanmar highlands and the South American Andes, and is currently Associate Professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. He also serves as editor of HIMALAYA and co-founded the Highland Institute, where he leads initiatives in research training and decolonial scholarship.

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Published

12-Jun-2025

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Editorial

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