Contenu du sommaire

Editorial

Review Article

• 'Martyrs for Democracy': A Review of Recent Kathmandu Publications - Martin Gaenszle, Richard Burghart p. 5-15

Archives

• The Cambridge Experimental Videodisc Project - Alan MacFarlane p. 15-19
• The Nepal German Manuscript Preservation Project - Franz-Karl Ehrhard p. 20-24

Topical Reports

• The Study of Oral Tradition in Nepal - Corneille Jest p. 25-28
• Wild Animals and Poor People: Conflicts Between Conservation and Human Needs in Citawan (Nepal) - Ulrike Muller-Boker p. 28-31

Interview

• An Interview with Prof. Isvar Baral, the New Vice-Chancellor of the Royal Nepal Academy, Followed by List of Current Academy Projects - Martin Gaenszle p. 31-34

Research Reports

• Gulmi and Argha-Khanci Interdisciplinary Programme - Philippe Ramirez p. 35-36
• Nepal-Italian Joint Project on High-Altitude Research in the Himalayas - p. 36-37
• Development Strategies for the Remote Areas of Nepal - Dilli Ram Dahal p. 37-37
• The Dynamics of Interethnic Relations: The Dom of Hunza (Northern Areas of Pakistan) - p. 37-38
• Sociolinguistic Survey of the Jirel Community - Nirmal Man Tuladhar p. 38-38

Book Reviews

• Dor Bahadur Bista. Fatalism and Development: Nepal's Struggle for Modernization, 1991 - Anne de Sales p. 39-41

News

• Himalayan Studies at Oxford Today - Graham Clarke p. 41-44
• Workshop on the May 1991 General Elections in Nepal - Prem Jung Thapa p. 44-45
• International Symposium on Environmental and Hormonal Approaches to Ornithology (Garhwal Himalaya) - Asha Chandola-Saklani p. 45-45
• New Appointments at Tribhuvan University - p. 46-46

Announcements

• The Himalayan Forum at SOAS 1991-1992 - p. 46-46
• Sixth Conference of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Fagerness (Norway), August 21-28, 1992 - p. 46-47
• Second International Seminar on the Tibetan Language , Siena and Arcidosso (Italy), August 30th-September 4th, 1992 - p. 47-47
• The Anthropology of Nepal: Peoples, Problems and Processes, Kathmandu, 7-14 September 1992 - p. 47-48
• SASON National Congress: 'Structure and Transistion. Society, Poverty and Politics in Nepal' (planned for July or August 1992) - p. 48-48
• Ladakh: History and Culture. A Conference to Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Death of Alexander Csoma de Körös - Philip Denwood p. 48-48
• Association for the Ethological Research of Tibet and the Countries of the Himalaya - p. 48-49
• Natural History of Nepal - M.K. Giri p. 49-49
• Courses in Himalayan Languages at the Campus of International Languages, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal - Manfred Treu p. 49-50

Publications

• Himalayan Environment and Development: Twelve Years of Research - Th. Hofer, B. Messerli, S. Wymann p. 50-51