New Journal of Bhutan & Himalayan Research Launched by CU Alum Sonam Nyenda
The special inaugural issue on "Contemporary Bhutanese Literature" explores the development of contemporary Bhutanese literature, including works in Dzongkha and English. Research articles discuss key issues, genres, and moments in contemporary Bhutanese literature, delving into the relationship, transformations, and tensions between oral and literary forms, colonial and post-colonial influences, religious and secular themes, and national and international languages in the formation of a multilingual body of contemporary Bhutanese literature.
CU Associate Professor of Buddhism, Holly Gayley, served as the guest editor, based on a panel organized for the the annual conference of the Association of Asian Studies held in March 2019 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
Download a PDF of the IJBHR Inaugural Issue. Table of contents is below.