Journal of Bhutan Studies
The Journal of Bhutan Studies (ISSN 1608-411X) is a twice-yearly publication of the Centre for Bhutan Studies, an autonomous research institute dedicated towards promoting research and scholarship on Bhutan. The institute is governed by the Council for the Centre of Bhutan Studies. The journal publishes scholarly research on the social, cultural and economic aspects of Bhutan. While Internet edition of the Journal can be accessed through the Centre's own website, the Digital Himalaya Project has reached an agreement with the Centre to co-host the journal to improve download speeds for scholars based in Europe and North America, and also to archive the contents on our searchable portal pages. The journal welcomes the submission of articles and research papers in English. Articles should be typed and double spaced and sent by email to the editor at: cbs@bhutanstudies.org.bt. On account of the compression format we have used for the PDF files, we advise that you install the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat which can be downloaded by clicking here. Please send us a short email to say whether this service is of interest and utility to you. Feedback will determine whether we proceed with the digitisation of further volumes.
- འབྲུག་ལུ་ཡོད་པའི་ཚ་ཆུ་ལྔ་གི་སོ་སོའི་ཕན་ཐོགས། (793 kb)
author: དགེ་འདུན་དཔལ་བཟང་། - Digging the Past: The State of Archaeological Study of Bhutan (1.5 mb)
author: Dorji Penjore - Interpreting the GNH Determinants From Health Policy Perspective: A Guide for Health Policy Makers (303 kb)
author: Gyambo Sithey, Jayendra Sharma, Tandi Dorji, Anne-Marie, & Mu Li - A Philosophical Exploration of Radical Forgiveness (196 kb)
author: William J. Long
- Massive Rice Offering in Wangdiphodrang in Zhabdrung Rinpoche’s Time (217 kb)
author: Dasho Karma Ura - GNH, EI and the well-being of Nations: Lessons for public policy makers, with specific reference to the happiness dividend of tourism (198 kb)
author: Dr Shaun Vorster - The ethics platform in tourism research: A Western Australian perspective of Bhutan’s GNH Tourism Model (248 kb)
author: Simon Teoh - In-service Training: Key to Enhancing Competence and Building Confidence for Job Performance of Gewog-level Extension Agents in Bhutan (287 kb)
author: Dr Samdrup Rigyal
Volume 3, Number 1, Summer 2001
- Local Resource Management Institutions: A Case Study on Sokshing Management (120 kb)
author: Sangay Wangchuk - Sustaining Conservation Finance: Future Directions for The Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (208 kb)
author: Tobgay S. Namgyal - Sustainability of Tourism in Bhutan (52 kb)
author: Tandi Dorji - Ensuring Social Sustainability: Can Bhutan’s Education System Ensure Intergenerational Transmission of Values? (56 kb)
author: Tashi Wangyal - The Attributes and Values of Folk and Popular Songs (92 kb)
author: Sonam Kinga - Mass Media: Its Consumption and Impact on Residents of Thimphu and Rural Areas (68 kb)
author: Phuntsho Rapten - Bhutanese Context of Civil Society (48 kb)
author: Karma Galay
Volume 2, Number 2, Winter 2000
- Dorje Lingpa and His Rediscovery of the "Gold Needle" in Bhutan (68 kb)
author: Samten G. Karmay - Population and Governance in the mid-18th Century Bhutan, as Revealed in the Enthronement Record of Thugs-sprul 'Jigs med grags pa I (1725-1761) (76 kb)
author: John Ardussi and Karma Ura - The Monetisation of Bhutan (40 kb)
author: Nicholas Rhodes - On the Two Ways of Learning in Bhutan (108 kb)
author: Karma Phuntsho - Recent Bhutanese Scholarship in History and Anthropology (52 kb)
author: Francoise Pommaret - From Living to Propelling Monuments: the Monastery-Fortress (rdzong) as Vehicle of Cultural Transfer in Contemporary Bhutan (76 kb)
author: Marc Dujardin - Signs of the Degenerate Age: the Desecration of Chorten and Lhakhang in Bhutan (44 kb)
author: Richard W. Whitecross - Continuing Customs of Negotiation and Contestation in Bhutan (68 kb)
author: Adam Pain and Deki Pema - The Politics of Bhutan: Change in Continuity (88 kb)
author: Thierry Mathou
