Editorial
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1The main feature of this issue is a long essay that sheds light on the important yet often overlooked role native scholars played not only in Nepal state bureaucracy in the early days of its reorganisation but also as vital collaborators in the work of Western researchers. Yet, despite their determining implication, their contributions were usually relegated to the acknowledgements section of scholarly papers, with little detail about their personal stories or their own scholarly achievements.
2The essay you are about to read showcases Upendra Man Malla’s career as a human geographer, and notably his early experience as assistant to the Fürer-Haimendorf couple during their fieldwork among the Sherpas. The introductory section of this ‘interview-essay’ provides valuable context, and the reader learns not only some background stories about conducting fieldwork with one of the leading anthropologists of the time but also gains a wealth of information about Malla’s role in the Nepalese administration as both a public intellectual and a ‘bureaucrat-scholar’.
3This essay is followed by two reports, one by Maju Von Rospatt on the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, and the other by Marija Grujvoska and Julia Shrestha on a conference that was recently held in Heidelberg. Two book reviews, one by Catherine Warner and the other by Tristan Bruslé, round off this issue.
4The EBHR now has a dedicated Wikipedia page in French, and we hope that other language versions will be added shortly. More importantly, we are delighted to announce our new partnership with Éditions de l’EHESS (Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales: School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences Press), where the Bulletin joins the ranks of respected journals such as Annales and L’Homme and highly regarded area study and trans-disciplinary social science journals such as the Cahiers d’études africaines, thereby enhancing the visibility of Himalayan studies within the social sciences publishing ecosystem. This collaboration ensures us better stability in terms of a publishing infrastructure, while we maintain our long-standing scientific partnerships with other institutions in Europe. Regular readers will already be familiar with the Bulletin’s foundational support over the past three decades from Heidelberg’s Südasien-Institut/South Asia Institute, the School of Oriental and African Studies, and the CNRS’s Centre d’études himalayennes/Centre for Himalayan Studies (now Centre d’études sud-asiatiques et himalayennes/Centre for South-Asian and Himalayan Studies). We aim to further expand this network of European partners in order to pursue our commitment to open-access publishing – free of charge for authors and readers alike.
5In light of the events that have recently unfolded in Nepal, we are keen to publish articles addressing Nepalese politics, the place of young people in the country and broader questions about governance and public expectations. Do not hesitate to send in your contributions!
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Tristan Bruslé, Stéphane Gros et Philippe Ramirez, « Editorial », European Bulletin of Himalayan Research [En ligne], 64 | 2025, mis en ligne le 15 octobre 2025, consulté le 16 janvier 2026. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/ebhr/3258 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/15auy
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