Publications

The Highlander Books, based at the Highland Institute, is an independent international academic publisher of monographs and edited volumes in the humanities and social sciences. Carrying the imprimatur of the Highlander, a distinguished group of publications in highland Asia, Highlander Books is dedicated to the highest academic standards through the scholarly appraisal of its editorial team and worldwide community of reviewers. Its chosen programme of publications includes:

  • Anthropology
  • Film, Media & Cultural Studies
  • History
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Language & Linguistics
  • Literary Studies
  • Music Philosophy
  • Politics
  • Religious Studies

The Highlander Journal is an academic, open-access, and peer reviewed online journal, published by the University of Edinburgh, broadly concerned with the study of Asia’s highland communities historically situated at the margins of the state. Articles published in the Highlander elucidate the analogous histories, languages, cultures, politics, and religions of primarily ethnic minorities living in the upland terrains linking Nepal and the Tibetan plateau with Northeast India, Western china, and the highland communities of Southeast Asia – a vast, congruous region sometimes referred to as ‘Zomia’.