The ''Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies'' (''JIATS'') is a freely available online, peer-reviewed

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focusing on Tibetan studies. ''JIATS'' is an official publication of the

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( IATS), the association that organizes the world's major academic conference for Tibetan Studies, the results of which are published in the Proceedings of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (PIATS) series. ''JIATS'' is hosted by the

Tibetan and Himalayan Library The Tibetan and Himalayan Library (THL), formerly the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (THDL), is a multimedia guide and digital library hosted by the University of Virginia focused on the languages, history and geography of Tibet and the Him ...

(THL) and, since it is part of an online digital library, articles and submissions can incorporate digital content such as maps, audio recordings, images, and video. ''JIATS'' is not published in a print version. The current Editors-in-Chief of JIATS are:

David Germano David Francis Germano is an American Tibetologist and Professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia (UVa), the largest Tibetan Studies program in the Americas, where he has taught and researched since 1992. With dual appo ...

( UVa)and José Ignacio Cabezón ( UC, Santa Barbara).

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