call for papers (2026 FIRST QUARTERLY issue)
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Himalayan Beacon—Journal for Humanities and Social Sciences began as an English-language monthly News magazine on January 14, 1998, in the small town of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. In 2014, with the issue of ISSN from the National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (Formerly, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India), it transformed into a dedicated peer-reviewed research journal. It primarily publishes in print version but also maintains an online archive.
Himalayan Beacon Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences publishes original research papers and critical essays in the field of social sciences and humanities, which either have their geospatial locale of study as the Himalayan Region or which focus on diverse subjects in Humanities and Social Sciences such as but not limited to environment, communication studies, culture, religion, geography, politics, philosophy, psychology, economics, arts and languages of the region.
AIMS AND SCOPE
Himalayan Beacon recognizes the geographical areas surrounding the Himalayan Range from Karakoram to Arunachal Pradesh and the fringes of Myanmar as the Himalayan Region. It involves the mountains and the highlands, including the Sivalik Hills and the Dooars Terai. Thus, the Himalayan regions of parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, the northern states of India including the Union Territories of Ladakh and Kashmir, the states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal primarily North Bengal, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh are deemed to be Himalayan Region. Further, the countries of Nepal, Bhutan and the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) of the People’s Republic of China are deemed to be wholly Himalayan Regions. In contrast, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are deemed to fall in the sphere of influence of the Himalayan Belt.
Himalayan Beacon imagines the Himalayas not merely as a geological feature but as a historical, religious, social, economic, linguistic, and anthropological process that has and continues to transform anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric phenomena. Thus, Himalayan Beacon seeks to facilitate the study of ‘this process that the Himalayas is’ and how this has transformed the world by engaging in a discourse with researchers across the globe.
If you feel that your paper fits in the aims and scope of the Journal. You can submit it before 28th February 2026. For more information on Manuscript submissions Guideline and submit your abstract. Click below
call for papers (special 2025 issue)
Media in the Fringes and Indigenous Representations
At the dawn of the third millennium, countries in the Global South, particularly those that suffered from the woes of colonialization, have been embroiled in the debate over the meaning and importance of their identity as a nation in that the indigenous yet socially, politically, culturally and economically marginalized communities living in the fringes or the periphery are assimilated in the mainstream national identity without subsuming them in entirety so that their existence is nullified. Thus, reconciling the problematic relationship between the indigenous and non-indigenous populations becomes paramount. How mass media attempts to reconcile these relationships between the Indigenous and the non-indigenous populations can reveal media strategies and mechanisms that have helped countries successfully reconcile and bring the Indigenous communities into the national fold while maintaining their distinct ethnic and cultural identities at the same time, how certain media representations of Indigenous populations continue to mould media logic further marginalizing the indigenous communities can reveal the flaws in 5media strategies in the fringes. The November 2025 issue of the Himalayan Beacon Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences will thus dwell on this crucial issue of Media and the fringes and indigenous representations.
Submission of Abstracts (300 words): 30th July 2025
Deadline for submissions of full papers: 15th September 2025
