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

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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

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(PIATS) series. ''JIATS'' is hosted by the

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(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), where he has dual appointments in its School of Nursing and Department of Religious Studies. Germano is a form ...

( UVa)and

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( UC, Santa Barbara). The current president of the International Association of Tibetan Studies is Francoise Robin (Inalco, France) and the current secretary-general is Ulrike Roesler (University of Oxford)

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