Memories of the Himalaya

The objective of the association Memories of the Himalaya is to contribute to the preservation and wide dissemination of documents, mainly photographs, related to Himalayan landscapes and cultures, collected by specialists of these regions since the 1950s.

NEWS

Announcement Early Glimpses of Nepal

The association Memories of the Himalayas is delighted to announce the organisation of our next photographic exhibition entitled ‘An Anthropologist’s Early Glimpses of Nepal’, which will run from 26 September to 18 October, 2024 at

Biography of Corneille Jest by F. Meyer

The association Mémoires de l’Himalaya is pleased to announce that the biography of Corneille Jest (1930-2019), written by Fernand Meyer, and a brief description of the archive are now online. Go to page

Lectures on photographic archives

Within the series of lectures on “Photographic archives of the Tibetan world for research in humanities”, organized by the ERC TibArmy project, the photographic collections of the association will be mentioned in the two following

Digitization of Tibet 1980’s mission

The association Memories of the Himalaya is pleased to announce that the digitization of photographs taken during the first mission of foreign researchers to Tibet in 1980 has begun thanks to exceptional funding. It is

Digitization of F. Meyer’s collection

The association Memories of the Himalaya is pleased to announce that the digitization of the photographic collection of Fernand Meyer has begun thanks to exceptional funding. It is a corpus of nearly 9,000 photographs taken

Digitization of G. Hyvert 1970-71’s collection

The association Mémoires de l’Himalaya is pleased to announce that the digitization of the photographic collection of Gisèle Hyvert 1970-71 has begun thanks to exceptional funding. It is a corpus of more than 1,000 photographs