Research publications and presentations
[by Jason Neelis, unless otherwise noted]
CBC Quirks and Quarks radio show
Upper Indus Connections between South Asia and Central Asia: Interdisciplinary Research on Pre-modern Rock Art and Inscriptions in Gilgit-Baltistan
Humanities and Social Sciences Seminar, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, April 16, 2025.
Glocalization of Buddhist Presence with Petroglyphic and Epigraphic Markers along Capillary Routes between Buddhist Worlds of South Asia and Central Asia
20th Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Leipzig, Germany, August 15, 2025.
Digital Humanities for Cultural Preservation in Pakistan
(by Angela Mulholland, updated January 2025)
Upper Indus Epigraphic and Petroglyphic Complexes in Northern Pakistan: Digital Survey Progress Report (2022-2024) and New Tools for Analysis of Inscriptions and Petroglyphs
(with Drs. Ani Danielyan and Murtaza Taj), 26th International Conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art, Leipzig, Germany, September 16-20, 2024
From Khāśarājya to Daraddeśa – Steps towards a Regional Macrohistory of Peristan in the First Millennium CE
in Roots of Peristan: The Pre- Islamic Cultures of the Hindukush-Karakorum (Proceedings of the International Interdisciplinary Conference, ISMEO, Rome, 5-7 October, 2022), edited by Alberto Cacopardo and Augusto Cacopardo. Serie Orientale Roma N.S. 37 Rome: ISMEO, 2024, pp. 727-741
Digital Modeling of Upper Indus Epigraphic and Petroglyphic Complexes: Chilas II – Gichi Nala
(Hybrid co-presentation with Dr. Murtaza Taj), 25th International Conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art, Barcelona, Spain, July 2-8, 2022
Ancient Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in the Karakoram
University of Baltistan, Skardu, Pakistan, May 31, 2022
Early Trade and Transmission in the Upper Indus Transit Zone between South Asia and Central Asia
11th University of Michigan Pakistan Conference on Trade Networks, Economy, and Sovereignty, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 1, 2022
Return to Hunza-Haldeikish: Technological Advances of Epigraphical Field Research in Northern Pakistan
230th Meeting of the American Oriental Society (virtual), 12 March, 2021
Capillary Networks for Long-Distance Trade and Cross-Cultural Transmission between South Asia and Central Asia
History Department Seminar Series, Delhi University, New Delhi, India, March 9, 2022 (virtual)
Prospects for Digital Preservation of Upper Indus Petroglyphs and Inscriptions in Northern Pakistan
Digitization of Gandhāran Artefacts Kickoff event, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, February 7-8, 2022
Religious Contact and Exchange on the ‘Roof of the World’: Case Studies of Upper Indus Petroglyph and Graffiti Sites
Twelve Years of Studying Religious Contacts at the KHK: Stepping Back and Looking Beyond, online conference at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, 16-18 June, 2021
Upper Indus Inscriptions and Petroglyphs in Northern Pakistan: New Methods and Tools for Understanding Epigraphical Landscapes
229th Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Chicago, Illinois, 17 March, 2019
A New Look at Shatial: Indo-Iranian Crossroads between South Asia and Central Asia on the Upper Indus River
24th Conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology and Art, Naples, July 3, 2018
Endangered Signposts: Upper Indus Petroglyphs and Inscriptions in Northern Pakistan
in TAASA Review (Journal of the Asian Arts Society of Australia) 26.3 (September 2017), 12-13