OUR RESEARCH
Lectures and presentations on our latest research
Publications and Public Engagement
Orton, Jane (forthcoming, 2025). ‘Negotiating with Tides and Tigers: Life on the Boundaries of Bangladesh’s Flooded Forest.' Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics 19 (2)
Orton, Jane (2024). ‘Subjugation and Survival: Animal and Nature Narratives in the Himalayas.’ Narrative Culture 11 (2) pp. 121-145
Orton, Jane (2016). ‘Shikhandi and Other Tales They Don’t Tell You by Devdutt Pattanaik (review).’ Marvels & Tales 30 (2) pp. 362-364
Orton, Jane (2016). ‘Himalayan Folklore and the Fairytale Genre.’ Humanities 5 (3) 50
Research Theses
Orton, Jane (2014). Mathematical Reasoning in Plato’s Epistemology. PhD Thesis. University of Edinburgh
Orton, Jane (2007). Aspects of the Human: Representations of Animals in Tibetan Buddhism. M.St. Thesis. University of Oxford
Orton, Jane (2006). The Origins of Classical Greek Political Realism. M.A. (Res) Thesis. University of Durham
Public Engagement
‘The Rabbit, the Fox and the Snow Leopard.’ Contributed with thanks to the people of Spiti to HimKatha Magazine (Autumn 2024)
‘Balu Thukangbu.’ Contributed with thanks to the people of Spiti to HimKatha Magazine (Autumn 2024)
‘South Africa’s Unsung Wilderness.’ International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 38 (March 2012) pp. 70-73
‘Chasing Ghosts: Searching for the Snow Leopard in Central Asia.’ Australian Lifestyle Magazine Issue 1 (February 2012) pp. 40-43
‘Learning to Read Again: Animal Tracking in the Lake District.’ International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 35 (October 2011) pp. 16-19
‘Close Encounters in Costa Rica.’ International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 32 (July 2011) pp. 52-55
‘Peru with a Purpose.’ International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 25 (October 2010) pp. 9-12