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Conference 2014
The conference consisted of various themed panels on various social science disciplines. For the conference, proposals were initially invited either as stand-alone papers or as panels. These papers/panels were then selected by an international committee representing the Social Science Baha, the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS) and the Britain-Nepal Academic Council (BNAC).
All panels and keynote sessions were held at Hotel Shanker, Lazimpat.
Panel 1A 9 – 11 am
Opening Remarks
Nirmal Man Tuladhar, Chair, Social Science Baha
Chair
Pratyoush Onta, Martin Chautari, Nepal
Discussant
Dambar Chemjong, PhD Candidate (Anthropology), Cornell University, USA
Binayak Sundas
PhD Candidate, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Shankar Ghimire
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Division of Social Sciences, Maryville College, USA
Competing Nationhood and Constitutional Instability: Representation, Regime, and Resistance in Nepal
Mahendra Lawoti
Professor, Department of Political Science, Western Michigan University, USA
Break 11 – 11:30 am
Panel 2A 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Chair
Laurie Vasily, Executive Director, Fulbright Commission Nepal
Discussant
Sambriddhi Kharel, Senior Research Fellow, Nepā School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nepal
Sanjay Sharma
Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, Nepal
Manoj Paudel, Shreemanjari Tamrakar
Research Associate, Social Science Baha
Kristie Drucza
PhD Candidate (Social Protection), Deakin University, Australia
Prakriti Thami, Sanjay Sharma and Neha Choudhary
Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, Nepal
Lunch 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Panel 3 2:30 – 4:30 pm
Historically Situating Knowledge Activities in the Interstices of Change in Nepal
Chair
Hari Sharma, Social Science Baha, Nepal
Discussant
Shyamu Thapa Magar
Lok Ranjan Parajuli
Martin Chautari, Nepal
Pratyoush Onta
Martin Chautari, Nepal
Seira Tamang
Martin Chautari, Nepal
Panel 1B 9 – 11 am
Opening Remarks
Mahendra Lawoti, Former President, The Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
Chair
Janak Rai, Lecturer, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Discussant
Susan Boser, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Liana Chase
MSc Candidate, Division of Social and Cultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada
Madhu Neupane
Vermont Bhutanese Association, USA
Nawaraj Upadhaya
PhD Candidate, Utretch University, Netherlands
Ria Reis
Rachel Amtzis
Research Coordinator, FASS Research Clusters, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Break 11 – 11:30 am
Panel 2B 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Chair
Michael Hutt, Professor, Nepali and Himalayan Studies; and Chair, Centre of South Asian Studies, SOAS, UK
Discussant
Janak Rai, Lecturer, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Michael Baltutis
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies & Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, USA
Bryony Whitmarsh
Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth, UK
Katsuo Nawa
Professor (Cultural Anthropology), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Lunch 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Panel 4A 9 – 11 am
Chair
Dipak Gyawali, Chairman, Interdisciplinary Analysts, Nepal
Discussant
Suresh Dhakal, Lecturer, Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Ang Sanu Lama
Research Associate, Social Science Baha, Nepal
Austin Lord
Master of Environmental Science, Yale University, USA
Break 11 – 11:30 am
Panel 5 11:30 am – 1 pm
Chair
Sudhindra Sharma, Executive Director, Interdisciplinary Analysts, Nepal
Discussant
Neeti Aryal Khanal, Lecturer, Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Sambriddhi Kharel
Senior Research Fellow, Nepā School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nepal
Anjam Singh
Junior Research Fellow, Nepā School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nepal
Lunch 1 – 2:30 pm
Panel 6 2:30 – 4:30 pm
Indigeneity, Territoriality and the State in Nepal: New Perspectives, Emerging Practices
Chair
Om Gurung, Chair, Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Discussant
Katsuo Nawa, Professor (Cultural Anthropology), Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Dambar Chemjong
PhD Candidate (Anthropology), Cornell University, USA
Janak Rai
Lecturer, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Pauline Limbu
Graduate Student (Anthropology), Cornell University, USA
Panel 4B 9 – 11 am
Chair
Rajendra Pradhan, Dean, Nepā School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nepal
Discussant
Nabin Rawal, Lecturer, Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Rekha Khatri
Senior Qualitative Research Officer I, Health Research and Social Development Forum (HERD), Nepal
Ian Harper
Senior Lecturer & Head of Anthropology, Social Anthropology, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK
Sudeepa Khanal
Senior Research Officer-Health System Development, Health Research and Social Development Forum (HERD), Nepal
Break 11 – 11:30 am
Panel 7 10 am – 12 pm
Chair
Mahendra Lawoti, Professor, Department of Political Science, Western Michigan University, USA
Discussant
Bandita Sijapati, Research Director, Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, Nepal
Harsha Man Maharjan
Researcher, Media Research Unit, Martin Chautari, Nepal
Susan Boser
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Pitambar Bhandari
Lecturer, Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Lunch 12 – 1 pm
Keynote Address 2 – 4 pm
Moderator
Seira Tamang, Martin Chautari, Nepal
Rajendra Pradhan
Dean, Nepā School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Closing Remarks
Michael Hutt, Chair, Britain-Nepal Academic Council