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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lunch 12 – 1 pm
Keynote Address 2 – 4 pm
Moderator
Seira Tamang, Martin Chautari, Nepal
Closing Remarks
Michael Hutt, Chair, Britain-Nepal Academic Council