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Conference 2021

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  • Day 1
    28 Jul, 2021
  • Day 2
    29 Jul, 2021
  • Day 3
    30 Jul, 2021
  • Hall A
  • Hall B

Panel A1: Dissecting Labour Market Trends 17:00-18:20

Host: Shalini Gupta

Opening Remarks
Krishna Adhikari Research Fellow, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford (Britain-Nepal Academic Council)

Chair-cum-Discussant: Magnus Hatlebakk Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway

The Conundrum of Labor Shortage in a Labor Surplus Economy: An Investigation of Nepal
Ishwor Adhikari
PhD Scholar, Economics, South Asian University, New Delhi
Anirban Dasgupta
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University, New Delhi
Caste and Ethnicity Based Earning and Access: Discrimination in Nepal’s Labour Market
Subhash Nepali
Economist and Policy Adviser, United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office, Kathmandu, Nepal

Break 18:30–19:00

Panel A2: Navigating Discrimination and Personhood 19:00-21:00

Host: Shalini Gupta

Chair-cum-Discussant
Krishna Adhikari
Research Fellow, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford

Replication Reconsidered: Anti-Casteist Norms and Prejudiced Behaviour
Ivan Deschenaux
ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Methodology, London School of Economics
Groupism in Dalit Lived Experience
Steve Folmar
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, USA
A Promise of Unconditional Acceptance: Conversion to Christianity and the Struggle for Being in Sinja, Nepal
Samuele Poletti
Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratoire d’ethnologie et de sociologie comparative (LESC), Université Paris Nanterre

Panel B1: Exclusion Amid the Pandemic 17:00-18:00

Host: Nyima Dorjee

Opening Remarks/Chair-cum-Discussant

Steve Folmar Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, USA (Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies)

Moral Panic and Othering Practices during Nepal’s COVID-19 Pandemic
Pramod R. Regmi
Academic-International Health and Global Engagement Lead (Department of Nursing), Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK
Shovita Dhakal Adhikari
Lecturer in Criminology, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK
Nirmal Aryal
Post-doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK
Edwin van Teijlingen
Professor, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK
Sharada Prasad Wasti
Senior Research Fellow, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK
Shreeman Sharma
Department of Conflict, Peace & Development Studies, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Participatory Planning in a Federal Setting of Nepal: New Trends of Participation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Vishnu Tandon
PhD Candidate in Political Science, École Des Hautes Études En Sciences Sociales (EHESS) , Paris, France

Break 18:30–19:00

Panel B2: Dealing with Disasters

Host: Nyima Dorjee

Chair-cum-Discussant
Pasang Y Sherpa
Independent Researcher

Apathetic and Impassive: The Nepali State in Crises
Khem Shreesh
Editor, Social Science Baha
Mountains of Risk: The Many Faces of Vulnerability in the Central Himalayas
Mayank Shah
Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Kumaun University, Nainital, India
Nepal’s Post-Earthquake Development Surge: The Unintended Local Impacts of Reconstruction
Tracy Fehr
PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
  • Hall A
  • Hall B

Panel A3: Migrants of Different Hues 17:00-19:00

Host: Shalini Gupta

Chair-cum-Discussant

Fraser Sugden Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, International Lead (Research), School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham

Notes on a Himalayan Town: A Tibetan Community’s Perspective
Swati Condrolli
PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Language, Identity, and Nepali Youth in Hong Kong
Prem Phyak
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Quest of Urban Materiality in an Urban Neighborhood: A Case of Butwal, Nepal
Amrit Kumar Bhandari
Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara

Break 19:00-19:30

Panel A4: Gender Norms and Communities 19:30-21:00

Host: Shalini Gupta

Chair-cum-Discussant

Kumud Rana Independent Researcher

From Fear to Shame: Socio-Political Influences on Menstruation Practice in Dailekh, Jumla and Achham
Rajya Laxmi Gurung
Senior Researcher, Dignity Without Danger, Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University
Stefanie Lotter
Senior Teaching Fellow and Research Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
Toilet as the Mainland of Institution: A Study of Toilets in Tribhuvan University
Anisha Bhattarai
Senior Research Associate, Social Science Baha
Kiran Giri
Station Manager, BMHD Television, Kathmandu

Panel B3: Understanding Sexualities

Host: Nyima Dorjee

Chair-cum-Discussant

Kalyan Bhandari Lecturer in Events, Hospitality and Tourism, University of the West of Scotland

Transnational AIDS Networks, Regional Solidarities and the Configuration of Metis in Nepal
Kumud Rana
Universty of Glasgow
Ambiguous Sexualities and Pink Migrations: In the Realm of the Politics of Sexualities, Regimentation and Control among Gorkhas in North-Eastern India
Anup Shekhar Chakraborty
Assistant Professor, Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata, India
“Lahure Nabhai Marne Chhaina”: Locating Lahure Aspirations through Wholesome Memes
Sanjay Sharma
PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore

Break 19:00-19:30

Panel B4: Changes in Schooling 19:30-21:00

Host: Nyima Dorjee

Chair-cum-Discussant

Prem Phyak The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Contents and Relevancy of Social Studies and Life Skills Education Curriculum
Shak Bahadur Budhathoki
Education Coordinator, Mercy Corps, Nepal
COVID-19 Pandemic and Challenges of Students for Alternative Learning at University Education in Nepal
Ram Gurung
Lecturer, Saraswati Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
  • Hall A
  • Hall B

Panel A5: National Identity in Porous Boundaries 17:00-19:00

Host: Shalini Gupta

Chair-cum-Discussant

Katsuo Nawa Nepal Academic Network (Japan)

Losing a Home, Finding a Nation: The Curious History of Hurling Village in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh
Aniket Alam
Associate Professor, Human Sciences Research Group, IIIT-Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Aman Kant Panta
Research Assistant, ICSSR Project: 'Change and Continuity in a Trans-Himalayan Buddhist Community: A Study of Monasteries in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India'
Kesang Thakur
Research Assistant, ICSSR Project: 'Change and Continuity in a Trans-Himalayan Buddhist Community: A Study of Monasteries in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India'
Neekee Chaturvedi
Associate Professor, Department of History and Indian Culture, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
“Cross-Border Nationalism” and Emerging Transnational Identity: The Rajbanshis of Indo-Nepal-Bangladesh Borderland
Gautam Chandra Roy
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, B. N. College, Dhubri, Assam, India
National Symbols and the Political Agency of Tourism
Kalyan Bhandari
Lecturer in Events, Hospitality and Tourism, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, UK

Break 19:00-19:30

Panel A6: Negotiating Ethnic Identity 19:30-21:00

Host: Shalini Gupta

Chair-cum-Discussant/Closing Remarks

Nirmal Man Tuladhar Chair, Social Science Baha

Activism of Ethnic Social Movements for Constitutional Reform: An Analysis of Tamang’s Movement in Nepal
Anish Kumar Thokar
PhD candidate, Central Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur
Newar Women of Kirtipur: Analyzing Their Collective Identity
Roji Maharjan
Student, Tribhuvan University
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