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Conference 2021
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
Ishwor Adhikari
PhD Scholar, Economics, South Asian University, New Delhi
Anirban Dasgupta
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University, New Delhi
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
Ivan Deschenaux
ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Methodology, London School of Economics
Steve Folmar
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, USA
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)
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
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
Khem Shreesh
Editor, Social Science Baha
Mayank Shah
Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Kumaun University, Nainital, India
Tracy Fehr
PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
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
Swati Condrolli
PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Prem Phyak
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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
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
Kumud Rana
Universty of Glasgow
Anup Shekhar Chakraborty
Assistant Professor, Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata, India
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
Shak Bahadur Budhathoki
Education Coordinator, Mercy Corps, Nepal
Ram Gurung
Lecturer, Saraswati Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
Panel A5: National Identity in Porous Boundaries 17:00-19:00
Host: Shalini Gupta
Chair-cum-Discussant
Katsuo Nawa Nepal Academic Network (Japan)
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
Gautam Chandra Roy
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, B. N. College, Dhubri, Assam, India
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
Anish Kumar Thokar
PhD candidate, Central Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur
Roji Maharjan
Student, Tribhuvan University