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Conference 2022

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  • Day 1
    27 Jul, 2022
  • Day 2
    28 Jul, 2022
  • Day 3
    29 Jul, 2022
  • Hall A
  • Hall B

Panel A1 | Earthquake and the Pandemic: Multiplicity of Impacts 9:00 -11:00

Chair
Komal Prasad Phuyal, Lecturer in English, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University

Discussant
Sangita Thebe Limbu, PhD Candidate, University College London

The Multiplicity of Widowhood in Post-Earthquake Nepal: An Intersectional Analysis of Lived Experiences
Tracy Fehr
PhD Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder
COVID-19, Nepal’s Political Economy and Rural Agricultural Households: Examining the Impacts and the Inter-Linkages
Pankaj Pokhrel
Research Associate, Inter-Disciplinary Analysts, Kathmandu
Shreezal G.C
Research Associate, Inter-Disciplinary Analysts, Kathmandu
Sudhindra Sharma
Executive Director, Inter-Disciplinary Analysts, Kathmandu
Inequality in Earthquake Reconstruction: An Ethnographic Account of Peri-Urban Locality in the Northern Part of Kathmandu
Kumar Prasad Aryal
Research Associate, Social Science Baha

Break 11–11:30 am

Poster Presentation

The poster presentation will be on display on each day of the conference during tea/coffee and lunch breaks.

Trance-Dance & Actor-Gods: From Himalayan Storytelling to Contemporary Nepali Theate
Rose Schwietz
Fulbright US Student Research Nepal; affiliated with One World Theatre and Actor’s Studio Nepal

Panel A2 | Labouring in the Himalaya 11:30 am–1:30 pm

Chair

Jigme Yeshe Lama,  Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta
Discussant

Pasang Yangjee Sherpa,  Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia

Urban Married Women in Service Sectors of Darjeeling Hills: Gender Dynamics in Their Everyday Family Lives
Ritu Mangar
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal
Detritus: On the Decay and Afterlives of Abandoned Tea Plantations in Darjeeling, West Bengal
Nirvan Pradhan
PhD Candidate, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Looking at ‘Circulation of Labour’ in the Himalayas: A Study of Bharias (Head Porters) In Darjeeling Hills
Ambika Rai
PhD Research Scholar, University of North Bengal

Break 1:30–2:30 pm

Panel A3 | Heritage as Placemaking: Politics of Erasure and Solidarity 2:30–4:30 pm

Chair
Tom Robertson, Kathmandu University

Discussant
Prem Phyak, Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

‘Baakhan Nyane Waa’: Local Heritage Documentation for the Future
Binita Magaiya
Conservation Architect, Kasthamandap Reconstruction Committee
Alina Tamrakar
Co-founder, Baakhan Nyane Waa
Rija Joshi
Urban Planner
Shristina Shrestha
Conservation Architect
Stefanie Lotter
Principal Investigator, ‘Heritage as Placemaking: The Politics of Solidarity and Erasure in South Asia’, SOAS
When Are Water Sprouts (Hiti) Part of Basic Needs Provision and When Do They Become Cultural Heritage?
Monalisa Maharjan
Post-Doctoral Scholar, Social Science Baha
Sabin Ninglekhu
Principal Investigator, ‘Heritage as Placemaking: The Politics of Solidarity and Erasure in South Asia’, Social Science Baha
Placemaking and Placelessness in Janakpur: ‘Saffron City’ and the Subversive Politics of Mithila Heritage
Sabin Ninglekhu
Principal Investigator, ‘Heritage as Placemaking: The Politics of Solidarity and Erasure in South Asia’, Social Science Baha
Monica Mottin
Research Fellow, Heidelberg University

Panel B1 | Scales of Governance 11:30 am–1:30 pm

Chair

Bimla Kumari Gurung,  Lecturer, Morgan International College, Basundhara, Kathmandu

Discussant

Pranab Kharel,  Member, Martin Chautari

Problems of Nation-Building and Identity Politics in Nepal
Subodh Chandra Bharti
PhD Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Growing Urban Waste in Himalayan Cities: Trends and Impact in Urban Local Bodies of Himachal Pradesh
Kshitij Sharma
PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Panjab University
Nepal’s National Security Council and National Security Policy: Internal and Geopolitical Sensitivities
Rajendra Sharma
Research Associate, Social Science Baha

Break 1:30–2:30 pm

Panel B2 | Youth Deliberation on Post-federalism and Political Culture Nepal 2:30–4:30 pm

Chair
Bijaya Raj Poudel,  Director, Hands-On Institute
Discussant
Dan Hirslund, External Researcher, University of Copenhagen

Youth Deliberation on Post-federalism and Political Culture Nepal
Thomas O’Neill
Professor, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University, Canada
Brabim Kumar KC
Ex-Communications Advisor, UNDP–UNESP
Kalawati Rai
Economic Inclusion Coordinator, Rural Enterprises and Remittances Project
Kanchan Jha
Founder, Sano Paila, Birgunj
Pradip Pariyar
Executive Chairperson, Samata Foundation, Kathmandu
Bijaya Raj Poudel
Director, Hands-On Institute
Samrat Katwal
Co-Founder, Hands-On Institute
  • Hall A
  • Hall B

Panel A4 | Understanding the Colonial Past 9–11 am

Chair
Lokranjan Parajuli, Senior Researcher, Martin Chautari, Kathmandu
Discussant
Sanjay Sharma,  PhD Candidate, National University of Singapore

Empire on High: The Absent People on the Mountains
Dechen Dolkar Bhutia
Research Scholar, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, SRM University, Sikkim
Forays of the English East India Company into the Kumaon-Garhwal Belt of the Central Himalayas
Anukta Gairola
PhD Scholar, Department of History, University of Delhi
The Beginning of the Making of Darjeeling: ‘Threatened Frontier’, Settlement and Labour
Mingma Lhamu Pakhrin
PhD student, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Break 11–11:30 am

Panel A5 | Intersectionality of Women’s Experiences 11:30 am–1:30 pm

Chair
Pasang Yangjee Sherpa, Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia

Discussant
Tracy Fehr, PhD Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder

Decisions-Making and Child Care among Intermarried Couples
Bimla Kumari Gurung
Lecturer at Morgan International College, Basundhara, Kathmandu
Bargaining with Patriarchy – Woman Quest for Power and Security within the Patriarchal Families
Rajya Laxmi Gurung
MPhil (Sociology), Tribhuvan University
Intersectional Perspective on Menstrual Practises in Nepal: Lessons from ‘Dignity Without Danger’ Research Project
Rajya Laxmi Gurung
MPhil (Sociology), Tribhuvan University
Lina Baniya
Lecturer (Social Work), Presidential College
Madhusudan Subedi
Professor and Chair, Department of Community Health Sciences, and Coordinator of School of Public Health, Patan Academy of Health Sciences/Central Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University
Stefanie Lotter
Senior Research Fellow, SOAS University of London; Co-Investigator, 'Dignity without Danger'

Break 1:30–2:30 pm

Panel A6 | Education, Inclusion, and Society 2:30–4:30 pm

Chair
Madhusudan Subedi, Professor and Chair of Department of Community Health Sciences, and Coordinator of School of Public Health, Patan Academy of Health Sciences/Central Department of Sociology, Tribhuvan University

Discussant
Anna Hata,  University College London

Moving Out from Nepal
Ojaswee Bhattarai
Research Fellow, The Open Institute for Social Science, Lalitpur
Inclusion and Governance in Education Committees of Local Governments
Shak Bahadur Budhathoki
Project Coordinator, Voluntary Services Overseas
Implied Gender and Cultural Nuances in Young Children’s Responses to Textbook Images
Pragya Paneru
Permanent Lecturer, Nepal Commerce Campus, Kathmandu
  • Hall A
  • Hall B

Panel A7 | Blending History and Fiction 9–11 am

Chair-cum-Discussant

Sabin Ninglekhu, Principal Investigator, ‘Heritage as Placemaking: The Politics of Solidarity and Erasure in South Asia’, Social Science Baha

Concocting the Parliament: A Tale of a Momentary Institution
Lokranjan Parajuli
Senior Researcher, Martin Chautari
Why Does Fiction Matter? A Tale of the 1960s from Nepali Literature
Komal Phuyal
Lecturer in English, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University
The Loneliness of a Nationalist Madhesi
Ujjwal Prasai
Faculty, Institute of Advanced Communication, Education and Research, Kathmandu

Break 11–11:30 am

Panel A8 | Religion and Heritage 11:30 am–1:30 pm

Chair
Sara Parker, Reader in Development Studies, Liverpool John Moores University

Discussant
Monalisa Maharjan, Post-Doctoral Scholar, Social Science Baha

Reconstructing Pasts and Curating Futures in Bhaktapur, Nepal
Vanicka Arora
PhD Candidate, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Religious Syncretism in ‘Dorjeling’ – A Study of the Mahakal Mandir
Jigme Yeshe Lama
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta
Rich Buddhist Heritages in Nubri Valley along Tracks of Manaslu
Naresh Shakya
Lecturer at Lotus Academic College, Kathmandu, Nepal

Break 1:30–2:30 pm

Panel A9 | Creative Dimensions of Research 2:30–4:30 pm

Chair
Naresh Shakya, Lecturer, Lotus Academic College, Kathmandu

Discussant
Komal Prasad Phuyal, Lecturer in English, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University

Creative Visual Outputs Matter: Visualising Menstruation in Nepal
Shushma Bhatta
Researcher, Dignity without Danger
Babu Kaji Shrestha
Director, Global Action Nepal
Helena Aryal
Curator, Kaalo 101
Sara Parker
Reader in Development Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
Performance Art as a Peace Promotion and Advocacy Tool in Nepal: An Arts-Based Research Perspective
Nar Bahadur Saud
PhD Student, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, United Kingdom
Embodied Theories of Melody in Nepali Music: A Case Study from Central Dhading
Anna Stirr
Director, Centre for South Asian Studies; Associate Professor of Asian Studies, University of Hawaii Manoa
Mason Brown
Lecturer, University of Colorado Boulder and Kathmandu University
Lochan Rijal
Head, Department of Music, Kathmandu University
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