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Conference 2023

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  • Day 1
    26 Jul, 2023
  • Day 2
    27 Jul, 2023
  • Day 3
    28 Jul, 2023
  • Hall A
  • Hall B

Panel A1 | Trading on the Trans-Border Livelihoods 9:00 -11:00

Chair
Jeevan Sharma, General Secretary, BNAC

Discussant
Alice Millington, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge

Living by the Border: A Study of Nepal’s Limi People and Their Trade: Life on the Sino-Nepal Border
Li Zhinong
Professor/Vice President, School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University, China
Wu Di
PhD candidate & Research Assistant, Yunnan University, China
From Far West to Neglected North: Intra-Himalayan Migration from Sudurpaschim Province to Uttarakhand
Chinmaya Shah
Secretary and Programme Coordinator, Institute of Himalayan Environmental Research and Education, India
Chitra Rawat
Research and Operations Manager, India Migration Now

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.

Evidence on the Relationship between Breastfeeding and Long-Term Outcomes
Sanjaya Aryal
Senior Research Officer, University of Essex, UK
Aaron Wyllie
Lecturer, University of Essex, UK
Kathryn Chard
Liliane Silva
Senior Research Officer, University of Essex, UK

Panel A2 | Literature as Aspirations and Representation 11:30 am–1:30 pm

Chair
Nirmal Man Tuladhar, Chair, Social Science Baha

Discussant
Rosy Chamling, Head, Department of English, Sikkim University

Of Ploughmen and Drummers: Dalit Consciousness in Nepali-Language Literature
Michael Hutt
Emeritus Professor, SOAS, UK; Research Affiliate, University of Oxford, UK
Structural Drives and Common Sense: Building Conflict in Select Stories from B. P. Koirala and Guru Prasad Mainali
Komal Phuyal
Lecturer, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Toward a Historiography of Lexicogenesis in Maithili – With Special Reference to the Hitherto Unstudied and Unpublished Hand–Written British Library, London MS. of Henry Thomas Colebrooke’s Comparative Vocabulary (1807 CE)
Ramawatar Yadav
Former Vice-Chancellor, Purbanchal University, Nepal

Lunch Break 1:30–2:30 pm

Panel A3 | Nepali Diasporic Identity in the Context of Multiculturalism

Chair
Lokranjan Parajuli, Senior Researcher, Martin Chautari

Discussant
Komal Phuyal, Lecturer, Tribhuvan University

Panel: Nepali Diasporic Identity in the Context of Multiculturalism
Rosy Chamling
Head, Department of English, Sikkim University, India
Prayash Gupta
Assistant Professor, Sikkim Manipal University, India
Bhaskar Chettri
PhD candidate, National Institute of Technology Sikkim, India

Panel B1 | Creating and Governing Subjects 11:30 am–1:30 pm

Chair
Pratyoush Onta, Research Director, Martin Chautari

Discussant
Sohan Prasad Sha, Researcher, Martin Chautari

Digitization of Identities in Nepal: Interests & Implications
Rita Baramu
Programme Manager, Body & Data, Nepal
Neha Gauchan
Programme Coordinator, Body & Data, Nepal
Privacy in the Digital Age and as Understood by Marginalized Groups in Nepal
Shubha Kayastha
Executive Director, Body & Data, Nepal
Shambhawi Paudel
Programme Officer, Body & Data, Nepal
Radio as a Propaganda Tool: The History of Broadcasting in Nepal/i
Lokranjan Parajuli
Senior Researcher, Martin Chautari, Nepal

Lunch Break 1:30–2:30 pm

Panel B2 | Political and Private Identity in Violence 2:30–4:30 pm

Chair
Richard Bownas, Professor, University of Northern Colorado

Discussant
Tracy Fehr, PhD Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder

Caste in Mental Health Service and Policy in Nepal
Prakash BK
PhD candidate, University of Notre Dame, USA
Voices of the Silenced: A study of the survivors and witnesses of 27th July 1986 in Kalimpong
Niki Rai
Research Scholar, B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi, India
Beyond Coping: Survivors’ Strategies in Response to Domestic Violence
Claire Willey-Sthapit
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas, USA
  • Hall A
  • Hall B

Panel A4 | Reimagining Marginalisation 9–11 am

Chair
Mahendra Lawoti, Professor, Western Michigan University

Discussant
Amar BK,
Independent Scholar

Reimagining and Reviving Resistance: An Anthropological Study of the Limbu Community’ Chasok Celebration
Sita Mademba
Senior Research Associate, Social Science Baha
Institutional and Procedural Bias for Women Access to Electoral Candidate: A Case of Nepali Congress Party in Nepal
Sanjaya Mahato
Faculty, Kathmandu University, Nepal
Stifled Aspirations: Dalits in Contemporary Nepal
Mitra Pariyar
Research Fellow, Kingston University, UK (Last affiliation)

Break 11–11:30 am

Panel A5 | Mixed Panel 11:30 am–1:30 pm

Chair
Claire Willey-Sthapit, Assistant Professor, University of Kansas

Discussant
Sudeshna Thapa, Research Coordinator, Social Science Baha

Evidence on the Relationship between Breastfeeding and Long-Term Outcomes
Sanjaya Aryal
Senior Research Officer, University of Essex, UK
Aaron Wyllie
Lecturer, University of Essex, UK
Kathryn Chard
Liliane Silva
Senior Research Officer, University of Essex, UK
Challenges of Nepali Women in Production Sector in Kathmandu
Apolline Dupuis
MA student
Bimla Gurung
Lecturer, Morgan International College, Nepal
Claire Martinus
Lecturer, University of Lille, France; Lecturer, University of Mons, Belgium
Urban Green Space Is a Critical Nature-Based Infrastructure for the Climate Resilience of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Bhuwan Thapa
Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University, USA
Ujjwal Upadhyay
Senior Program Coordinator, National College, Kathmandu University, Nepal
Indresh M Sharma
Senior Research Coordinator, National College, Kathmandu University, Nepal

Lunch Break 1:30–2:30 pm

Panel A6 | Whither Education in Nepal 2:30 am–4:30 pm

Chair
Ramawatar Yadav, Former Vice-Chancellor, Purbanchal University, Nepal

Discussant
Arjun Kharel, Research Fellow, Social Science Baha

Language of Instruction Communication: A ‘Soft Skills’ Approach to Understanding English Language Abilities among College Students in Kathmandu
Phoenix Kenney
PhD candidate, University of Cambridge, UK
(Re)Constructing a ‘Good’ School:  Perspectives on Educational Transformation in Post-earthquake Nepal
Uma Pradhan
Lecturer, University College London, UK
Pull and Push Factors of Nepali Students’ International Migration
Chandra Upadhyay
Assistant Professor, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Panel B3 | Improving School Education and Performance 9–11 am

Chair
Pramod Prasad Bhatta, Member, Martin Chautari

Discussant
Uma Pradhan,
Lecturer, University College London

The State of Policy and Practice on Complaint Response Mechanism in Nepal’s Community Schools
Shak Bahadur Budhathoki
Member, Lifelong Learning Mandala, Nepal
Participatory School Self-evaluation as a Tool for Transformative School Performance
Suman Gyawali
MEAL Officer, The Leprosy Mission Nepal
From an Elderly Middle-Aged Man to ‘A Scientist May Be Anyone’: DAST in Nepalese Context
Pragya Paneru
Lecturer, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Prativa Paneru
Lecturer, Trinity College, Nepal

Break 11–11:30 am

  • Hall A
  • Hall B

Panel A7 | Displacement and Perseverance 9–11 am

Chair
Stefanie Lotter, Senior Research Fellow, SOAS University of London

Discussant
Michael Hutt, Emeritus Professor, SOAS University of London; Research Affiliate, University of Oxford

Disaster as a Catalyst for Injustice: Experiences of Nepali Foreign Labour Migrants during Covid-19
Nimesh Dhungana
Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK
Sanjay Sharma
National University of Singapore
Kripa Basnyat
National Project Coordinator, International Labour Organization
Narayan Adhikari
CEO & Director, Accountability Lab Nepal
Prekkshya Bimali
Flora Cornish
Forging Paths: Understanding Rohingya Refugees’ Livelihood Challenges in Nepal
Amit Gautam
Research Officer, Social Science Baha
Jeevan Baniya
Assistant Director, Social Science Baha
Culture Loss and Changes after Earthquake-Related Residence Shift
Niraj Lawoju
MA, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Break 11–11:30 am

Panel A8 | Identity and Community Formation through Discourse 11:30 am–1:30 pm

Chair
Kumud Rana, Lecturer, Lancaster University

Discussant
Sanjay Sharma, Independent Scholar

“Muchuk and Mukundapur: How Two Communities Engage with Mukundasen’s Legacy”
Binita Magaiya
Researcher, Social Science Baha
Stefanie Lotter
Senior Research Fellow, SOAS, UK
The Construction of Sherpa Identity in Darjeeling: A Sociological Study
Rinzing Ongmu Sherpa
PhD candidate, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Two Sides of the Same Coin? Gurkhas and Indians in Polish World War Two Memoirs
Paulina Stanik
PhD candidate, University of Warsaw, Poland

Lunch Break 1:30–2:30 pm

Panel A9 | Examining Identity in Nepali Politics and Society 2:30–4:30 pm

Chair
Hari Sharma, Executive Director, Purak Asia

Discussant
John Whelpton, Independent Scholar

Hindutva in Nepal: A Political Sociology Analysis of its Prospects
Richard Bownas
Professor, University of Northern Colorado, USA
Emergence and Consolidation of Multiparty System in Nepal: Causes and Consequences
Mahendra Lawoti
Professor, Western Michigan University, USA
Decoloniality, Queerness, Indigeneity: Thinking through the indigenous queer and the queerly indigenous in Nepal
Kumud Rana
Lecturer, Lancaster University, UK

Closing Remarks

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