Social science news from and about Nepal
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February 2020 | Vol 2, No 3
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Nanda R. and Pamela L. Shrestha Lecture Series: Honouring Nepal Scholars - 2 Dipak Gyawali on Toni Hagen The Journey from Development Expertise to Social Relevance 3 pm | 12 February 2020 (Wednesday) | Yala Maya Kendra, Patan Dhoka Dipak Gyawali is currently Pragya (Academician) of the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), and guest senior research scholar with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria. Read more
The Mahesh Chandra Regmi Lecture 2020 Ranabir Samaddar on ‘The Urban Turn’ 4 pm | 20 February 2020 (Thursday) | Hotel Shanker, Lazimpat Ranabir Samaddar is currently the Distinguished Chair in Migration and Forced Migration Studies, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India. Read more
BNAC PhD Dissertation Prize Britain-Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) invites applications for its ‘PhD Dissertation Prize’ for 2020. Application deadline: 29 February 2020 Read more
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Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol 13, 2019 Read more
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Journal of Political Science Vol 19, 2019 Read more
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Social Inquiry Journal of Social Science Research Vol 1, No 1, 2019 Read more
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Agricultural Transformation in Nepal Trends, Prospects and Policy Options Edited by Ganesh Thapa, Anjani Kumar & P.K. Joshi Springer, 2019 Read more
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Bhagyabad ra Bikas Aadhunikikaran Hetu Nepalko Jamarko (in Nepali) Dor Bahadur Bista (translated by Basanta Thapa) Family of Dor Bahadur Bista, 2020 Read more
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B.P. Koiralako Diary (2008-2013) (in Nepali) Edited by Padam Bahadur Thapa Shikha Books, 2019 Read more
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Female Farmers of Nepal Invisible but Emergent Primary Farmers Subarna L. Malla Singh Joshi Vajra Publications, 2019 Read more
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Ganatantrako Yatra Bandi Britanta (in Nepali) Narhari Acharya Sangrila Books, 2019 Read more
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Jureli Darshan Sanskritiwidd Satyamohan Joshi Sambandhi Anusandhanmulak Kriti (in Nepali) Anil Poudel Sanskritik Sansthan, 2019 Read more
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Nepali Prawasan Niyati ra Rahar (in Nepali) Dambar Krishna Shrestha Himal Books for The Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, 2020 Read more
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Trials, Tremors and Hope The Political Economy of Contemporary Nepal Ram Sharan Mahat Adroit Publishers, 2019 Read more
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Women of the ‘Third World’ What Can We Learn from Them? Claude W. Bobillier Vajra Publications, 2019 Read more
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Toni Hagen Photos of Kathmandu Valley 1950-1960 Nepal Heritage Society Edited by Katrin Hagen, text by Poonam Rajya Laxmi Rana Vajra Publications, 2019 Read more
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Brokering Labour The Politics of Markets in the Kathmandu Construction Industry Dan V. Hirslund Ethnography, 2019 Read more
God, King, and Subject On the Development of Composite Political Cultures in the Western Himalaya, circa 1800–1900 Arik Moran The Journal of Asian Studies, 78:3, 2019 Read more
Himalayan Futures Tourism and the Anticipation of Development Rune Bolding Bennike Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 2019 Read more | Policy brief
Indigenous Knowledge of Traditional Foods and Food Literacy Among Youth Insights from Rural Nepal Hom Gartaula, Kirti Patel, Shailesh Shukla & Rachana Devkota Journal of Rural Studies, 73, 2020 Read more
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Rural Household’s Allocation of Remittances in Agriculture in Nepal Prem Bhandari Global Journal of Agricultural and Allied Sciences, 1:1, 2019 Read more
The Material Politics of Citizenship Struggles over Resources, Authority and Belonging in the New Federal Republic of Nepal Andrea J. Nightingale, Lutgart Lenaerts, Ankita Shrestha, Pema Norbu Lama 'Tsumpa' & Hemant R. Ojha South Asia: The Journal of South Asian Studies, 42:5, 2019 Read more
The Reliability and Stability of Measures of Individuals' Values and Beliefs Concerning Developmental Idealism in Nepal Arland Thornton, Dirgha Ghimire, Linda Young-DeMarco & Prem Bhandari Sociology of Development, 5:3, 2019 Read more
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Trans-Himalayan Power Corridors Infrastructural Politics and China's Belt and Road Initiative in Nepal Galen Murton & Austin Lord Science Direct, 77, 2020 Read more
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Country Studies on Mountain Agriculture Development: Nepal Rabindra Subedi & Manoj Kumar Yadav In Mountain Agriculture: Opportunities for Harnessing Zero Hunger in Asia, edited by Zuan Li, Mahmoud El Solh & Kadambot H.M. Siddique Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, 2019 Read more
Gender-Inclusive Energy The Nepal Case Reihana Mohideen In Women and the Energy Revolution in Asia Palgrave Pivot, 2020 Read more
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Local Government and School Education in Federal Nepal (in Nepali) Research Brief No 28 Martin Chautari, 2019 Read more
‘Writing as an Activism’ Barefoot Research Initiative in Nepal Research Brief No 29 Martin Chautari, 2020 Read more
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Turbulence Austin Lord Special Collection on Volumetric Sovereignty, Society & Space, 2019 Read more
To Access is to Benefit Making Sense of the Enterprise of Access to the Internet Research Brief No 27 Martin Chautari, 2019 Read more
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The Newsletter is a periodic electronic publication from Social Science Baha, Kathmandu, featuring information and latest developments on Nepal-related social science activities. It will initially be offered as a bi-monthly service, and the frequency may change depending on demand and available content. The Newsletter is a free service of Social Science Baha's, in keeping with its mandate to contribute to Nepal’s social science knowledge generation and dissemination.
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