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August 2019 | No 6
Social Protection ConferenceThe International Conference on Resilient Social
Protection for an Inclusive Future is beingorganised by the National Planning Commission,Government of Nepal, and Social Science Baha in
collaboration with the ILO, GIZ, UN ESCAP, TheWorld Bank, UNICEF and UKAid in Kathmandu. TheConference will focus specifically on social security
allowances/cash transfers, and include otherthemes, such as child and family benefits,productive inclusion programmes, shock-
responsive social protection, and programmesreaching minority and disadvantaged groups, such
as disability grants.Conference dates: 18 & 19 September 2019Contact: socialprotection@soscbaha.org
Register here
Call for PapersMartin Chautari invites papers for full-length
articles on the cultural politics of Panchayat eraNepal (1960-1990 AD) for inclusion in an editedvolume. Apart from several new articles, it will
include some articles that have been publishedbefore as is and some in a revised form. This book
will be edited by Pratyoush Onta et al. andpublished by Martin Chautari in 2020. Interested
individuals are requested to send an abstract alongwith a brief introduction of themselves and a list of
prior related publications if relevant tosinhas@mos.com.np.
Language of publication will be English.Abstract word length: 500 words
Abstract submission deadline: 26 August 2019Read more
The Mahesh Chandra Regmi Lecture 2019Joanna Pfa�-Czarnecka, Professor of Social
Anthropology, University of Bielefeld, delivered theMahesh Chandra Regmi Lecture 2019 on ‘Nepal
and the Wealth of Knowledge: Inequality,Aspiration, Competition and Belonging’.
Listen to the lectureDownload the lecture (in pdf)
Fee waiverSince Nepal is an Electronic Information for
Libraries (EIFL) partner country, authors fromNepal are eligible for a waiver of the Article
Processing Charges (APC) while publishing theirarticles in open access journals published by Sage
and Taylor & Francis.Please follow the links for more details.
Sage | Taylor & FrancisOr, contact the EIFL Country Coordinator for Nepal,
Jagadish Aryal jaryal@soscbaha.org
Call for ProposalsMartin Chautari invites proposals for full-lengtharticles on any aspect of early twentieth centuryNepal (1900-1950 AD) for inclusion in an edited
volume on the said period to be published in 2020.Interested individuals are requested to send an
abstract along with a brief introduction ofthemselves to chautari@mos.com.np.
Language of publication will be English. Abstract word length: 400-500 words
Abstract submission deadline: 15 August 2019Read more
HIMALAYAVol 39, No 1, 2019
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Journal of APF
Command and
Staff CollegeVol 2, No 1, 2019
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Studies in Nepali
History and SocietyVol 24, No 1, 2019
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Conference
Proceedings 2015 The Annual Kathmandu
Conference on
Nepal & the Himalaya
Social Science Baha, 2019
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Conference
Proceedings 2016The Annual Kathmandu
Conference on
Nepal & the Himalaya
Social Science Baha, 2019
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Decolonised and
Developmental
Social WorkA Model from Nepal
Raj Yadav
Routledge, 2019
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Role of Shreepali
Basnyat in the Unification
of NepalNiranjan Man Singh
Basnyat
Mrs. Renu Basnyat, 2019
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Foundation of
PsychologyPralhad Adhikari
Asmita Books
Publishers and Distributors,
2019
Maoist People's War and
the Revolution of
Everyday Life in NepalIna Zharkevich
Cambridge University Press,
2019
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‘At Least the Government is Watching out forus Now’
Dalit Perceptions and Experiences of Governanceand Cash Transfers in Three Villages in
Sarlahi, NepalKristie Drucza
Modern Asian Studies, 2019Read more
Communicative Orders in Collision andCollusion with Natural ResourceManagement Regimes in Nepal
Ben CampbellEthnos, 2019Read more
Converting Convergence into CooperationThe United States and India in South Asia
Constantino XavierAsia Policy, 14:1, 2019
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Indigenous Adult Women, Learning andSocial Justice
Challenging Deficit Discourses in the CurrentPolicy Environment
Sushan Acharya, Catherine M. Jere &Anna Robinson-Pant
Studies in the Education of Adults, 2019Read more
Masters of HybridityHow Activists Reconstructed Nepali Society
David GellnerJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute,
25:2, 2019Read more
Simultaneous IdentitiesEthnicity and Nationalism in Mother Tongue
Education in NepalUma Pradhan
Nations and Nationalism, 25:2, 2019Read more
An Assessment of Potential Synergies andTrade-o�s Between Climate Mitigation and
Adaptation Policies of Nepal
Subina Shrestha &Shobhakar Dhakal
Journal of Environmental Management,235:1, 2019Read more
Colour Terms in Tibeto-Burman LanguagesBenjamin Chung &
Mark TurinRocznik Orientalistyczny/Yearbook of Oriental
Studies, LXXI:Z, 2018Read more
Higher Education in NepalA Handmaiden of Neoliberal Instrumentalism
Kapil Dev RegmiHigher Education Policy, 2019
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Kasto Sanghiyatale Desh Tukrae, KastoleMajbut Banae?
(What Type of Federalism Disintegrated Countries,Which Type Consolidated?)
Mahendra LawotiNingwasa, 7:7, 2019
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Revealing What is DearThe Post-Earthquake Iconization of the
Dharahara, KathmanduMichael Hutt
The Journal of Asian Studies, 2019Read more
The Question of Equal Representation ofCitizens in the Legislature of Nepal
Rhetoric and RealityGanesh Prasad Pandeya &
Tatsuo OyamaAsian Journal of Political Science, 27:1, 2019
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Constitution and ConflictMono-ethnic Federalism in a Poly-ethnic Nepal
Mahendra LawotiIn Identities in South Asia: Conflicts and Assertions,edited by Vivek Sachdeva, Queeny Pradhan and
Anu VenugopalanRoutledge, 2019
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The Promise of Representative Bureaucracyand Citizen’s Trust in the Civil Service in
NepalIshtiaq Jamil
In Civil Service Management and AdministrativeSystems in South Asia,
edited by Ishtiaq Jamil, Tek Nath Dhakal &Narendra Raj Paudel
Palgrave Macmillan, 2019Read more
Power and Sandwiched SovereigntyNepali Migrant Workers in the Gulf Countries
Hari KCIn Exclusion and Inclusion in InternationalMigration: Power, Resistance and Identity,
edited by Armağan Teke LloydTransnational Press London, 2019
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Women's Political EmpowermentLessons for Subnational Levels of Government –
Nepal, Pakistan, Rwanda, and IndonesiaRoberta Ryan &Ronald Woods
In Civic Engagement and Politics: Concepts,Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
IGI Global, 2019Read more
Reconstructing NepalPost-Earthquake Experiences from Bhaktapur,
Dhadng and SindhupalchowkBina Limbu, Nabin Rawal, Manoj Suji, Prakash
Chandra Subedi & Jeevan BaniyaSocial Science Baha, 2019
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The Implications of Closing Civic Space forSustainable Development in Nepal
Sohela Nazneen & Deepak ThapaInstitute of Development Studies and
ACT Alliance, 2019Read more
Nepal Earthquake Reconstruction Research
Scoping StudyLena Michaels, Jeevan Baniya &
Nadeem AhmedIMC Worldwide, 2019
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Institutional Assessment of Rights-basedAdvocacy in the Western Tarai
Research Brief 25Martin Chautari, 2019
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Social science news from and about Nepal
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW PUBLICATIONSJournals
Books
Journal articles
Tourism and the Geopolitics of Buddhist Heritage in NepalKalyan Bhandari
Annals of Tourism Research, 75, 2019
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Book chapters
Research reports
MiscellaneousFactsheets
Labour Migration from NepalCentre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, 2019
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NEW RESEARCHSanjaya Mahato was awarded a PhD degree from the Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR), Instituteof Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw in April 2019. His dissertation, ‘Ethnicity,Political Parties and Voter’s Alignments: A Case Study of the Democratic Elections of Nepal a�er 1990’, triesto answer whether political party or ethnicity, or both, influence voters’ alignments in Nepal. The research
indicates that ethnic movements a�er the 1990s have led to the institutionalisation of ethnic issues inmainstream politics and increased ethnic politics, changing the candidacy patterns among the major
political parties of Nepal.For more information, contact sanjaytul@gmail.com
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