Schedule FifthAnnualYoungResearchersConference 2015

Fifth Annual Young Researchers’ Conference-2015, organized by Martin Chautari Martin Chautari Seminar Hall, Thapathali, ...

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Fifth Annual Young Researchers’ Conference-2015, organized by Martin Chautari Martin Chautari Seminar Hall, Thapathali, Kathmandu 4 January 2015, Sunday ========================================================================== Hall A 9:00am Tea and Registration 9:20am Welcome to the Workshop Yogesh Raj, Martin Chautari Moderator: Harsha Man Maharjan, Martin Chautari 9:30am Paper 1: Messages Justifying Hindu State Campaigns in Nepal Luke Wagner, Yale University, USA Discussant: Surabhi Pudasaini, Chaukath 10:30am Paper 2: Hindu Nationalisms: Inter-linkages between Religion, Nation-state and International Relation Slok Gyawali, South Asian University, India Discussant: Pranab Kharel, The Kathmandu Post 11:30am Paper 3: Buddha was Born in (Secular) Nepal: Claims and Counter-claims of Nepali National Identity Dannah Dennis, University of Virginia, USA Discussant: Bal Bahadur Thapa, Tribhuvan University

Lunch Break (12:30 pm)

Moderator: Kailash Rai, Martin Chautari 1:30pm Paper 4: Regionalism in South Asia: The Labor Migration Perspective Sanjay Sharma, Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, Social Science Baha, Nepal Discussant: Gaurav KC, Martin Chautari 2:30pm Paper 5: Making and Un-making ‘Sukumbasi’: Contestations over Naming in Kathmandu’s Urban Politics Sujit Shrestha, Emory University, USA Discussant: Dipti Sherchan, Independent Researcher 3:30pm Paper 6: Effect of Remittances on Decision to Acquire Education: Analyzing the Case of Nepal Sandhya Karna, Merryland College Discussant: Madhu Sudan Gautam, Kathmandu University 4:30pm Concluding Remarks

Tea/Coffee (5:00pm)

Hall B Moderator: Devendra Uprety, Martin Chautari 9:30am Paper 7: The Contested Local Elections and the Customary Laws: The Case of Dolpo Tashi Tsering Ghale, Nepa School of Social Sciences and Humanities Discussant: Madhav Prasad Timalsina, Tribhuvan University 10:30am  Paper 8: Lived Experience of People with Physical Disability on Work Profession Khusboo Gupta, Independent Researcher Discussant: Obindra B. Chand, Social Science Baha 11:30am  Paper 9: Habit of Reading Non- academic Books in Kathmandu Hem Krishna Shrestha, FACTS Research & Analytics Pvt. Ltd. Discussant: Prakash Subedi, Kathmandu University