Ҵýƽ to host Himalayan Studies Conference V in 2017
The CU Tibet Himalaya Initiative had a strong presence at the Himalayan Studies Conference (HSC)IV, held every year and a half by theAssociation for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS). The conference was held on February 25th-28th at the University of Texas Austin. With ten panelists, Ҵýƽ had the largest panelist participation of any institution represented at the conference. Panels, presentation titles, and THI presenters are listed below.
We are delightedto announce that THI was successful in its bid to host the HSC Vconference, which will take place at CU in 2017. Congratulations to all participants and please stay tuned for more information regarding the conference in 2017.
The HSC 2017 website has now launched:
PANEL: EXILE TIBETAN COMMUNITIES: RESISTANCE, SUSTENANCE, AND CONTINUITY I
Dawa Lokyitsang, Precarious Life: Semi-Orphaned Tibetan Refugees
Rupak Shrestha,Boudhanath: Tibetan Nationalism in a Transnational Public Space
Carole McGranahan,Discussant
PANEL: STATE, NGO AND CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT
Galen Murton,Negotiating new Himalayan landscapes: The intersection of community-based development, state-led programming, and NGO interventions in Mustang, Nepal
ROUNDTABLE: NEPAL EARTHQUAKE CONVERSATIONS: GEOPOLITICS, HUMANITARIANISM, ETHICS, AND REPRESENTATION I
Galen Murton,ʰԳٱ
PANEL: EXILE TIBETAN COMMUNITIES: RESISTANCE, SUSTENANCE, ANDCONTINUITY II
Carole McGranahan,Discussant
ROUNDTABLE: POLITICAL ASYLUM AND THE PROVISION OF EXPERTWITNESSES – REVISITED
Carole McGranahan,ʰԳٱ
PANEL: STORIES OF RELIGION AND CHANGE
Holly Gayley,Black Yak: Narrating the Economic Toll of Buddhist Ethical Reform on Tibetan Nomads
ROUNDTABLE: NEPALI EXPERIENCES IN THE US IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
Carole McGranahan, ʰԳٱ
PANEL: PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE GREATER HIMALAYA – WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Sierra Gladfelter,Training Rivers, Training People: Interrogating the making of resilient riparian communities in the face of global climate change
PANEL: BUDDHIST HISTORIES FROM ALTERNATIVE CENTERS: BHUTAN, SIKKIM, AND BEYOND
Eben Yonnetti,“The Unified Maṇḍala of all the Siddhas, Dorje Drolö Karma Pakshi༔:” An Analysis of the Sādhana of Mahāmudrā Thangka
Ariana Maki,Historical Artists of Bhutan:New Findings & Recent Research
Sonam Nyenda,Re-evaluating the Legacy of Lhanangpa (1164-1224) in BhutaneseHistory and Buddhist Practice
ROUNDTABLE: ARE THE HIMALAYAS A REGION? ON SCHOLARSHIP ACROSS AND BEYOND THE NATION-STATE
Carole McGranahan,Presenter
PANEL: TEXTS, TRADITIONS, AND TRANSITIONS: WOMEN’S JOURNEYSACROSS THE HIMALAYAS
Holly Gayley,Discussant
PANEL: CLIMATE ADAPTATIONS, RISKS, AND LIVELIHOODS IN THE NEPAL HIMALAYA
Alton Byers,Impacts of the 27 April, 2015 Nepal earthquake on three potentially dangerous glacial lakes in Nepal