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Fraser Sugden, who is affiliated to CNSUK as a Fellow

Fraser Sugden, who is affiliated to CNSUK as a Fellow, made a presentation on ‘Agrarian change, climate stress and shifting class relations in the Nepal-Bihar borderlands’ as organized by the School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, Oxford.20.05.2016. Podcast (external link) here here:  http://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/socanth/anthropology/2016-05-19-socanth-anthropology-sugden.mp3. — with Fraser Sugdenand David N. Gellner.

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CNSUK Summer Retreat – 2018

This year’s CNSUKs summer Retreat was held on 05 August in Reading. In the programme CNSUK’s members reviewed yearly activities, inter alia : translation and publication of the report on Gurkha Pensions Policies into Nepali language; publication of open access Journal of the Global Nepali Diaspora; Motilal Singh Master’s Dissertation Scholarship to graduate students in Nepal;

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Case study on CNSUK-Oxford University Collaboration

We are very delighted to share this case study report prepared by the Common Cause Research Project, a consortium of research led by various institutions including the University of Bristol. Their study tries to understand the research partnership between a mainstream UK University/Inistution and ethnic minority communities. Centre for Nepal Studies and the University of

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Scholarship for Masters Dissertation-2019

Applications invited forMotilal Singh Master’s Dissertation Scholarship 2019 The Centre for Nepal Studies UK (CNSUK), in collaboration of Social Science Baha (SSB), Kathmandu, invites applications from students pursuing their Master’s studies in Nepali universities for one small grant of up to a maximum of NPR 40,000 towards fieldwork expenses and/or the writing of dissertation. This Motilal

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We are very sad to learn that CNSUK Advisor Emeritus

We are very sad to learn that CNSUK Advisor Emeritus Professor Peter Jarvis, University of Surrey, passed away on 20th November 2018, at the age of 81. Professor Jarvis supported CNSUK since its inception. We at CNSUK are very much grateful for his advices and supports during last 12 years. A supervisor of our colleague Dr. Chandra Laksamba’s PhD project on lifelong learning

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Vernacular Religion: Cultural Politics, Community Belonging, and Personal Practice in the UKs Nepali Diaspora

The book is edited by Prof David N. Gellner and Sondra L. Hausner and contributed by Dr. Krishna Adhikari, Dr. Chandra K. Laksamba, Dr. Bal Gopal Shrestha , Dr Flo Gurung and Dr-Mitra Pariyar, is primarily based on the research on the Vernacular Religion of Nepal Diaspora jointly conducted by the Centre for Nepal Studies UK and Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (2009-12)

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Dipak Basnet of KU awarded Motilal Scholarship 2019

OUTCOME OF MOTILAL SINGH MASTER’S DISSERTATION SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION 2019 In June 2019, the Centre for Nepal Studies UK (CNSUK) in collaboration with Social Science Baha (SSB) had invited applicants pursuing their Master’s studies in Nepali universities to apply for a grant towards fieldwork expenses and/or the writing of dissertations. Eighteen candidates applied for this competitive

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