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Programme Schedule
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Opening Session: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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| Welcome: | Hari Sharma [Social Science Baha] |
| Introduction to the conference: | Prof. Dr. Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka [University of Bielefeld] |
| Vote of Thanks: | Prof. Nirmal Man Tuladhar [CNAS, Tribhuvan University] |
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Refreshments
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| Session I: | Past and Present Dynamics in Ethnicity Formation |
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11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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| Prof. Dr. Gérard Toffin [CNRS, Paris] | "Ethnicity and Democracy in Contemporary Nepal" |
| Dr. Rajendra Pradhan [Social Science Baha, Lalitpur] | "The Ain of 1854 and after: Legal Pluralism, Models of Society and Ethnicity in Nepal" |
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch Break
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2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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| Hari P. Bhattarai [Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University] | "Cultural Pluralism and Politics of Belonging: A Study of the Making of Janajati Identity in Nepal" |
| Dr. Janaki D. Jayawardena [Dept. of History and International Relations, University of Colombo] | "Historisizing Ethnicity and its Implications: The Sri Lankan Experience" |
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4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tea/Coffee Break
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| Session II: | State, Citizenship and Ethnicity (12 & 13 September) |
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4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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| Nepali Sah [Save the Children - Japan, Kathmandu] | "Citizenship in Terai and Its Determinants: A Case Analysis from Dhanusha, Nepal" |
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9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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| Dr. David N. Gellner [Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford University] | "Transformations of Ethnicity in Nepal" |
| Prof. Dr. Nira Wickramasinghe [Dept. of History and International Relations, University of Colombo] | "Citizens and Others: Ethnicising Imperatives of the Sri Lankan State" |
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11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Tea/Coffee Break
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| Session III: | Transnationalisation and Ethnicity Formation |
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11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Prof. Dr. Tanka B. Subba [Department of Anthropology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong] |
"Understanding Ethnic Violence against the Nepalis in North-East India" |
| Sara Shneiderman [Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, New York] | "State Policies and Ethnic Identities at Nepal's Borders: Comparative Perspectives from India and China" |
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1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Lunch Break
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2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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Mark Turin [Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge] |
"The Role of Language in the Formation of Ethnic Identity: Case Studies from Nepal and Eastern India" |
| Prof. Dr. A.C. Sinha [New Delhi] | "Search for Kirat Identity: Trends of De-Sanskritization among the Nepamul Sikkimese" |
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4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tea/Coffee Break
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5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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| Comments by Dr. Dilip Menon [Dept. of History, Delhi University] and the participants | |
| Session IV: | Ethnicity and Violence |
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9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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| Bandita Sijapati [Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University] and Deepak Thapa [Social Science Baha, Lalitpur] | "'Ethnicization' of the 'People's War': Identity politics in Nepal's Maoist Insurgency" |
| Prof. Dr. Ananta R. Poudyal [Central Dept. of Political Science, Tribhuvan University] | "Interface of Ethno-political Violence and Terrorism: The Case of Nepal" |
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Tea/Coffee Break
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11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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| Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake [Social Scientists Association, Colombo] | "The Political Economy of Identity Politics and Conflict: Or the Economics of Social Peace in Lanka" |
| Session V: | Ethnicity in Everyday Life Encounters |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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| Masako Tanaka [Graduate School of International Social Development, Nihon Fukushi University, Japan] | "Questioning Participation and Social Exclusion: A Study on Tenants and Owners in the Old City Core of Kathmandu" |
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch Break
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2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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| Prof. Dr. Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka [Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld] | "Democratic Designs for Ethnic Accommodation in Nepal's Past and Future" |
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Comments by Dr. Chris McDonaugh [Department of Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford] and participants, and closing ceremony. |
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4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tea/Coffee
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