Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology and Fellow of All Souls College, Univ of Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy; specialist on Nepal and South Asia
Joined September 2011
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Last week @oxford_anthro hosted a terrific IGS lecture by Saed Atshan on Gender and Humanitarianism in Palestine, this an equally interesting and engaging Marett Memorial Lecture by Nils Bubandt on the Anthropocene.
Should anyone be interested in buying this (or recommending it to their libraries), there is a 30% discount available direct from OUP:
It would be interesting to know what Nepalis who live in Nepal and have personal experience of dealing with or working for the civil service in Nepal think about this report (which can be downloaded as a pdf from this website):
openpea.csae.ox.ac.uk/articl…
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While the Gen-Z movement of 2025 was brief and volatile, its impact remains unprecedented. With elections set for 5th March2026, what lies ahead for the nation?
Join our Webinar as our panellists break down contemporary developments and their implications for the future of Nepal
13 months after submission, our article on India's 2024 elections in UP and Gujarat (by Shashank Chaturvedi, Sanjay Kumar Pandey, and me), is out, for free open-access download: Full article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Today, in one hour's time.
Tomorrow, Sat, 6th Sept 10 am UK time (2:45pm Nepal). Webinar on Nepal's economy.
All welcome.
जुम लिङ्क : us06web.zoom.us/j/8623579809…
My and @krishnaAdhikari 's take on recent events in Nepal: theindiaforum.in/politics/ge…
The deadline for submitting a book or article on Nepal for the 2025 Surya Subedi prize is September 24th: royalasiaticsociety.org/news…
Congratulations to @sshneiderman and her team for winning the 2024 Surya P. Subedi Prize. Note the deadline for submitting books or articles for the 2025 prize: 24th September 2025. royalasiaticsociety.org/the-…
Huge turnout and terrific discussion for @oxford_anthro last seminar of Hilary Term by Iza Kavedzija.
Join our last seminar of Hilary term and delve into Japan's artistic world with Dr Iza Kavedžija (Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology @Cambridge_Uni):
‘Embodying Emptiness: Enskillment and the artistic imagination in Japan’
🔗anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/embody…
New position in social anthropology, Oxford; deadline noon on 31st March:
anthro.ox.ac.uk/article/asso…
Come tomorrow (58a Banbury Rd, 4 p.m.) to hear about migration, masculinity, and Pakistani households in the UK and to celebrate @DrSuriyah 's new book.
Looking forward to hosting our wonderful Alum and Affiliate, @DrSuriyah, for this talk on 6 March which will be introudced/chaired by our former Head of the Institute, @DavidGellner @oxford_anthro
Conference on Newah culture and heritage, 13th and 14th Sept 2025, London. Call for papers now open (deadline 31st March).
