Activities Britain - Nepal Academic Council
The Britain-Nepal Academic Council was established on 23 May 2000 at a large meeting at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London of British academics and researchers interested in various aspects of...
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November 14, 2021
Call for submissions for the ‘BNAC PhD Dissertation Prize 2022
Call for submissions for the ‘BNAC PhD Dissertation Prize 2022’ CLOSED 15-11-2021 The Britain-Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) is pleased to announce the call for submissions for the PhD Dissertation Prize 2022. There are up to two prizes to be awarded this year too, and we will accept applications from eligible applicants by 15 February 2022. […]
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November 12, 2021
Call for Papers for the 2022 Nepal Study Days (hosted by the University of Oxford)
12 November, 2021 Call for Papers (CLOSED) 19th BNAC Nepal Study Days Hosted by Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (ISCA), the University of Oxford (with Centre for Nepal Studies UK) 13-14 April 2022 [Update : To be run in a hybrid mode, allowing both physical (at Oxford) and online participation] The Britain-Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) […]
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July 05, 2021
19th Annual Nepal Lecture (9 Dec) 2021
Lecture title: “We didn’t get to study so we learned to weave”: Women, indigenous learning and functional literacy in Nepal (“हामीले पढ्न पाएनौँ, त्यसैले बुन्न सिक्यौँ”: नेपालमा महिला, रैथाने सिकाइ र व्यावहारिक साक्षरता) By: Prof. Sushan Acharya (Professor of Education at the Central Department of Education, Tribhuvan University, Nepal) Date, time and venue: Date: 9 December […]
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June 30, 2021
Martin Chautari–BNAC Lecture Series-II
Dr Krishna Adhikari, a Fellow of Oxford University, will give the second lecture under the Martin Chautari–BNAC Lecture Series. Martin Chautari–BNAC Lecture Series-II Title: Why are the Gurkha Veterans Agitating Again? British Gurkhas’ Campaigns for Equality and Justice Speakers: Krishna Adhikari, PhD Research Fellow Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford Date, Time […]
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May 07, 2021
Conversation on Covid-19 Situation in Nepal, 12 May 2021
Update: record of the live programme: https://www.facebook.com/BNAC.UK/videos/3684468684992796 Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 1000-1200 BST/ 1445-1645 Nepal Time. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86992302944 (ID: 86992302944) Download the poster in PDF Poster- BNAC-Covid-19 Discussion(1187 kb) The news across much of South Asia in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic is grim. With much global media attention focusing on India, there has […]
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April 21, 2021
18th Nepal Study Days, 22-23 April 2021 (All information)
18th BNAC Nepal Study Days Hosted online (Zoom) by UCL Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL 22-23 April 2021 Contact: bnacstudyday@gmail.com | 0044 7885756370 _______________________________________________________________________ Details about joining the programme is provided in the conference handbook (PDF) given below. _______________________________________________________________________ Conference programme: https://www.bnac.ac.uk/activities/1607 Download the programme in PDF Conference Abstracts Booklet (PDF 1625kb): https://www.bnac.ac.uk/wp-Abstract-Booklet -18th […]
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April 17, 2021
BNAC Nepal Study Days 22-23 Apr 2021- Final Programme
18th BNAC Nepal Study Days Hosted online (Zoom) by UCL Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL 22-23 April 2021 Contact: bnacstudyday@gmail.com | 0044 7885756370 (NB: For participation registration is required: Please fill the Google Form to register: https://forms.gle/R5gj74mY4fKGBF699) CONFERENCE PROGRAMME – Final (Download the programme in PDF) Day 1: Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 […]
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January 20, 2021
Call for Papers for 2021 Nepal Study Days (Online, Hosted by UCL, London)
[Closed] Call for Papers 18th BNAC Nepal Study Days Hosted online by UCL Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL 22-23 April 2021 BNAC-NSD- CfP-UCL-2021 The Britain Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) invites scholars and practitioners from all disciplines as well as the curious general public to participate in the 18th BNAC Nepal Study Days in London. […]
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January 18, 2021
Call for submissions for the ‘BNAC PhD Dissertation Prize 2021
[Closed] 11.01.2021 Following the success and popularity of the PhD Dissertation Prize in 2018, 2019 and 2020, the Britain-Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) is pleased to announce its ‘PhD Dissertation Prize’ for 2021. We are pleased to announce up to two prizes this year, and that we will now be accepting applications from eligible candidates registered […]
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September 29, 2020
BNAC 20th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Nepal Lecture 2020
Lecture title: Satyahangma Rituals: Commemorating Phalgunanda in Eastern Nepal (सत्यहाङ्मा संस्कारहरू: पूर्वी नेपालमा फाल्गुनन्दको पुण्यस्मृति) By: Prof Martin Gaenszle (Professor of Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern South Asia, the University of Vienna, Austria.) Date, time and venue: Date: Thursday, 5 November 2020 Time: 12.30 (20th Anniversary Programme). Lecture to start at 13.00 (UK time) […]
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