News 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 09, 2015 BNAC Statement: End the Political Crisis in Nepal and in Indo-Nepal Relations
London Issuing a press statement today, the Britain-Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) has expressed deep concerns about the current political situation in Nepal and the crisis in Nepal-India relations. The Executive Committee of the BNAC, which consists of 14 academics from the universities of Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool John Moores, London, Oxford, and West of Scotland, and […]
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June 07, 2015
BNAC Elects Five New Members of Executive Committee
Britain Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) has elected five new members of executive committee for four years. Dr Feyzi Ismail (SOAS, University of London), Premila van Ommen, Dr Sara Parker (Liverpool John Moores University) and Dr Stefanie Lotter (SOAS, University of London) have been elected through email voting, which was conducted between 22/05/2015 and 05/06/2015. BNAC has also co-opted Dr Kalyan Bhandari (University of […]
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April 30, 2015
Nepal Earthquake- BNAC Issues a Statement
On 25 April 2015 a huge earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hit hard several parts of Nepal including the Kathmandu Valley, where the capital of Nepal is located. Aftershocks continued for days. Thousands of people have died, many more have been injured, hundreds of thousands of houses have either collapsed or are badly […]
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April 19, 2015 BNAC Organized13th Nepal Study Days, General Meeting
The 13th BNAC Nepal Study Days (NSD) organised on 16-17 April 2015, with support from the South Asia Institute at SOAS, London, has been a huge success. 28 papers on 9 diverse themes concerning Nepal and its global connections were presented and debated by a large number of participants, ranging from postgraduate students to established […]
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November 26, 2014 Annual Lecture 2014 Given by Prof Coningham
London, 19 November 2014 BNAC Annual Lecture 2014 was organised in SOAS London. Prof. Robin Coningham, with Kosh Acharya, spoke on ‘Tilaurakot-Kapilvastu: New Archaeological Discoveries in the Nepal Terai’ Prof. Coningham described the history of the site of Tilaurakot and laid out the overwhelming evidence which supports – despite some continuing dissident voices – the […]
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November 17, 2014
Annual Lecture 2014 to go live
BNAC Annual Lecture 2014, on 19th November at 18.00, to be webcast live @ www.radiorhino.net ’Tilaurakot-Kapilavastu: New Archaeological Discoveries in the Nepal Terai’. (तिलौराकोट-कपिलवस्तु: नेपालको तराइमा नयाँ पुरातात्विक उपलब्धीहरू) by Prof. Robin Connigham Thanks to Rhino Group for their voluntary service. Details of the announcement. http://bnac.ac.uk/activities/613/
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August 03, 2014 Successful Completion of the Third Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya
Social Science Baha in Partnership with the Britain-Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) and Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS) successfully organised the Third Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya from 23 to 25 July, 2014 in Kathmandu. Professor Michael Hutt, who has been one of the two BNAC representatives on the organising committee since this conference started, attended this […]
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April 27, 2014 BNAC Appoints New Team of Officers
BNAC’s Annual General Meeting held on 25 April 2014 elected a new team of officers as follows: Chair: David Gellner, General Secretary: Krishna Adhikari and Treasurer: Celayne Heaton Shrestha. The meeting, chaired by Michael Hutt, was held as part of the BNAC Study Days, in 64 Banbury Rd, Oxford (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Univ. of Oxford). […]
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January 02, 2014 Nepal CA Elections 2013 Roundtable Discussion organized
A good turnout filled the room at the ‘Round-table Discussion: Nepal Elections 2013 – What Next?’ organized by the BNAC at SOAS on 6 December. The event opened with presentations from David Gellner, Mara Malagodi and Surya Subedi from the BNAC, and from the Nepal’s well-known political commentator CK Lal. The discussion was then opened to […]
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November 29, 2013 Piers Blaikie delivered 11th Annual BNAC Lecture (2013)
The 11th Annual BNAC lecture was held on Thursday, 28 October, 2013, in SOAS London. The lecture entitled “Reflections on Thirty Years of Research in Nepal: The Politics of Subjects, Researchers and Audience” was delivered by Piers Blaikie based on his long-standing research in Nepal. For more details of the lecture and information about Piers Blaikie, […]
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