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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 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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April 23, 2013
11th Nepal Study Day (NSD) Concluded
The 11th BNAC Nepal Study Day was held on Thursday, 18 April and Friday, 19 April, 2013, hosted by The University of Edinburgh and Royal Botanical Graden, Edinburgh. The event featured about 30 excellent presentations and many stimulating discussions on a wide range of issues. For more information, click here.
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January 01, 2013
Call for abstracts-BNAC’s 11th Nepal Study Day
BNAC encourages participants to make short presentations that share research findings or discuss ongoing projects that focus on Nepal or the Nepali cultural world.
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November 19, 2012
The 10th Annual BNAC Lecture Orgnised
The 10th Annual BNAC lecture will be held on Friday, 19 October, 2012, at 6.30pm in Room NAB.1.04 in the New Academic Building
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November 19, 2012
A Roundtable Discussion on Human Rights in Nepal
Human rights and human wrongs during Nepal's political transition, A roundtable discussion organised by the Britain-Nepal Academic Council and hosted by the SOAS Centre of South Asian Studies.
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