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Call for Abstracts 11th BNAC Study Day Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh 18-19 April 2013 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh will hold the 11th Nepal Study Day on 18 and 19 April 2013. BNAC encourages participants to make short presentations that share research findings or discuss ongoing projects that focus on Nepal or the Nepali cultural world. Research from all disciplines will be considered, including work relating to the Nepalese Diaspora. We encourage presentations on all stages of research, and particularly welcome abstracts by masters and doctoral students. The 2012 Study day, held at Reading was popular and well attended. Programmes from previous years can be found online at: www.digitalhimalaya.com/bnac/study_days.html. If you are interested in participating please send a brief abstract of 250 words to ‘The Organisers’ at: [log in to unmask] by 5pm on Thursday, 28 February 2013. In keeping with previous study days, only abstracts will be circulated in advance, with full papers presented on the day. Members of BNAC may attend the Nepal Study Day for free, while for non-members the attendance fee is £20. Lunch will cost around £8 (each day), to be paid in cash on the day. Small bursaries towards travel costs will be made available to students whose presentations are accepted. Deadline to submit abstracts: Thursday, 28 February 2012. Deadline to register for those who are not presenting paper but wanting to participate: 15 April 2012. For more information and registration, please contact study day organizing team. Dr Jeevan Sharma and Dr Radha Adhikari, University of Edinburgh and Dr Mark Watson, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Contact Email: [log in to unmask] Jeevan R. Sharma