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]